A working index of the standards, models, platforms, and machines behind the concepts. Each entry separates what is documented from what is available, adopted, or still unknown.
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Matter 1.6 gives different smart-home systems more ways to coordinate. It does not mean every product will support the same features.
State
Released specification
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Implementer-facing
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Development
Released specification
Availability
Implementer-facing specification
Adoption
Not independently assessed
Lifecycle
Active; 1.6.1 is the latest listed 1.6.x version at the cutoff
Documented capability
A shared control fabric.
Joint Fabric gives multiple authorized controllers a standardized path to co-administer one Matter network. Other 1.6 mechanisms communicate device limits, event history, and contextual thermostat suggestions.
Material limitation
A specification is not an experience.
Release and certification do not establish broad platform support, product availability, enabled features, reliability, adoption, or household consent.
T-023Record 02
Inference substrate · Vendor model family
Apple Foundation ModelsThird generation
Apple’s models show that more AI work can happen on consumer hardware. They do not show that a room reasons as one system—or that every related piece of data stays at home.
Active development during vendor-described beta period
Vendor-reported capability
Multimodal inference on capable hardware.
Apple documents two on-device models, including a natively multimodal sparse model designed for its most capable Apple silicon systems.
Material limitation
Local is not an entire data policy.
Apple says its server models run on Private Cloud Compute, whose published rules prohibit retaining request data after a response, including in logs or debugging tools. That is a vendor-stated PCC boundary, not independent verification or a map of feature routing, device-side outputs, surrounding telemetry, backups, downstream stores, or household performance.
T-027Record 03
Orchestration layer · Developer platform
Google Home APIsWith Gemini for Home context
Google Home APIs can connect devices and automations. Google describes Gemini for Home as adding broader interpretation, but that does not show that a household works as one dependable system.
State
Generally available SDKs
Access
Developer APIs
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Development
Generally available Android and iOS SDKs
Availability
Developer APIs generally available
Adoption
Not independently assessed
Lifecycle
Active platform with 2026 release activity
Vendor-reported capability
Devices, automations, and an AI layer.
Google documents generally available Home APIs and reports camera interpretation, household queries, activity summaries, and partner services through Gemini for Home.
Material limitation
Breadth is not household authority.
The documents tell us what Google offers, not how reliable, widely used, beneficial, or consensual it is in practice. The Gemini report does not say where its named AI features run, whether they need a network, what happens offline, or how they fail. The Android material we reviewed also does not establish broad Matter 1.6 support.
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Industrial mobile manipulation · Robot + fleet platform
Digit has been documented doing a specific warehouse job with its fleet software. That is real, bounded work—not evidence of a general-purpose worker.
State
Digit 4 in bounded work
Access
Enterprise / RaaS
Evidence
06 mapped records
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Development
Digit 4 deployed in bounded work
Availability
Enterprise deployment or RaaS
Adoption
Not independently assessed
Lifecycle
Digit 4 active; Digit 5 announced
Customer-confirmed capability
A bounded tote-transfer workflow.
GXO documents Digit moving totes from other mobile robots to conveyors in regular warehouse operations. Agility’s later generation record identifies the deployed generation as Digit 4.
Material limitation
The job extends beyond the body.
The evidence does not establish unrestricted work, broad adoption, or independent economics. Mapping, integration, charging, safety controls, monitoring, maintenance, and recovery remain part of the system.
Home Assistant offers a useful precedent for stable device identity and actionable system issues. It does not manage every property, vehicle, RV, or watercraft obligation.
Home Assistant’s developer guidance treats devices as identifiable physical or logical units. Its Repairs integration surfaces issues that need attention and can include a path toward resolution.
Material limitation
A device registry is not an ownership ledger.
The reviewed documentation concerns integrated devices and system issues. It does not establish title, warranty, insurance, property access, mechanic dispatch, diagnosis, or payment across unrelated asset categories.
No record matches this view. Clear a filter or try a broader search; an empty result is not evidence that the technology does not exist.
Evidence path
A mechanism is not yet an experience.
We keep the handoffs visible so a released specification, a working demonstration, and widespread use are never treated as the same claim.
01DefinedThe mechanism is specified.
02CertifiedAn implementation passes a named program.
03SupportedAn ecosystem exposes the capability.
04AvailableHardware or software reaches a named market.
05UsedPeople can rely on it in practice.
Matter 1.6 at this cutoff: the source set establishes a released specification and two certified software components. It does not establish universal platform support, product breadth, or household use.
Research watch / 6 months What would count as broader Matter 1.6 adoption evidence? Watch certification records, supported products, enabled features, ecosystems, and named markets without treating a standard release as household adoption. Inspect the research horizon →