Ayla Networks and Espressif Systems Partner to Support the Matter Smart Home Connectivity Standard

Simplifies and Speeds the Development of Matter-compliant Products

Ayla Networks, whose Internet of Things (IoT) platform rapidly transforms any device into a smart, connected product, today announced that global semiconductor company Espressif Systems will be an SoC partner for Ayla’s software on its Matter-compliant smart home chipsets and modules. This partnership will help to speed up and simplify the development of smart home devices compatible with the new Matter connectivity standard.

Matter is a unifying, IP-based connectivity protocol designed to make interoperable devices from multiple brands that work together seamlessly in a single secure eco-system. Matter works with devices that support Wi-Fi and Thread/802.15.4 for communication and BLE for provisioning. By providing Matter-compliant software and hardware in a single package, Ayla and Espressif are helping product developers build smart home devices even more quickly and easily.

“Ayla Network, with their complete solutions, has been successfully enabling customers to build feature-rich connected devices with ease using Espressif’s SoCs and modules,” said Amey Inamdar, director of technical marketing at Espressif Systems. “The Matter standard promises to make the smart home experience more neutral and intuitive for consumers and to help manufacturers build and scale smart home devices much faster, with no encumbrances, by enabling device-to-device communication. We are happy to continue our partnership as an SoC partner for Ayla Network’s Matter-compliant software that will realize this goal.”

“Working with Espressif on Matter-compliant hardware is one more way that Ayla is adding value for our IoT platform customers, and by extension, to their end-users,” said Jonathan Cobb, CEO of Ayla Networks. “By working with Espressif to provide a one-stop shop for Matter compatibility, for both software and hardware, we are helping to make it easy, fast, and affordable for device manufacturers to get competitively differentiated smart home products into consumers’ hands.”

About Espressif Systems

Espressif Systems is a public, multinational fabless semiconductor company established in 2008, with offices in China, the Czech Republic, India, Singapore, and Brazil. Its passionate team of engineers and scientists from all over the world are focused on developing cutting-edge wireless communication and low-power AIoT (artificial intelligence of things) solutions. For more information about Espressif, a member of the Connectivity Standards Alliance that’s guiding the Matter standard, visit www.espressif.com/en or the company’s series of blog posts about Matter.

About Ayla Networks

Ayla Networks, a member of the Connectivity Standards Alliance leading the Matter initiative, enables consumer device manufacturers and retailers to realize better business outcomes through IoT solutions. Ayla’s software platform includes device, cloud, application, analytics, and machine learning capabilities to drive the development and launch of differentiated connected products and services. By leveraging the Ayla IoT platform, solution providers can realize future-proofed, secure, connected products in the shortest time with the least risk. For more information, visit www.aylanetworks.com.