Matter 1.5 将首次把视频摄像头纳入跨品牌互操作标准，旨在打破用户在 Amazon Ring、Blink、Google Nest 等封闭生态间切换困难的问题。新规范允许在任何支持 Matter 的平台查看实时视频，并支持门铃、室内外、带泛光灯与婴儿监视器等多类设备，且对现有 Wi-Fi、PoE、以太网产品保持向后兼容。三星、Eve、Aqara 等已承诺支持，但关键厂商 Amazon 与 Google 均未给出采用时间表，表明全面落地可能需数月甚至数年。
行业规模端，摄像头通常硬件更新周期长，Amazon 与 Google 的最新型号刚在今年秋季发布，如不提供固件支持，首批兼容设备可能需一年以上才能上市。尽管两家公司皆为 CSA 成员，但声明仅承诺“根据需求”评估支持，并未明确将视频摄像头纳入 Matter 1.5。联盟 CEO 预计最终会采纳，但“时间线不同”。若两巨头不加入，生态开放度与设备组合灵活性将受到限制。
Matter 1.5 聚焦基础功能（实时音视频流），并不涵盖存储、回放、事件分析或 AI 摘要等付费差异化能力，这些仍由各厂商控制。因此用户仍需使用各品牌 App 获取高级功能，如同当前恒温器等类别的状况。若关键厂商最终跟进，消费者或可在 Apple Home 统一查看 Ring 与 Nest 画面，但完整体验仍高度依赖各自生态。
Matter 1.5 introduces video cameras into the cross-brand smart home standard, aiming to eliminate ecosystem lock-in among Amazon Ring, Blink, Google Nest, and others. It enables live video streaming to any Matter-enabled platform and supports a wide range of camera types—doorbells, indoor/outdoor units, floodlight cameras, nursery monitors—with backward compatibility for Wi-Fi, PoE, and Ethernet hardware. Samsung, Eve, and Aqara have pledged support, but Amazon and Google have given no timelines, indicating that full adoption could take months or years.
Camera hardware refresh cycles are slow, and both tech giants released new models this fall; without firmware updates, Matter-compatible cameras may be more than a year away. Although both companies are CSA members, their statements commit only to evaluating support “based on demand,” without confirming Matter 1.5 for video. The CSA CEO expects eventual adoption but on divergent schedules. Without participation from Amazon and Google, ecosystem openness and device-mixing flexibility will be limited.
Matter 1.5 focuses strictly on core functionality—live audio/video—while omitting storage, playback, event detection, and AI summaries, all of which remain vendor-controlled. Consumers will still need companion apps to access advanced features, mirroring limitations seen in other Matter categories. If major players eventually join, users could monitor Ring and Nest feeds from Apple Home, but full capability will continue to depend on proprietary ecosystems.