That is not exactly accurate. Wyze does have plans for the cameras and Matter.
When the Wyze VP of Product was recently asked about Matter, including cameras, he responded:
Basically he said they are working to have everything supported as definitions are added to Matter. For now, Matter is starting with a couple of dozen categories of IoT devices, and Wyze is working on having options for many of those.
Matter 1.0 definitions may not include Cameras YET, but Wyze PLANS to participate in the working group to develop the camera standards for Matter that are just now being worked on so that Wyze can help design the Matter standards and ensure Wyze cameras fit into it.
So yes, Wyze does have plans related to cameras being supported with Matter. But they can’t really give details because it’s currently in the early stages.
Still, one can read the responses from WyzeFrederik up higher in this thread to see that there is a decent possibility that Wyze’s earliest camera models won’t be compatible with Matter because of how likely it is that the other companies will require large libraries and resource requirements beyond the limits of the V1/V2 cams. Wyze applied for Homekit for example, and was denied because their early cams weren’t able to meet the requirements. I suspect something similar will be the case with Matter and that it will require one of the more recent cams in order to hold and execute the Matter Libraries requirements on them. We’ll have to see. Right now NOBODY knows at this time because said libraries don’t even exist yet. But that is very different from saying there are no plans. They are not the only company involved in the working group though. I suspect the main decisions will primarily be between Google, Apple, and Amazon. Even Samsung Smart things is a small fish in the pond compared to Google, Apple, and Amazon users (especially where Apple, Google, and Amazon are the main 3 Matter companies involved in the decisions). It would still be great to have better access to their rules engine and everything. I am hoping Matter helps SmartThings move away from being so cloud-dependent too.
But I too look forward to Matter allowing interoperability between ALL of these platforms! ![]()
I look forward to Wyze releasing whatever Matter device the VP was talking about and seeing where things go from here. I am glad Wyze is planning to to participate in the camera working group so they can help ensure their cameras will work with Matter and all the other systems when those definitions are finalized. It can’t come soon enough.