The prospect of smart home products all seamlessly working together across ecosystems is an idea we’ve been sold for years. In the early days of smart home ecosystems, everything operated independently. Smart home devices had their own apps and needed specific compatibility for each major smart home platform, like Google Home, Amazon Alexa, Samsung SmartThings, or Apple HomeKit. To simplify things, the Connectivity Standards Alliance was formed by the aforementioned smart home giants and many others.
