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Matter
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.. matter_intro_start

`Matter`_ (formerly Project Connected Home over IP or Project CHIP) is an open-source application layer that aims at creating a unified communication standard across smart home devices, mobile applications, and cloud services.
It supports a wide range of existing technologies, including Wi-Fi, Thread, and Bluetooth® LE, and uses IPv6-based transport protocols like TCP and UDP to ensure connectivity between different kinds of networks.

Matter over Thread support is in the :ref:`production state <software_maturity>`, but Matter over Wi-Fi is in an early development stage and must be treated as an :ref:`experimental feature <software_maturity>`.

.. matter_intro_end

The |NCS| allows you to develop applications with different versions of Matter, as per the following table:

+--------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+------------------------+
| nRF Connect SDK version  | Matter specification version                        | `Matter SDK version`_  |
+==========================+=====================================================+========================+
| |release|                | :ref:`1.1.0 <ug_matter_overview_dev_model_support>` | 1.1.0.1                |
+--------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+------------------------+
| v2.3.0                   | :ref:`1.0.0 <ug_matter_overview_dev_model_support>` | 1.0.0.2                |
+--------------------------+                                                     +------------------------+
| v2.2.0                   |                                                     | 1.0.0.0                |
+--------------------------+                                                     +------------------------+
| v2.1.4                   |                                                     | 1.0.0.0                |
+--------------------------+                                                     +------------------------+
| v2.1.3                   |                                                     | 1.0.0.0                |
+--------------------------+                                                     +------------------------+
| v2.1.2                   |                                                     | 1.0.0.0                |
+--------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+------------------------+

.. note::
   The Matter SDK version is taken as the base for the `dedicated Matter fork`_, which can then include additional changes for each |NCS| release.
   These changes are listed in the Matter fork section of the |NCS| :ref:`release_notes`.

For more information about Matter compatibility, see :ref:`ug_matter_overview_dev_model_support` and :ref:`supported Matter features per SoC <software_maturity_protocol_matter>`.

See :ref:`matter_samples` for the list of available samples or :ref:`Matter Weather Station <matter_weather_station_app>` for specific Matter application.
If you are new to Matter, you can follow along with the video tutorials on Nordic Semiconductor's YouTube channel, for example `Developing Matter 1.0 products with nRF Connect SDK`_.

.. note::
    |matter_gn_required_note|

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   overview/index
   getting_started/index
   end_product/index