At CES 2026 in Las Vegas, interent of things (IoT) Copilot presented Copilot Star, a smart home manager app platform that connect devices from brands into one system, offering an answer to smart home limits that Matter has not solved yet.
Even with Matter improving how devices communicate with each other, many homes still feel divided. Users often run several apps just to manage daily tasks, and the promise of eliminatingapps for smart home setups remains unfinished.
Copilot believes software, not new hardware, is the missing link.
One Framework, Fewer Frustrations
Copilot Star is built as a shared foundation that brands can use to create their own tools, turning each into a flexible smart home control app without starting from zero. In a live demo at CES, the company showed how devices from different systems could appear side by side in one interface.
The experience feels closer to a truly smart home life app, where lighting, security, and climate settings are handled in one place. Cameras, sensors, and thermostats no longer feel like separate products but parts of the same home.
That approach moves the market closer to an all in one smart home app model. Matter-certified lights, non-Matter cameras, and older sensors using different cloud services can all sit inside the same branded environment, reducing friction for users.
What It Means for the Industry
For consumers, Copilot Star supports the long-standing goal of eliminatingapps for smart home control by cutting down on clutter and setup time. For brands, it offers faster launches and lower development costs, while still keeping their identity at the front.
Manufacturers can shape their own smart home control app while relying on Copilot Star behind the scenes. This provides them more freedom to mix hardware suppliers and manage updates without rebuilding their software each time.
“Smart-home technology has accelerated, but fragmentation continues to limit growth,” said Zvi Frank, Copilot.cx CEO. “Copilot Star is designed to simplify complexity — making it easier for manufacturers to develop products, easier for retailers to merchandise smart-home categories, and easier for consumers to control connected devices in their homes. Our mission is simple: democratize the smart home.”
For users, that promise reflects the idea of a mature smart home life app that simply works.
Copilot Star brings together cloud systems such as Tuya, AWS IoT, and private stacks, helping create a smart home life app experience that feels stable, even as homes grow more complex.
By pointing toward a single smart home app for all devices, Copilot is betting that ease of use will matter as much as new gadgets. In that sense, Copilot Star positions itself as a quiet but important smart home integration app for the next phase of connected living.
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