Apple, Google, Amazon launched the smart home standardization project `` CHIP '', an effort to destroy compatibility barriers for each manufacturer
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Three major companies in the IT industry, Amazon, Apple, and Google, and Zigbee Alliance , an organization that aims to open IoT standards, announced the formation of a new working group. Under the project called `` Connected Home over IP (CHIP) '', the four companies will work on developing and promoting connection standards that are more secure in terms of security and can increase compatibility between smart home products is.
Project Connected Home over IP
https://www.connectedhomeip.com/
Amazon, Apple, Google, and the Zigbee Alliance and Its Board Members Form Industry Working Group to Develop a New, Open Standard for Smart Home Device Connectivity-Zigbee Alliance
https://zigbeealliance.org/news_and_articles/connectedhomeip/
Working group formed by Amazon, Apple, Google, Zigbee Alliance and its committee members, aiming to develop open standards for smart home devices-Apple (Japan)
https://www.apple.com/jp/newsroom/2019/12/amazon-apple-google-and-the-zigbee-alliance-to-develop-connectivity-standard/
ProjectCHIP aims to `` improve compatibility '' by standardizing connection standards for smart home products sold by multiple companies under different standards so that IoT products of different manufacturers can be connected. The In addition, it will also work on 'improving security' that has been screaming recently. The connection standard to be developed and promoted in CHIP is royalty-free, that is, it can be incorporated into any IoT product with no usage fee.
In addition, not only the four companies of Amazon, Apple, Google, Zigbee Alliance participate in the projectCHIP, but also Zigbee Alliance committee members IKEA, Legrand, NXP Semiconductors, Resideo, Samsung SmartThings, Schneider Electric, Signify ( Companies such as former Philips Lighting, Silicon Labs, Somfy, and Wulian are also included.
The aim of CHIP is to simplify the development work of each manufacturer and improve the compatibility of each company's products, and the project will be a “smart home device is safe, reliable and crosses barriers such as differences in manufacturers. It was born from a common belief that it should be used smoothly. Regarding CHIP, Apple said, `` This project will enable communication through smart home devices, mobile applications, cloud services based on the Internet Protocol (IP), and a specific set of IP for device authentication. We aim to define a base networking technology. '
In addition, Apple's smart home standard
It is also revealed that CHIP will take an open source approach to develop a new unified connectivity standard. In addition, CHIP has a policy to utilize smart home-related technologies that have been verified in the past development by participating members such as Amazon, Apple, Google, and Zigbee Alliance, which will accelerate development and deliver products. It is expected that it will be delivered to users sooner.
In addition, CHIP seems to be aiming to facilitate the development of devices compatible with voice recognition assistant functions such as Amazon's 'Alexa', Apple 'Siri', and Google 'Google Assistant'.
The connectivity standards in the development plan complement existing technologies, and working group members are encouraging device manufacturers to develop innovative products using available technologies. . In addition, CHIP recruits participation in the project as 'We welcome the participation of device manufacturers engaged in equipment development in the smart home industry, silicon providers engaged in semiconductor development and manufacturing, and other development companies, and contributions to new standards'. It is.
Third-party IoT manufacturers are pleased that Ars Technica will be able to develop IoT products that are all-inclusive with a single standard, rather than individually addressing the big three in the smart home industry Pointed out that. However, as for the royalty free of CHIP, it is stated that it does not apply to the current Zigbee or Apple HomeKit.
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