The Aqara Hub M2 has a new firmware update that gives it support for the upcoming smart home standard, Matter.
Matter is the new smart home connectivity standard that enables a wide variety of smart home accessories to work together across ecosystems.
Should you get your hubs working with Matter now? In our opinion – if everything is working as they should, you should just leave them as they are! There’s no real reason to update to the Matter standard as of the time of writing.
These are the details as released:
OTA Update for Aqara Hub M2
Firmware 4.0.0 (Beta) Changelog:
PLEASE NOTE:
- This firmware will let you expose your existing Zigbee devices connected to Hub M2 to third-party Matter apps over Wi-Fi, but it will NOT upgrade Zigbee devices to Thread.
- To activate Matter, navigate to “Bind to Matter (Beta)” on the settings page of the hub, and make sure your Matter controllers (e.g. HomePod mini, Nest Hubs), the Hub M2 and phone are on the same local network.
- Make sure your Aqara Home app version is 3.0.8 or higher.
- To add the devices to Google Home, you need to have Nest Hub 2nd, Nest Hub Max, you will need to have an Android phone to run the Google Home app.
- Amazon Alexa and Samsung SmartThings do not support Bridge device type yet, and cannot connect to the Hub M2 via Matter at the moment.
- This is a BETA version for users who need to experience the Matter features, it may has some bugs which may cause unexpected impact in some cases, if happens, please try to unbind from Matter and add the hub to Matter app again.
Add Matter support of 40+ Aqara Zigbee devices:
- Door & Window Sensor
- Temperature & Humidity Sensor
- Motion Sensor
- Motion Sensor P1
- Vibration Sensor
- Smart Wall Switch (US, No Neutral, Single Rocker)
- Smart Wall Switch (US, No Neutral, Double Rocker)
- Smart Wall Switch (US, With Neutral, Single Rocker)
- Smart Wall Switch (US, With Neutral, Double Rocker)
- Smart Wall Switch H1 EU (No Neutral, Single Rocker)
- Smart Wall Switch H1 EU (No Neutral, Double Rocker)
- Smart Wall Switch H1 EU (With Neutral, Single Rocker)
- Smart Wall Switch H1 EU (With Neutral, Double Rocker)
- Smart Plug (US)
- Smart Plug (EU)
- Single Switch Module T1 (No Neutral)
- Single Switch Module T1 (With Neutral)
- Wireless Mini Switch
- Wireless Remote Switch H1 (Double Rocker)
- Wireless Remote Switch (Single Rocker)
- Wireless Remote Switch (Double Rocker)
- Cube Tl Pro
- Radiator Thermostat El
- Roller Shade Driver El
- Curtain Driver El
- Roller Shade Controller (Zigbee 1.2)
- LED Bulb (Tunable White)
- LED Bulb T1 (Tunable White)
- Door & Window Sensor T1*
- Temperature & Humidity Sensor T1*
- Motion Sensor T1*
- Illuminance Sensor T1*
- High Precision Motion Sensor*
- Smart Wall Switch H1 (With Neutral, Single Rocker)*
- Smart Wall Switch H1 (With Neutral, Double Rocker)*
- Smart Wall Switch H1 (With Neutral, Triple Rocker)*
- Wireless Mini Switch T1*
- Wireless Remote Switch T1 (Single Rocker)*
- Wireless Remote Switch T1 (Double Rocker)*
- Cube T1*
- Wireless Smart Knob H1*
- Curtain Controller (Zigbee 1.2)*
- Dimmer Controller T1 Pro*
- LED Strip Driver T1*
*Sold in selective regions
