{
 "caption": "Matter feature gap tracker, September 2026. Shipping means the platform documents the feature as available to users. Partial means it works with a documented limitation. Not yet means no vendor documentation shows user-facing support.",
 "version": "2026.09",
 "updated": "2026-09-07",
 "license": "CC BY 4.0, Smart Living Web",
 "columns": [
  {
   "key": "feature",
   "label": "Feature"
  },
  {
   "key": "spec",
   "label": "Matter version"
  },
  {
   "key": "date",
   "label": "Spec date"
  },
  {
   "key": "alexa",
   "label": "Alexa"
  },
  {
   "key": "google",
   "label": "Google Home"
  },
  {
   "key": "apple",
   "label": "Apple Home"
  },
  {
   "key": "smartthings",
   "label": "SmartThings"
  },
  {
   "key": "ha",
   "label": "Home Assistant"
  },
  {
   "key": "note",
   "label": "Note"
  }
 ],
 "rows": [
  {
   "feature": "Appliances (robot vacuum, dishwasher, laundry washer, air purifier)",
   "spec": "1.2",
   "date": "23 Oct 2023",
   "alexa": "Shipping (Sept 2025)",
   "google": "Shipping",
   "apple": "Partial: robot vacuums only, from iOS 18.4",
   "smartthings": "Shipping",
   "ha": "Shipping",
   "note": "Google shipped the 1.2 appliance types in September 2025, about 23 months after the specification."
  },
  {
   "feature": "EV chargers and device energy management",
   "spec": "1.3",
   "date": "8 May 2024",
   "alexa": "Not yet",
   "google": "Not yet",
   "apple": "Not yet",
   "smartthings": "Shipping",
   "ha": "Shipping",
   "note": "Energy arrived in 1.3, not 1.4 as often reported. The mainstream three expose none of it."
  },
  {
   "feature": "Heat pumps, water heaters, solar, battery storage",
   "spec": "1.4",
   "date": "7 Nov 2024",
   "alexa": "Not yet",
   "google": "Not yet",
   "apple": "Not yet",
   "smartthings": "Shipping",
   "ha": "Shipping",
   "note": "Apple Home has no energy monitoring of any kind."
  },
  {
   "feature": "Cameras and video doorbells",
   "spec": "1.5",
   "date": "20 Nov 2025",
   "alexa": "Not yet",
   "google": "Not yet",
   "apple": "Not yet",
   "smartthings": "Shipping",
   "ha": "Partial: works in the Matter server console, not as a normal camera in the app",
   "note": "SmartThings shipped roughly four weeks after the specification. Amazon has said it has no timeline."
  },
  {
   "feature": "Closures (garage doors, gates, shades)",
   "spec": "1.5",
   "date": "20 Nov 2025",
   "alexa": "Not yet",
   "google": "Not yet",
   "apple": "Not yet",
   "smartthings": "Shipping",
   "ha": "Partial",
   "note": "Older window covering types still work. The new closures model is what adds consistent position reporting."
  },
  {
   "feature": "Soil sensors and irrigation",
   "spec": "1.5",
   "date": "20 Nov 2025",
   "alexa": "Not yet",
   "google": "Not yet",
   "apple": "Not yet",
   "smartthings": "Not yet",
   "ha": "Partial",
   "note": "Almost no hardware exists yet either."
  },
  {
   "feature": "Joint Fabric (one shared fabric for several controllers)",
   "spec": "1.6",
   "date": "17 Jun 2026",
   "alexa": "Not yet",
   "google": "Not yet",
   "apple": "Not yet",
   "smartthings": "Not yet",
   "ha": "Not yet",
   "note": "No consumer ecosystem has shipped it. Its predecessor, Fabric Sync from 1.4, was never shipped by anyone."
  },
  {
   "feature": "NFC commissioning without Bluetooth",
   "spec": "1.6",
   "date": "17 Jun 2026",
   "alexa": "Not yet",
   "google": "Not yet",
   "apple": "Not yet",
   "smartthings": "Not yet",
   "ha": "Not yet",
   "note": "Home Assistant has said it will not implement this because it needs hardware access the platform does not have."
  }
 ]
}