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I got a bunch of Alpstuga air quality sensors a few weeks ago. Had to enable ipv6 on my mesh wifi network, after that no problems at all...

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Psst... Ikea bilresa buttons can use zigbee

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Finally got IKEA Matter devices connected after weeks, mDNS in Unifi was the fix, but I still don't understand why. So after weeks of on and off troubleshooting I finally got my IKEA BILRESA switches and VARMBLIXT lamps pairing. Probably around 5 hours of active testing spread over multiple evenings. Worth saying upfront: I know a lot of people have been struggling to add the new IKEA Matter devices even in really simple setups; no VLANs, no Home Assistant, just an iPhone and the IKEA app. So I'm not claiming my fix will help anyone else, and I'm honestly not even 100% sure it was the actual …

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Disagree. It's gotta be your network settings. I am using 91 Ikea Matter over Thread devices, Dirigera as the only TBR and all devices are shared individually, one by one using multi-admin codes into HA's Matter.js server. None of my devices other than 6 Timmerflottes ever drop offline. Everything else is now pretty much rock solid and stays connected. That was not always the case and before the most recent firmware updates many of my Bilresas were not reliably. Now with 1.9.15 they are solid. Maybe I'm just lucky but I really love yhd Ikea stuff. And to be clear, my home network also has …

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I disagree about your comment on Dirigera. It's an excellent Zigbee / thread dual hub. There's no "defeat" about it. I have several Matter devices connected to a Google Nest 2 and they're exposed flawlessly to HA. But I'm running HAOS, not Docker. I'd be willing to bet that this is the main culprit. I wouldn't know exactly what is the problem, but the Docker approach does require more fidling, that's for sure.

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Done a bit more digging. I thought that the Dirigera hub might be in a faulty state. I rebooted it a few times but it made no difference. The hub works perfectly fine in my iOS home app via HomeKit. But I tried to add the Dirigera hub to the Home app via Matter. And it worked. All the devices and entities are there (twice of course). Which means the hub exposes its entities via Matter just fine. But the HA Matter server isn’t happy with that.

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The problem Hello! I am migrating my IKEA Dirigera bridge with multiple lights and sensors from HomeKit Device to Matter integration. While most of the devices are exposed, some Tuya sensors are visible only as HomeKit devices: - 🟢 TS0201 temperature sensor - Matter - 🔴 TS0202 motion sensor - HomeKit only - 🟢 TS0203 door contact sensor - Matter - 🔴 TS0207 water leakage sensor - HomeKit only - 🟢 TS0501B light controller single color - Matter - 🟢 TS0502B light controller with color temp - Matter - 🟢 LWO001 Philips Hue - Matter - 🟢 GL-C-008P Gledopto RGB+CCT - Matter - 🟢 Ikea TRADFRI devices - …

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People seem to be liking the new IKEA GRILLPLATS ones, if they're available where you are. Matter over Thread, so depends on what your current setup looks like - I'm building out a new system that's Thread-only so far so they're basically the only option for me (alternatives are like 2-3x the price!).

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If you’ve got a Thread mesh going the new IKEA GRILLPLATS seem solid so far and are cheap.

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IKEA Grillplats haven't let me down so far and they're the most affordable Matter / Thread Smart plugs with power metering. Beyond that it's mostly Aqara (Wall switches, Light Bulbs) and EVE (Thermostats)

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… fairly sure you can enable a local mode with Bambu Labs which stops it calling out and having any reliance on their cloud servers, worth a look into. The GRILLPLATS are great, they also expose a whole suite of energy monitoring entities too. I use them to send me a notification when my dummy washing machine and dryers have finished their cycles. They act as routers yeah, they are actually my most connected devices in the thread mesh. SLZB-06mu, picked it up on AliX for around £16. The only thing I have exposed to the internet is home assistant itself, I haven’t sat behind a domain. Everything …

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It's matter+thread, not zigbee

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I recently (a week now) got a Matter over Thread setup running: - Home Assistant - ZBT-2 - 1x KAJPLATS E27 CWS globe 1055lm - 1x BILRESA dual button remote - 1x KAJPLATS E27 WS globe 1521lm with no problems so far It's been very stable and so far and better than the Matter over wifi setup I had before (I still have it)

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IKEA Devices... Matter. After seeing a few YouTube videos about devices from IKEA, I ordered a few things a couple days ago, but they won't get here for a week or so. Well, today the wifey and I ended up swinging by IKEA to pick up a few things, so I picked up a few things - two Kajplatz bulbs, a Myggspray motion sensor and a Bilresa scroll wheel remote control I had ZERO Matter devices before these, save for my AppleTV 4k, which I had previously set up as my border router in Home Assistant. It was there, so I set it up for future use. The future is NOW! Getting home, I was excited to try it …

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The Ikea ones are great. I've got some of the ZigBee ones and now some of the Matter ones. The big perk of them is that they have a built in speaker so they still work as a 'dumb' device if everything else fails.

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I use the IKEA KLIPPBOK. It supports Matter over Thread and runs smooth. Setup was easy with HA.

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… about how seamless things are actually going in my home assistant setup right now. I've been using HA for about five years and I currently have 70 zwave devices, 40 zigbee devices,10 matter over thread devices (Ikea), several wifi devices, a dozen Bluetooth devices (Switchbot )and plenty of other devices added via various integrations. With few exceptions, all my devices have required very little hair pulling to get running and it's all humming along nicely. I only have a few complex automations, I'm not a heavy fancy dashboard guy but I do occasionally use Google to control the system by …

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I have matter + thread working with IKEA devices in a containerized environment. A few key things to get it working. 1. Very thoroughly review the docs in the matter server repo, especially regarding IPv6 forwarding. 2. Also note the requirement for a very recent Linux kernel. If you’re running Debian for example, the kernel it ships with is too old. I run this particular container on the latest Ubuntu for this reason. You can also upgrade the kernel separately Additionally though the ikea thread devices don’t advertise Zigbee, many (if not all) do actually still support it. See this thread …

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A good experience with Matter and Thread. So many posts have been dragging Matter I feel like the last few weeks. I just want to give my experience. I have a HA yellow on CM5, ZBT-2, and scattered wires Apple TV 4Ks as border routers. I have Matter over WiFi devices (Nest gen 4) and about 78 (and counting) Matter over thread devices including locks from Aqara, a bunch of ikea sensors, SmartWings blinds, Inovelli white dimmers, Aqara sensors, eve switches, etc. They all work rock solid. In fact, they are so consistent that I completely have up on my Zigbee setup which also used the ZHA2 after …

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Can't help with the Bilresa, but I can with the Myggbett: I've got Myggbett door/window sensors and Alpstuga air quality sensors running via Matter over Thread, with my Apple TV as Thread border router. No dongle involved for Thread at all, and they've been rock solid in HA. The good news for you: you don't have to tear down Z2M. One radio = one protocol (running Zigbee and Thread on the same dongle via multiprotocol is deprecated and flaky anyway). So keep the MG24 on Zigbee for the Bilresa and get Thread from a separate device: * Apple TV 4K or HomePod mini (careful: the 64GB Wi-Fi-only …

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Mine have been pretty rock solid. I gave up on using HomeKit to control thread devices though. I’m pairing them to directly to Home Assistant directly with a ZBT-2, and then I share my devices to HomeKit as a Bridge. Also, if you aren’t already, trying using them with rechargeable NiMH batteries. They output a consistent 1.2v, which is what the IKEA Matter devices are made to use. Alkaline batteries don’t have a consistent voltage (they start higher and drop faster).

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What are the issues you facing? I am running ZBT-2 with dozens of IKEA devices and DIY ESP32C6 devices on Thread for some times, pretty stable for me, no major issues so far. But there are couple things annoy me: 1) channel interference, since Thread and ESP32 both run on 2.4G. I have couple ESP32C3/S3 devices run on wifi and they are placed right next to some Thread device, there were couple times Thread device would disconnect then reconnect later. But once I force 20Mhz and disable channel 11 for 2.4G Iot wifi, haven't see the disconnect any more. 2) I tried couple ESP32C6 diy project …

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Ikea TIMMERFLOTTE in HA, side-by-side comparison with Shelly BLU H&T. Hi all! Following up on my post on the Ikea ALPSTUGA, I also wanted to leave a quick review of using the new Ikea TIMMERFLOTTE Humidity and Temperature sensor in HA, with a side-by-side comparison with a similar device, in this case the Shelly BLU H&T. First of all, the TIMMERFLOTTE comes in a small package with only the device and a quick start guide. The only mounting option is a small "keyhole slot" on the back of the device, no adhesive pads or magnets are provided; I really whish a magnet was provided as I'd really …

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Finally got IKEA Matter devices connected after weeks, mDNS in Unifi was the fix, but I still don't understand why. So after weeks of on and off troubleshooting I finally got my IKEA BILRESA switches and VARMBLIXT lamps pairing. Probably around 5 hours of active testing spread over multiple evenings. Worth saying upfront: I know a lot of people have been struggling to add the new IKEA Matter devices even in really simple setups; no VLANs, no Home Assistant, just an iPhone and the IKEA app. So I'm not claiming my fix will help anyone else, and I'm honestly not even 100% sure it was the actual …

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Proposed change * Adds base support for the select platform in Matter * Adds support for the Matter ModeSelect Cluster Note: the ModeSelect cluster is used in Inovelli dimmer device and code has been tested with that device to confirm operation ## Type of change - [ ] Dependency upgrade - [ ] Bugfix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue) - [ ] New integration (thank you!) - [x] New feature (which

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I've had good luck with matter on thread (specially went with some inovelli switches) tbh I like it a little better in some ways than some of the zwave devices I have (blinds). I wanted to move them away from being on WiFi directly and I am pretty early on to the home automation devices so figured I'd go with the hot newness. The biggest annoyance for me at the moment is that I still have to use either an android device with google home app or iPhone to register devices while having neither ecosystem in the house for automation. I would love to go full native home assistant.

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A good experience with Matter and Thread. So many posts have been dragging Matter I feel like the last few weeks. I just want to give my experience. I have a HA yellow on CM5, ZBT-2, and scattered wires Apple TV 4Ks as border routers. I have Matter over WiFi devices (Nest gen 4) and about 78 (and counting) Matter over thread devices including locks from Aqara, a bunch of ikea sensors, SmartWings blinds, Inovelli white dimmers, Aqara sensors, eve switches, etc. They all work rock solid. In fact, they are so consistent that I completely have up on my Zigbee setup which also used the ZHA2 after …

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been running a similar setup for couple months now and it works pretty well. paired my matter lock through apple home first, then shared it to ha and haven't had major issues. the main thing i noticed is sometimes there's slight delay when controlling from ha side - like maybe 2-3 seconds compared to instant response in apple home. not sure if it's because apple home is the "primary" controller or just how matter works with multiple hubs. also had to restart ha integration once when lock stopped responding, but that was probably more on ha side than apple. one gotcha - make sure your apple …

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I use ZHA and this week started to add Matter (wifi, not thread) devices. So far I have my Lennox thermostat (which got an update to enable Matter) and a random light off Amazon. Working great so far, very easy. Seems more reliable than Zigbee since it's using the wifi network. With Zigbee I probably don't have enough devices so I see some flakiness, especially after a power outage. The one issue I had was that I had to set up a dedicated 2.4 network as the light did not support 5. I didn't want to split my current network into dedicated 2.4 and 5 networks to avoid breaking other devices. I …

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I personally use a level lock plus and it basically hits all the points you want. It connects via matter over thread. I think you probably do need an app to set it up but it’s fully local, won’t work unless you’re next to the lock and the app connects to it via Bluetooth. I have it integrated with my HomeKit and home assistant and that’s how I access remotely. The appearance is just a simple deadbolt lock. You wouldn’t be able to tell that it was a smart lock without taking it apart. Since it’s effective just a deadbolt lock with a little motor inside, it works with normal keys and from …

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I’ve been using the level lock+ (think it may have been rebranded to something other than “+” now) and it’s been great. We have the “connec hub” with it but that’s mostly because we got it before the matter firmware was available which is what I use now (Apple TV -> Hubitat & HA). We mostly use it via Apple home key (2 iPhones and a watch). Only downside is I have to replace the battery every few months but it’s easy to do.

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The Level Lock+ uses Matter over Thread for connectivity, but does not require a cloud connection. You do setup an account in their app, but it is not needed after setup if you use Home Assistant.

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Level makes a Matter deadbolt that will work with your Pixel. Looks great. Feels great. I’m happy. https://level.co/smart-lock/lock-plus/

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I don’t know enough to say “better”, but I liked what Leviton had that fit my needs. They have reverse phased dimmers, which were required for our led lights. They have secondary switches that work for 3 way and 4 way, with dimmer controls on the switches. They operate over matter. The fan and light switches look the same. They had all the varieties we wanted (some brands only had switches and no dimmers or no fan, and this allowed consistent use throughout the house). They also offer wire free secondary, so I can add a 3 way in locations that aren’t wired for 3 way (I haven’t used this yet …

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Matter has been working pretty awesome for me. I've got Leviton switches and Aqara door sensors so far, no complaints. The spec is still new so like anything it'll take a while to get huge, but hopefully the momentum keeps building.

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The newer LIFX bulbs include Matter support with local control. I tried a few brands off Amazon (Govee, Linkind), and found the LIFX to be the best and most reliable. Hue, as recommended by others, is also a good choice, but a little more expensive.

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Proposed change Adding support for Matter 1.4 Water Heater : Clusters | ID (Decimal) | ID (hex) | Name | |--------------|----------|----------------------------------------------------------| |144 |0x0090 |Elec

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Proposed change Support for Matter EVSE - EnergyEvse cluster Matter 1.3’s energy features enable new energy-centric devices, the first of which is Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE). - This enables EV charging equipment manufacturers to present a consumer-friendly way to con

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Yeah, I use the Apple TV for my smart plugs (matter over thread)

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Proposed change Add support for the vacuum cleaner device type to the Matter integration: - Add vacuum platform - Add discovery schema for Matter device type - Tweak discovery schema for the select entity for the vacuum The vacuum cleaner will be discovered as a vacuum entity and a select entity (to select the clean mode). ## Type of change - [ ] Dependency upgrade - [ ] Bugfix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue) - [ ] New integration (thank you!) - [X] New feature (which adds functionality to an existing integration) - [ ] Depreca

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I added Matter to my WiFi Stepper Driver so now it works directly with Home Assistant, Apple Home, Google Home, and others. If anyone is interested in interfacing a stepper motor directly with Home Assistant, Siri, Google, or others, I've added Matter-over-WiFi to my WiFi Stepper Driver board. It's all written in Arduino and pretty straightforward as well. Here's a 10 second video of it in action (since this sub doesn't allow video), I just wish Siri wasn't so terrible to use. The GitHub repo for the PCB is here. But if you want to look at the firmware, you'll have to go to this repo instead …

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I ended up going with a Nest Gen 2 running NoLongerevil Firmware in the end, but the Meross Matter Thermostat was super easy to set up and rock solid on connection for the week I had it installed. Meross app is decent as well.

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Meross MTS300 supports Matter. Just replaced my Nest which google turned into a brick.

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Proposed change I noticed that Dry Mode is supported by my Midea ACs (model MAW08V1QWT), and so I wanted to add support for it in HA. This change piggybacks off #165170. As requested in the aforementioned PR, I'm attaching the diagnostic dump of one of my Midea ACs here: matter-01M0KP1TNVS221Q03ED2V0ABTY-Midea_AC-b49145ce7cfc55c0faa1e11d84d3dcf8.json This is my first contribution to the repo,

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this is super helpful, thanks for sharing all the testing data been running matter over thread with home assistant and about 30 devices mixed between eve and aqara stuff. had similar experiences with the brief dropouts you mentioned until i added a nanoleaf essentials bulb as an ftd router - now everything's rock solid one thing i noticed is the ipv6/mdns tip at the end is clutch, spent way too long troubleshooting "unavailable" devices before realizing my unifi setup was blocking multicast by default

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The problem I've got a brand new Home Assistant Yellow with the Matter (Beta) integration added and cannot add Matter devices. I'm trying to add Nanoleaf Essentials light bulbs and it does not work. I can add them to Apple Home without any issues but cannot add them in Home Assistant. ### What version of Home Assistant Core has the issue? core-2024.6.3 ### What was the last working version of Home Assistant Core? _No response_ ### What type of installation are you running? Home Assistant OS ### Integration causing the issue matter ### Link to integration documentation on our website …

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Gotcha. As others have said, you need some hardware that can read and send signals to your bulb. The Gen 2 Nest hub is an option as is the IKEA hub as well as others. I’m assuming, after rereading your OP, that you don’t have Home Assistant deployed. At this stage of your smart home journey, you can either get the IKEA hub or return the bulb and get a wifi one.

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2nd this! Have an Aquara U200 that worked well. Bought 4 more on prime day to have ALL FOUR defective in which the locking mechanism didn’t actually turn, just made noise. Returned and got the Nuki Smart Lock Pro since it is only one of few Matter over Thread locks. Set the first up with a breeze and bought the remaining 3 and have enjoyed them thus far.

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My Nuki Ultra runs with Matter/Thread. Works perfectly fine, but would be cool if it would expose more entities.

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Robot vacuums are in Matter available now. My Roomba is connected to Apple Home and Home Assistant via Matter over Wi-Fi.

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I just replaced all my Ultraloq WiFi locks (nice industrial design but awful wifi implementation) with Schlage BE499 locks, and set them up using the really nice guide at https://nils.schimmelmann.us/2025-03-19-schlage-encode-plus-home-assistant/ . This creates a hybrid Apple HomeKit / HomeAssistant using Matter to communicate with the locks (you do need an AppleTV or similar to act as a Matter bridge). So far it's been rock solid; HomeKey works for the whole family and I have lock/unlock and current state in HomeAssistant.

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Thanks for the detailed breakdown! Running HA Green with about 30 mixed Matter devices here and yeah that brief dropout thing is real - adding a couple Sengled smart plugs as FTD routers made a huge difference The IPv6/multicast tip is gold, had to hunt through my router settings for weeks before figuring out that was killing my connection stability

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Made an open source Matter over Thread firmware for the Shelly 1 Gen 4 relay. I made an open source Matter over Thread firmware for the Shelly 1 Gen 4. Shelly said they likely won't add the feature via firmware update, offering Matter over Wifi instead. So I spent a chunk of time figuring it out for my off grid Sprinter van setup. I have these little relays commissioned to both HA using the Matter integration and Apple Home simultaneously, all humming along as on/off devices for lights using Matter over Thread - both commissioned separately without a HomeKit bridge. What started this journey …

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Did you have a chance to test the new Relay miniV4? The matter support is all I waited for, I use it via HomeKit to control my lights. Just installed the yellow Tuya ones currently all over Ali to test. They work great, but it takes half a second for the light to switch on when the real switch is pressed. Bit annoying.

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My Matter ones haven’t had a single glitch since installing them a year ago. Connected to Apple Home, not Home Assistant though, so maybe Thread is more stable on those hubs.

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Yes, endorse SLZB MR-1. Dual matter and Zigbee dongle. New but seems well supported. Matter is the future so worth investing in. Supports multiple physical layers - Thread (which is comparable with Zigbee), WiFi and Ethernet. To support most devices today - Zigbee and Matter are likely the way. Z-wave is much less prolific on devices but still good.

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… Face Unlock, Self-Hosted Guide Automatically unlock your front door using face recognition, NFC, or PIN via UniFi Access + Home Assistant + Matter over Thread. # Hardware |Component|Purpose| |:-|:-| |UniFi G6 Pro Entry|Door reader, face recognition, NFC, PIN| |UniFi Access Hub Mini|Required UniFi Access controller, powers and manages the G6 Pro via PoE++| |Eufy Smart Lock E30|Door lock actuator (Matter over Thread)| |SLZB-MR1|USB Thread radio, provides the Thread border router for HA| |Home Assistant (dedicated machine)|Automation hub, Thread border router host, Matter controller| # How …

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… (part of the non posting group because it works). I have the mixed apple + home assistant setup. Works like a charm! Even using the more experimental SLZB-MR4U. Using it with ikea Matter devices only.

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first - if you´re going to use zigbee and matter over thread mixed , try get dedicated sticks or a combo-stick (like the slzb-mr4u, i use it, works great) so you can use both in parallel. do not use "dual protocol" on just one device, it´s.. not worth the hassle imho. THEN, a lot of ikea switches (!) do not work ootb the way ikea intends them to work. you will need to fiddle with them , some need "blueprints" ,some just work slightly different than noted on the packaging.. the plugs and bulbs all work very well, although i like the old tradfri better than the kajplats in terms of color …

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I bought a sonoff and flashed it and then added open thread to my existing apple homepod thread network without issues. I scan devices and add immediately over thread. My only matter complaint is no light grouping support to turn them all on and off at once in HA still

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… I'm relatively new to home assistant. My current setup: \- Philips Hue bridge (Hue bulbs) \- Aqara G3 hub via Matter (FP300, FP1E, roller blind E1) \- SwitchBot Hub 2 via Matter (Curtain 3) \- IKEA Trådfri bulbs on the Hue bridge (causing state issues) \- Everything exposed to Apple Home via HA's HomeKit bridge I was thinking to get a ZBT-1 dongle mainly to fix the IKEA bulbs. But I'm wondering: is there any benefit to also moving my Aqara devices off the G3 onto direct Zigbee? Or is it generally better to keep devices on their native hubs and only use the dongle for devices that have no …

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I have a tado X thermostat that works like a treat. I run both home assistant and the HA matter server in a docker container, my Apple HomePod mini acts as border router.

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When integrating the tapo devices, don’t use the regular Tapo integration, turn on matter on your h200 hub. Uses local push instead of local polling which is super important for any kind of sensor.

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Matter is not really a protocol like Zigbee. It is an application layer that rides on top of transports such as WiFi, Thread, or Ethernet. That means you can have Matter over WiFi, Zigbee, or Thread. My favorite local recommendations for those categories are Tapo Smart Power Strip \- Matter over WiFi SmartWings Blinds \- They have Zigbee, Zwave, Thread First Alert SMCO410 \- Z-Wave

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I bought some Tapo plugs for their Matter support to replace my Belkin Wemo gear. They were inexpensive, don't require Internet and seem to be reliable.

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I haven’t had issue with any Tapo, if it uses matter then I use matter like the P316 ones without matter I use with Apple HomeKit P125

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I think the TP-Link TAPO S505D Matter WiFi dimmer switches right now are hard to beat for the price. I use them and they work really well.

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Aqara Thermostat Hub W200 - Real-world notes. I recently swapped out my ecobee Premium for the Aqara Thermostat Hub W200 and wanted to share some real-world notes after using it for about a week, especially from a Home Assistant perspective. Setup was straightforward. I added it through the Aqara app and then paired it to Home Assistant using Matter. It shows up as a standard thermostat device with temperature, humidity, and HVAC mode controls. Nothing too surprising there. One thing that is actually more useful than I expected is the built-in screens. You can add up to six extra screens with …

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I have the Aqara U200 and I love it, it integrates with home assistant through matter, however only basic support is provided, you can lock and unlock the door, read the battery status and that pretty much it. Rest of the settings are with the Aqara app, however the lock is extremely reliable fingerprint reader and Apple home key works amazingly and I honestly don’t need anything else 🙂

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The problem I have the Aqara U200 Lock, ut for a few days now I have not been able to get the status back in Homeassistant that the Aquara U200 has been completed. The status is displayed correctly in Apple Homekit and in the Aqara app. Does anyone have the same problem? I am currently using Homeassistant version 2024.8.2 and Matter Server version 6.4.1. Does anyone have the same problems and a solution? ### What version of Home Assistant Core has the issue? 2024.8.2 ### What was the last working version of Home Assistant Core? _No response_ ### What type of installation are you running? Home …

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I'm Android too and I'm hanging out for locks with Aliro. This will enable UWB for Android (detects your phone approaching the door and unlocks for you as you reach the door). The U400 already supports it for iPhone and Aqara are supposedly going to incorporate Aliro (I assume with a firmware update). This article is Apple Centric but mentions a few upcoming locks that will have Aliro. I was excited about the Sense Pro but they are taking their sweet time.

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Unfortunately, fan mode is not passed through Matter. Hopefully, this gets implemented in a software update. There is a workaround, but it requires initial setup in the Aqara Home app. You create a “scene” which is a virtual button that triggers an automation. You then enable ‘scene sync” through Matter. This creates a virtual switch that shows up as a connected device under the W200. You can then use that to set the fan mode. Options are: * fan auto (normally idle, on when ac/heat is active). * fan on. * fan timer (min). * fan cycle (min/hr). Other things can be passed through scene sync, …

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Just want to add some additional notes for other people who may be looking. If you have a 2-wire radiator boiler setup it may not be worth it to switch over. I switched over from a Nest, and It does not do the "power-stealing" that the Nests and (i think) ecobees do. I ordered the adapter and have been talking to support all week on how to get the nest thermostat to power on for me

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… don’t need multi-sensor averaging. This is coming post-launch, so wait until it’s updated if this is important to you. First a few things: - despite its hub having Thread, it actually connects the thermostat via Matter over WiFi. - Aqara app not needed for setup. - works with internet access disabled. However, I did detect clock drift on the W200. I addressed this by adding a local ntp server in the DHCP options on my DHCP server…which I can’t believe I had forgotten to do! Basic HA functionality is: - climate entity with controls for setting cool/heat/auto/off modes and up/down temps. …

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The problem I added a arre button (Matter over Thread) to HA via HomeKit (HomeKit was the initial fabric). The button seems to be working, but the thread network name in the device info is corrupt. ### What version of Home Assistant Core has the issue? core-2024.12.5 ### What was the last working version of Home Assistant Core? _No response_ ### What type of installation are you running? Home Assistant OS ### Integration causing the issue Matter ### Link to integration documentation on our website https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/matter ### Diagnostics information …

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The problem I added a arre button (Matter over Thread) to HA via HomeKit (HomeKit was the initial fabric). The button seems to be working, but the thread network name in the device info is corrupt. ### What version of Home Assistant Core has the issue? core-2024.12.5 ### What was the last working version of Home Assistant Core? _No response_ ### What type of installation are you running? Home Assistant OS ### Integration causing the issue Matter ### Link to integration documentation on our website https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/matter ### Diagnostics information …

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… Posting this because I could not find a straight answer anywhere and it took me way too long to finally get it to work. Setup: HA OS in a VM on Proxmox, OpenThread Border Router addon running on a ConBee III, Matter Server addon, and a Sonoff dongle for Zigbee on ZHA. Being upfront about this: I did not work this out myself. I ran Claude against the Home Assistant MCP server and it did the actual debugging, reading the addon logs, the Thread network status, the ZHA energy scan and the Matter Server's internal state, then narrowing down which step was failing. Everything below is what it found …

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Was there any update on this? I'm running on HA Operating System 10.0.dev20230317, and I see the devices join and initially the eve energy and eve motion reported their states. My door sensor didn't ever report an opened condition. In my logs, I seem to see a python exception occur fairly regularly whenever I trigger an action on a device which I would expect to send a report / update. The attached snippet from my logs is for an eve energy device which I've turned on manually with the button at the front. ``` 2023-03-20 15:31:59 core-matter-server chip.EM[126] INFO >>> [E:49843r M:12334478] …

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The problem I have a problem with Matter devices, I use a Apple Thread network and around 60+ Matter over Thread devices (Eve and Aqara), all worked perfect since the last or wo last HA updates/ Matter Server Updates. Now some Devices are not available in Home Assistant, but still work perfect in Apple Home, so it is not a Network Problem. ### What version of Home Assistant Core has the issue? core-2024.8.1 ### What was the last working version of Home Assistant Core? _No response_ ### What type of installation are you running? Home Assistant OS ### Integration causing the issue Matter Server …

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My experience may be unique, but I wanted to share it (just in case). I have a half-dozen Eve Energy Matter over Thread sockets. Previously was using a pair of Nest Hubs as the TBR. *Usually* didn't have any issues, except about every few months, one or more sockets would randomly go "unavailable" and the only way to solve was to unplug and reconnect the end-device. Reloading integrations and even restarting Home Assistant (and the VM hosting it) wouldn't bring the device back up. Eventually I added a Sky Connect Dongle to the thread network, but still the random drop-offs persisted. In the …

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… to Homekit, I use the "Bridge" Mode and the include Option, so only as included marked entities should appear in Homekit. Now I have a Problem with a Eve Energy Outlet - I paired it via Homekit and then use the Matter Integration in Home Assistant. The Device Works perfect in Homekit and Home Assistant - but it is automatically deployed to Homekit via Home Assistant - so it shows up twice in Homekit - I can´t find a solution for this. I also checked the YAML - there the device is not in the list of included entities. ### What version of Home Assistant Core has the issue? core-2024.1.5 ### …

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My Matter over thread experience My Thread experience has generally been awful since the very beginning of Thread devices being available and at the time only dealing with Apple HomeKit. I had Eve Energy plugs first, then some Thread air purifiers, then the Schlage Encode Plus locks and of course multiple Apple TV 4Ks and HomePod minis. I also had the first Gen big HomePods which lacked Thread radios. Before Apple allowed you to specify a specific Home Hub, my Thread network would go to trash every time a HomePod would randomly become the Hub. I finally had to get rid of these HomePods. Even …

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The problem I am trying to add a Eve Energy smart plug in HA using the Matter integration but it is not working. The device works perfectly fine using Matter in Apple HomeKit. I can enable pairing mode but when adding an existing device or even if I factory reset the device and add it directly into HA, I get an error. I've checked every aspect of my router configuration as mentioned in couple of forum posts. Did many trial and error by disabling/enabling anything related to QoS, OneMesh, Multicast. IPv6 is working fine, I can ping from the container other IPv6 devices outside of the host. I'm …

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Hi folks, I think I have the same issue. Flashed one of my Eve Motion sensors zu Matter firmware. Device is added to HomeKit and via share code additionally added to HA. Adding itself worked like a charm, same as it did with my two Eve Energy. But the motion sensor sticks at one state and doesn't update at all whereas HomeKit shows every change. Illuminance sensor seems not to work at all as @Wardy125 reported above. Even the Eve app doesn't show any changes in illuminance, neither do HomeKit or HA. I attach my diag info, hope it helps you folks. [matter-ec35f125a2d936eead50d85d3f592d38-Eve …

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The problem Unfortunately, the latest set of updates to Matter Server have rendered my Matter devices (20x Eve MotionBlinds) unusable. Prior to the 5.1.x set of patches, Matter Server was somewhat reliable. After updating, about 50% of devices are unresponsive at any given time. Meanwhile, the same devices paired to HomeKit (running on the exact same Matter over Thread network) have had 100% reliability since first pairing them. I appreciate that flaky devices can be a difficult issue to diagnose, and often something that can be blamed on network, so I'll do my best to be thorough here. To be …

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I bought one matter device - an Eve Smart switch. Trying to commission it was a nightmare. I'm on Grapheneos and apparently with a proper Google Play Services proprietary service, it's impossible. (This is some crazy) So I got out an older Android phone and tried via that - I kept getting an error of a Thread Border Router not being found. I'm already using thread with a lot of esp32s devices, so I know my thread network is stable and the border router is also working and it's exposing itself correctly. Eventually, I got an old iPhone (6S) out and tried to setup the switch, except maybe the …

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The problem I have an Eve Thermo(stat) which has the Matter Beta Firmware installed. It is connected to HomeKit and then a new Pairing code was generated to pair it to Home Assistant via the Matter Integration. Problem is the following: - Thermostat is on, 22° - I manually turn off the thermostat (on the device) - A while later I turn the thermostat back on (on the device) and at the same time change the temperature to 17° (on the device) - --> In HomeKit it is shown correctly as on and 17° - --> In Home Assistant it shows as on with 22°. The log only says "Changed to Heat" It happened to me …

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Sort of. The Nest Generation 4 supports Matter, which is a fully local protocol. Google did a pretty weak implementation, and it only supports Matter for the main thermostat functions. I had purchased one, then returned it. I had wrote to Google customer service letting them know what was missing, but never heard a response. In case you're curious as to what's missing ... 1. Matter Fan Support Missing - The Nest 4th gen Matter implementation does not include any support for controlling the fan in a forced air heating system. The thermostat should have implemented a Matter Fan device type …

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Have to agree. I purchased a Govee Air Purifier for my new office, thinking Matter would allow me great local control. Turns out it doesn't work at all. Luckily there was a HACS integration that works exactly as I need, but It's a shame to have to go to the cloud for a device that has Matter integraiton.

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The problem Hi My air purifier does not have an auto sensor btw. Via Matter in Home Assistant, the Air Purifier won't work via: 1. Toggle On by the Fan Toggle (UI shows On, but fan doesn't respond) 2. Toggle On Fan > Preset Mode > Low, Medium or High (UI shows On, but fan doesn't respond) 3. Preset Mode > Low, Medium or High (UI shows selection, but fan doesn't respond) Summary: I cannot control any fan speed apart from full blast speed - see below. It will work partially via: 1. Toggle On Fan > Preset Mode > Auto (causes fan to be at full blast) 2. Preset Mode > Auto (causes fan to be at …

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I have installed 3 hunter aerodyne fans so far in my house and I really like them. You have to set them up in HomeKit and then remove them from HomeKit and then they will show up for a short time in HomeKit to set them up within home assistant. Then you can port it back into HomeKit.

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The problem IKEA ALPSTUGA (firmware 1.0.26) cannot be added to Home Assistant via Apple Home Matter Multi-Admin, but commissions successfully when Home Assistant is the original commissioner. Environment * Home Assistant Core: 2026.6.4 * Matter Server add-on: 9.0.3 * Matter Server: 1.1.2 * Thread integration healthy * Apple Thread network imported and configured as the preferred Thread network * Other Matter-over-Thread devices (Aqara Hub M3, U100, W100, etc.) commission and function normally Device * IKEA ALPSTUGA Air Quality Monitor * Firmware: 1.0.26 * Hardware: P2.0 Reproduction 1. …

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The new IKEA devices work with Thread (and Matter-over-Thread), and some (like the BILRESA) can be configured to use Zigbee instead (which, according to this, is unsupported and could be removed at any time). You should pick one protocol. Since not all devices support Zigbee, and all of them support Thread, I would suggest using Thread. The BILRESA that uses Zigbee can be configured to use Thread again (according to aforementioned page, through resetting it by holding the pair button for about 10 seconds; an amber pulsating LED means it's in Thread pairing mode).

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As for the coordinator, I've used the Dirigera hub from Ikea since before entering the Home Assistant world, and it's surprisingly good. But still limited, in particular for switches. Most people who have tried several options swear by the SMLight SMZB-06. Mine is in the mail, I'm eagerly awaiting it. Zigbee2MQTT (Z2M) seems like the most robust way to go for future-proofing, so that's the HA route I'll take. The other one is ZHA, built-in, less flexible, less support for uncommon devices. As for expanding your meshed network, powered devices act as routers/repeaters, battery-powered devices …

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I'd have to find the post again but someone recently discovered that his grillplats plugs were causing havoc in his network and he had like 8 of them

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Working great with HomeKit as the Thread network. I always pair to HomeKit first then share to Home Assistant. Seems to be the most stable setup. Originally was thinking of adding in my own PoE thread adapter but if it ain’t broke don’t fix it.

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Strongly disagree, i have zbt2 and lots of sensors from ikea and all work perfectly through ha matter server and open thread border router.

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They're made for the ikea Ladda batteries, which run at lower voltage than standard AAA.

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They are not reliable for a lot of us, so good luck :-) Supposedly there's a beta firmware update that drastically improves their stability, though.

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Disagree. It's gotta be your network settings. I am using 91 Ikea Matter over Thread devices, Dirigera as the only TBR and all devices are shared individually, one by one using multi-admin codes into HA's Matter.js server. None of my devices other than 6 Timmerflottes ever drop offline. Everything else is now pretty much rock solid and stays connected. That was not always the case and before the most recent firmware updates many of my Bilresas were not reliably. Now with 1.9.15 they are solid. Maybe I'm just lucky but I really love yhd Ikea stuff. And to be clear, my home network also has …

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The problem I'have added the D215S to integration after Leviton updated the firmware from HomeKit to Matter. When the switch was added to HomeKit the entity created was a switch, but with matter it's a light. I would have supposed it should still be created has a switch. Either platform (switch vs light) I don't mind so much, but with a switch you can easily switch it to another type. The problem is not the platform but that the light show brightness control even if it's a switch only. I'have tired to add it to Google Home and the result was the same. So I thought that the problem was with …

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… months now and I can say that they work very well with Apple Home. Having said that, I can't seem to get them added to Homeassistant at all. They are matter enabled so I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong. Could very well be user error. So to control them via HA it's a little bit of a work around. I have a Zooz Scene controller that turns on the nanoleaf via the Apple Home device that I exposed to HA. It's hacky, but it works. The delay is half a second to a second for the actions to take effect. It is what it is until I figure why I can't add them directly to home assistant via matter.

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Interestingly, my Matter over Thread devices were rock solid when I was using HK exclusively. They only fell apart after I moved everything to HA.

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… go dark, and I needed to hit the button on top to wake it up. Besides that 1 incident in 3 days, it worked well. I do not know what the three occupancy sensors are though. It always seems to trigger #2 on each, the other two are there but not sure what triggers them.

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Are they Nanoleaf Essentials bulbs? The most recent Nanoleaf firmware (3.6.196) greatly improves their function (Nanoleaf updated to Matter 1.2 as part of firmware 3.6.173 and that greatly improved reliability). You have to update using the Nanoleaf app - Nanoleaf has not released the update as an Over-The-Air updating, so you must use their app. https://helpdesk.nanoleaf.me/en-US/nanoleaf-essentials-matter-release-notes-255125

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So I have Nanoleaf essentials downlights, thread matter, they’re great now, but goddamn were they awful when I bought them. Lots of active development and updates has got them to the stable point they’re at now. I’d be very wary of no or new name matter lights for this reason. There have been huge jumps in standards in the last two years taking these things from guaranteed frustration to stable and usable, you want to know the developer is at least trying.

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… whats happening here better, it would be much appreciated. Previously this same struggle was on a RP4 (2024.3.1); before that update (and an update to the Nanoleaf firmware) it didn't work at all. ### What version of Home Assistant Core has the issue? core-2024.3.3 ### What was the last working version of Home Assistant Core? _No response_ ### What type of installation are you running? Home Assistant OS ### Integration causing the issue Matter ### Link to integration documentation on our website https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/matter/ ### Diagnostics information …

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Tried many matter over thread devices. All had same issue. Only kept these 4 so I could monitor if it ever got better. 1 x nanoleaf matter over thread light bulb 1 x eve matter over thread smart plugs 1 x Aqara matter over thread door sensor 1 x Aqara matter over thread motion sensor. Home assistant is the matter controller, apple HomePod minis and Apple TV are the thread border routers. They’re within a solid range of each other, so it’s not signal strength - it’s just the fact that matter over thread is bad.

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The problem Edit because I see there have been some other tickets around this saying Nest doesn't expose the state: The same thermostat is also added to Apple Home over Matter, and it _does_ reflect modes (off/heat) vs state (idle/heating) in the Apple Home app, so Nest must be exposing that information somewhere. I switched from the Nest integration with an older Gen 2 thermostat to a Gen 4 thermostat over Matter, and on a dashboard I have a graph showing the entity's status (current/target temperatures and heating status). The old entity's state only showed heating when the thermostat was …

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I setup the ZBT-2 as a TBR, and have 2 Eve energy plugs (which I've read can act as extenders). I'm trying to reach the Pergolux controller in the back yard which is supposed to be Matter over Thread, but after getting past the Bluetooth pairing I get a notification that there is no Border Router. I have zigbee and a few Z-wave items, this is my 1st foray into Thread. Any ideas? Their support doesn't seem to have any idea, and the only instructions are for Homekit and Google.

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Tried it with one of the new Shelly PlugS Gen3s, just for giggles. Added it to HA, shared it to HomeKit. Worked fine for turning it on and off, but no advanced functionality like power metering. Home Asisstant is just more flexible with having a ton of tailored integrations, which do almost anything for your specific device. And publishing almost any device via a HomeKit-Bridge to HomeKit is also kind of easier than faffing around with Matter sharing.

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I don't have the Switchbot Hub so I'm unable to compare number of entities to that, but when the vacuum is connected to HomeKit you have an additional drop down list of specific rooms you can clean. With Home Assistant's Matter integration it's your whole house or nothing.

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… even wrote that companies were worried because their apps might no longer be needed. But in reality? Matter feels like a scam. Take my recently purchased SwitchBot S10 as an example. I bought it because it was advertised as “Matter-supported.” Technically true… but also misleading. Adding the device to Home Assistant via Matter brings zero real benefit. The exposed entities are almost useless: you can start cleaning, send it back to the dock, and that’s about it. Basically the same functionality you already get from the physical buttons on the vacuum. There’s no room cleaning, no zone …

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… information I'm using a SkyConnect stick and have 2 HomePod minis as other border routers. I currently only have 2 Matter devices, an Aqara U200 smartlock and a Tado Thermostat X. In Apple Home these devices always stay there rock solid btw.

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Non WiFi Smart Switches?. So, I recently upgraded my house to the Tapo Matter smart switches, and they’ve been working quite flawlessly. However, they do take a while to reconnect and self-heal if the power goes out. Overall, I have no complaints, but I can’t help but wonder what I would do differently if I could do it all over again. One thing that crossed my mind is that I would choose non-WiFi switches. Perhaps ones that run on Zigbee, Z-Wave, or any other protocol. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find any that fit my criteria. Do they even exist? Part of this decision stems from the fact that …

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Using the ultraloq matter over thread lock. It has the ability to auto lock as well with the built in magnet but I use a zigbee door sensor so I can run my own automations with it. You can use it in home assistant with no issues, but you'll need the app to add new codes.

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I regret buying some aqara stuff like cameras, presence sensors, and water leak sensors. Although they work decent in their own ecosystem, in HA, they are pure trash. Afara is known for trying really hard to make you locked in their own ecosystem by limiting a lot of functions when exposed over matter/homekit/google. Can't wait to change them all, but I haven't found a presence sensor yet that can match FP2.

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The problem I updated my Aqara M2 Hub to Matter and successfully added it to HA. All the connected devices except the blinds work very well. The blinds somehow only show up as battery sensors but not as covers. In Apple Home, it works without issue. ### What version of Home Assistant Core has the issue? 2023.3.4 ### What was the last working version of Home Assistant Core? _No response_ ### What type of installation are you running? Home Assistant OS ### Integration causing the issue Matter, Aqara M2, Aqara Roller Shade Driver E1 ### Link to integration documentation on our website …

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The problem I’m using HA OS and have already some matter devices configured. For some reason, I cannot add Eve Door & Window sensor. I bought two of them, both dont work so I dont think it’s a hardware issue. This is strenghtened by the fact that I can connect them both to Apple Home every time. Matter server always gives the same error: (full log is attached) [code] Some more info: * Core2024.3.3 * Supervisor2024.03.1 * Operating System12.1 * Frontend20240307.0 ### What version of Home Assistant Core has the issue? Core2024.3.3 ### What was the last working version of Home Assistant Core? …

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I'm done with Matter over Thread. I mean, got a ZBT-2, Eve Energy plugs to extend the mesh, spent hours researching other's experiences on here and elsewhere... to no avail. It just works when it feels like it, then just goes 'nah...' for no visible reason. Completely unreliable. Done with it.

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The problem Unfortunately, the latest set of updates to Matter Server have rendered my Matter devices (20x Eve MotionBlinds) unusable. Prior to the 5.1.x set of patches, Matter Server was somewhat reliable. After updating, about 50% of devices are unresponsive at any given time. Meanwhile, the same devices paired to HomeKit (running on the exact same Matter over Thread network) have had 100% reliability since first pairing them. I appreciate that flaky devices can be a difficult issue to diagnose, and often something that can be blamed on network, so I'll do my best to be thorough here. To be …

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I could add the Eve Weather (Thread/Matter) to HomeKit at first, but after removing it and trying to pair it with Home Assistant, it wouldn’t pair anymore. I added it back to HomeKit, upgraded it to Matter in the Eve app (saved the new code), but pairing failed and after that it wouldn’t pair with either HomeKit or HA. Tried resets and power cycles for hours and gave up. The Eve plug was worse, it was from Amazon and wouldn’t even add to HomeKit. It felt like a returned device still linked to a previous owner, but not sure.

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I create a thread a couple of weeks back moaning about the terrible experience I had with the IKEA matter devices. The issue turned out to be the dirigera hub. Not sure if mine was defective or they're just generally bad. I ended up buying a zbt-2 and recommissioned all the IKEA device directly through home assistant and everything is rock solid now. So I think as long as you avoid the IKEA hub, the devices themselves seem fine.

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My experience with matter is quite negative so far. I have a dirigera gateway and a few timmerflotte sensors. It originally worked fine, until I swapped a SIM card in my 5G router. Since then I can’t see these sensors in Apple Home and I can’t pair it again with HA. I suspect my new operator doesn’t use ipv6, but I tried switching between dhcp and slaac but nothing helps. Maybe a router update also broke something. I gave up for now, I shouldn’t be a network engineer to read a room temperature.

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These were all working perfectly, then after the update these same were never recognized again. Regression! Smart RGBTW Bulb (1000) by Leedarson Firmware: 1.00.00 Hardware: 1.0.0 Serial number: 00002024578

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I think the fix for this issue has broken my (also Leviton) D23LP plug-in dimmer units, which are now enumerated as simple switches. (I also have several D215S units that never had an issue.) The correct fix, IMO, would be to disambiguate using the device type of the relevant endpoint (as suggested by Leviton) rather than simply applying a heuristic that LevelControl is to be ignored when OnOff is present. (In fact, I think LevelControl devices are all required to have OnOff as well?)

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Are all Matter bulbs bad, or just the ones I bought?. I swear I've had the worst luck with smart bulbs over the years. I started with LIFX bulbs, which are fine, but I really wanted to go full local control (plus they're kinda pricy) so the next time I needed some smart bulbs, I bought Zigbee. I hated them. They refused to join the mesh network, only talking to the hub directly and I had to actually move my Home Assistant server to make them work. So this time when I needed some, I took a chance on Linkind brand matter bulbs. After all, I've been hearing Matter is the new smarthome standard …

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I’m just going to say it - can we stop pretending like matter is good. Just had about a 24 hour power loss. Needless to say my place lit up like a Christmas tree when power was finally restored. Everything is back to running as normal…..well that is everything except the remaining matter lights I have yet to phase out. All of my main kitchen lighting (4 large overhead bulbs and 3 candle island bulbs) dropped off during the power outage and now will not reconnect to home assistant, and I’ve basically tried everything. So now it’s back to breaking out the ladder again and re-pairing 7 more …

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I am actually moving back from matter to Zigbee. I had around 20 matter plugs that worked for quite a while, but after some update here recently (and not on my end, I am too lazy to touch stuff once it's working) ... all the matter devices I had stopped communicating .. but zigbee works fine. I am a fan of Matter and it's potential .. but it isn't ready yet. My advice, stick with Zigbee for now and migrate to matter once it matures more.

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An update on "I'm done with Matter over Thread". Two weeks ago, I outed my frustration with Matter over Thread (https://www.reddit.com/r/homeassistant/comments/1qymc6q/im\_done\_with\_matter\_over\_thread/) and got more reactions than I anticipated, both agreeing and disagreeing. Small update for who is interested. My setup was: ZBT-2 Connect, Eve Energy Thread smart plugs and Ikea sensors. Issue: constant disconnects, impossible to troubleshoot. So: re-flashed the ZBT-2 with the Zigbee firmware, replaced the useless Eve Energy plugs with Sonoff Zigbee smart plugs to act as routers and the …

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… much more success with matter over WiFi than matter over thread. I think I finally have a few matter over thread devices working but I can’t get my OG Nanoleaf “HomeKit” bulbs to move over from AH to HA.

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I also canʼt get them to actually work with matter protocols. If I want to control them I need to use the Nanoleaf app. I have seen instructions that claim to fix this but they have to use the HomeKit integration instead of working with Matter. I havenʼt tried recently though; maybe some update fixed something.

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The problem After nearly a full year of not being able to connect my nanoleaf matter devices I finally was able to adopt the numerous devices into home assistant where they worked consistently for multiple weeks (almost 2 months). I travelled to a conference for work and updated my home assistant version while I was gone. When I got back, 0 of the devices were working. I restarted home assistant and my apple border routers to see if I could get it to work and that didn't help. ### What version of Home Assistant Core has the issue? core-2024.11.2 ### What was the last working version of Home …

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Similar issues here, I’d bought a set of bulbs without realising they were Thread. I run HA in a container which lacks IPv6, and its IPv4 is also a different subnet to my main network. The Thread stuff all worked fine with HomeKit. Could not figure out how to get things talking to HA. In the end I ran the HA Matter Server on my default VLAN and then I could see the bulbs in HA. Wasn’t particularly reliable which is a shame as these bulbs had really good colour (Nanoleaf Essentials GU10). I’ll stick with Zigbee & z2m for now I think.

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The problem Unfortunately, the latest set of updates to Matter Server have rendered my Matter devices (20x Eve MotionBlinds) unusable. Prior to the 5.1.x set of patches, Matter Server was somewhat reliable. After updating, about 50% of devices are unresponsive at any given time. Meanwhile, the same devices paired to HomeKit (running on the exact same Matter over Thread network) have had 100% reliability since first pairing them. I appreciate that flaky devices can be a difficult issue to diagnose, and often something that can be blamed on network, so I'll do my best to be thorough here. To be …

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The problem We are unable to add the Siegenia window sensor to HomeAssistant by Matter. The device is working with the Apple Home without any problems. But we can't add the device to HomeAssistant. We discussed that topic on the discord server without a solution. I tested it with the official release of the matter server and the beta version 6.1. It is the same error behaviour. ### What version of Home Assistant Core has the issue? 2024.6.0 ### What was the last working version of Home Assistant Core? Unknown ### What type of installation are you running? Home Assistant OS ### Integration …

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Kind of feel that way with my SmartWings shades with Matter motors. Albiet they’re supposed to connect to HomeKit, not HA, but 13 out of 18 are offline consistently. Whereas my Lutron’s have been online for 2 years without one hiccup. 😔

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Got Thread with an SLZB MR1 and it is SO bad. I spent two hours last night unsuccessfully trying to pair an IKEA and another brand device. I have ONLY had success pairing directly with the Matter server. Using my Android phone it's ALWAYS stuck on Checking connectivity with Thread network ha-thread-xxxx. Got full IPv6, same VLAN, Unifi networking. I tried to go all in with Matter over Thread on new deployments of Home Assistant and it's always been rough. Whereas with Apple Home it just works.

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… thinking it would be the gold standard 5-6 years ago.. In theory, Matter and Matter over Thread seemed like a homerun. That being said, it doesn't hold a candle to protocols like Zigbee or Z-Wave at this current moment. I've been trying to connect a SwitchBot candle warmer, and it has been an absolute nightmare.

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Tado X, Matter, Thread and my Exploding Head. Relatively new to Smart Homes. I finally have a perfectly working HomeKit setup (running off an homepod mini) which I’m really happy with. All devices are Matter compatible, either via Wi-Fi or Thread. I have managed to “migrate” most of my devices into Home Assistant, which is running as a docker in my TrueNAS NAS. I have followed some online instructions, deployed a matter-server on my NAS and now everything works just fine via Matter integration in HA. My goal is to have HA and Homekit running at the same so that my non-Apple-equipped …

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Google home mini is not a thread border router.

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Maybe the IKEA ALPSTUGA? Adds some other sensors as well. $29 and powered.

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Proposed change Add proper rotary/linear encoder support for Matter Switch devices like the IKEA BILRESA scroll wheel. The Matter spec lacks a native encoder cluster, so devices like BILRESA use `MultiPressComplete.totalNumberOfPressesCounted` to report absolute encoder positions (0-17), not button press counts. This PR adds `MatterEncoderEventEntity` which: - Detects encoder devices via `KNOWN_ENCODERS` table (vendor/product ID) - Tracks position state and calculates direction/magnitude - Fires `rotate_cw`/`rotate_ccw` events with magnitude attribute - Handles wrap-around correctly for …

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What Matter Thread Border Router do I need?. I installed a Lockin Veno face reading smart lock and wanted to hook it up to my Home Assistant (I'm on the latest version v2026.9.0). I went through all of the steps, but I get an error message when trying to add the smart lock to the Matter integration. Note - this is my first matter device, so I've never used it before. In the HA companion app, it tells me that I need a "thread border router". Is this really needed or does HA just need to be configured correctly to act as the router itself? If it makes any difference, I have an iPhone 14 pro, a …

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Proposed change Matter's `Doorbell` device type is currently discovered as a plain `GenericSwitch` event entity (`EventDeviceClass.BUTTON`). Home Assistant now has a standard doorbell event type (`DoorbellEventType.RING`, see the doorbell standard event type blog post), which requires event entities with `EventDeviceClass.DOORBELL` to expose a `ring` event type. This PR adds a dedicated discovery schema for the Matter `Doorbell` device type that uses `EventDeviceClass.DOORBELL` / `translation_key="doorbell"`, separate from the existing `GenericSwitch` schema. The underlying Switch cluster's …

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… reasons, primarily concerns about cloud reliance and frustrating delays, even with a 1Gbps internet connection. I have a few questions: Q1: I have over 30 MOES Matter GU10 bulbs and some E27 MOES Matter bulbs. Occasionally, these devices appear offline in the Google Home app while showing as online in the MOES app. Would moving to Home Assistant with a HA Green and SkyConnect fix this issue and make them local devices instead of relying on the cloud? Q2: I switched from an iRobot Roomba J7 to a Xiaomi X20+ due to the self-emptying bin, cheaper parts, mopping functionality, and improved …

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The problem I recently changed my network system to Unifi and since then it seems to be giving me some issues with adding Matter devices such as Aqara FP2 sensor or Kasa smart plugs. I currently have Google Nest, Apple TV 4K and Aqara M3 (just in case it needed it to connect), but when I add them to their respective apps then check Apple Home app, it shows as not responsive and then when I remove it and try to add to the Matter (BETA), it just hangs there saying its connecting or cannot connect to it. ### What version of Home Assistant Core has the issue? core-2024.8.2 ### What was the last …

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The Aqara TVOC sensor is not yet bridged by the Aqara Hub to Matter, most probably because AirQuality is Matter 1.2 and the bridge is still on 1.0 or 1.1. I do see we are missing some discovery schemas for these kind of sensor devices which I will add but you will still have to wait until Aqara updates their implementation. FYI: I added one of these sensors to my test Aqara hub to verify this. Its also not working on other ecosystems.

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The problem Hello! I am migrating my IKEA Dirigera bridge with multiple lights and sensors from HomeKit Device to Matter integration. While most of the devices are exposed, some Tuya sensors are visible only as HomeKit devices: - 🟢 TS0201 temperature sensor - Matter - 🔴 TS0202 motion sensor - HomeKit only - 🟢 TS0203 door contact sensor - Matter - 🔴 TS0207 water leakage sensor - HomeKit only - 🟢 TS0501B light controller single color - Matter - 🟢 TS0502B light controller with color temp - Matter - 🟢 LWO001 Philips Hue - Matter - 🟢 GL-C-008P Gledopto RGB+CCT - Matter - 🟢 Ikea TRADFRI devices - …

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Matter limited functionality and subscriptions being implemented. I had been following this thread but this is ridiculous, especially from Sonoff. Seems like on/off functionality is fine but everything with a * requires a 10 dollar a month subscription. I highly recommend reading through the thread below. The quote below is from Futurehome. During provisioning hardware makers can route it through their servers which is probably why matter needs Internet to provision. I'll stick to Zigbee. …

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The problem Hello! I am migrating my IKEA Dirigera bridge with multiple lights and sensors from HomeKit Device to Matter integration. While most of the devices are exposed, some Tuya sensors are visible only as HomeKit devices: - 🟢 TS0201 temperature sensor - Matter - 🔴 TS0202 motion sensor - HomeKit only - 🟢 TS0203 door contact sensor - Matter - 🔴 TS0207 water leakage sensor - HomeKit only - 🟢 TS0501B light controller single color - Matter - 🟢 TS0502B light controller with color temp - Matter - 🟢 LWO001 Philips Hue - Matter - 🟢 GL-C-008P Gledopto RGB+CCT - Matter - 🟢 Ikea TRADFRI devices - …

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The problem When trying to add the WSP100 outlet as a Matter device Home Assistant is not able to recognize that the device exists although I can add the device to Apple HomeKit without issues. I have tried to add it via NFC and via the Apple HomeKit code and it is unable to see the device. I have a SkyConnect dongle with thread and multi radio enabled. Since I was unable to add the device directly to Home Assistant I tried to use the HomeKit controller integration to control the device since it is showing up in HomeKit but the device is not showing under available devices there either. One …

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