You will be able to connect Aqara sensors to one of these Aqara hubs and then Add that Aqara hub to your SmartThings account and it will bring most of its devices along with it. This will allow for several integrations which are not possible today.įor example, several Aqara hubs will be certified Matter bridges. You add the bridge to your account, and it brings many of its devices with it. This will work similarly to how the SmartThings/Philips Hue LAN integration works today.

This is possible if and only if those end devices are connected to a “Matter Bridge.”

A Matter Controller from one brand controls devices from another brand, but the end devices (probably zigbee or Bluetooth) from the other brand are not individually Matter-certified.

Or any other Thread Border Router from any other company. If you have a V2 hub or no hub, you can use the Thread Border Router inside some Amazon Echo or some Google Home devices. That could be a SmartThings/Aeotec V3 hub. But you will need at least one “Thread Border Router” to collect the messages.

So for example once Matter is fully supported, you will be able to add an Eve brand sensor (Thread) to your SmartThings account, something you could not do before.

A Matter Controller from one brand controls Matter devices from another brand.Ībsolutely possible when the end devices are themselves individually Matter-certified (right now, WiFi or Thread). Sadly, the first rule of home automation still applies: “The model number matters.” So it all comes down to the details.Ī. I don’t understand if it is possible to link a controller from one manufacturer to devices from another provider.

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