What’s New in Alexa-Enabled Smart Home


For what's new in the Alexa-enabled smart home program, review the following items. For details about smart home, see What is an Alexa-Enabled Smart Home?

September 2024

August 2024

July 2024

The visibility of device state makes reliable and accurate state reporting key to the user experience. An accurate state depends on smart home skills reporting state and change to Alexa promptly. The following updates provide more guidance on state reporting:

June 2024

Matter-enabled Echo devices support the Matter 1.2 protocol, defined by the Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA), along with new device categories. For more details, see Understand Smart Home Matter Support.


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Last updated: Sep 05, 2024