Other apps and voice assistants
Which way suits you, Matter, Alexa or Google Home?
Would you also like to operate your home with Apple Home, Google Home, Amazon Alexa or Samsung SmartThings, by app or by voice? There are two ways to do this.
| Matter (recommended) | Alexa / Google Home via the nomos cloud | |
|---|---|---|
| Connection | directly in your home network | via the internet and the nomos cloud |
| nomos cloud account needed | no | yes |
| Works with | Apple Home, Google Home, Alexa, SmartThings and other Matter apps, even several at the same time | Amazon Alexa, Google Home |
| Setup | scan a QR code, only with admin rights | create an account, link the Controller, activate the skill |
| Rooms | you assign them in the other app | Alexa: none, Google: taken over |
| Scenes | no | yes |
| Locks | no | yes |
| Shading with slats | yes | Alexa: position only, Google: open/close only |
Our recommendation: Matter. It is quicker to set up, needs no additional account and stays in your home network. You continue to start scenes in the nomos system app or with Siri, see Smartphone extras.
- Matter
- nomos cloud account, required for Alexa and Google Home via the cloud
- Amazon Alexa
- Google Home
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You decide per device which devices another app can see, see Hiding a device from voice assistants and Matter.