Aqara has announced a significant advancement of Matter standard adoption across the Aqara ecosystem, as the Aqara Home platform is poised to integrate over 50 unique types of Matter-enabled devices, making it easier than ever for users to manage and automate their connected home devices in one centralised platform.
In addition, the Advanced Matter Bridging feature, initially introduced with the Hub M3, is now available on all Aqara Matter Controllers and bridges. This feature allows users to seamlessly bridge Aqara devices’ advanced functionalities to third-party Matter platforms.
“Aqara is fully committed to embracing cross-platform interoperability with Matter,” said Eugene You, Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Aqara. “We believe an open ecosystem is essential for the widespread adoption of smart home technology. By advancing Matter support, we offer users more flexibility, customisation, and enhanced experiences across platforms, while providing even more value to our customers regardless of the platform they prefer.”
“We’ve seen tremendous growth and momentum for Matter, thanks in part to leading brands like Aqara, who are simplifying the consumer experience,” added Tobin Richardson, President & CEO of the Connectivity Standards Alliance. “Aqara’s expansion of Matter support across their hub and bridge products, along with the broadening of Matter device compatibility on their platform, is a testament to our shared vision of a simple, interoperable, and powerful smart home future. We applaud the team at Aqara for achieving this impressive milestone.”
Interoperability has always been a priority in Aqara’s product design. For years, Aqara has partnered with major platforms like Alexa, Apple Home, Google Home, Home Assistant, Homey, and SmartThings, to ensure seamless compatibility and an optimised user experience for Aqara devices.
As an early advocate of the industry-unifying Matter standard, Aqara has integrated Matter compatibility across its wide-ranging portfolio, including its classic Zigbee device lineup. To further enhance connectivity among Thread-enabled devices, Aqara has optimised its Thread Border Routers to support Thread network sharing, allowing them to join existing Thread networks from other ecosystems. Additionally, Aqara Thread Border Routers will be enhanced with the capability to communicate across different local area networks (LANs). This approach significantly improves the robustness and reliability of the smart home experience.
To provide users with even more flexibility, the company has introduced an innovative feature — Advanced Matter Bridging — with its Hub M3. This feature is designed to bridge Aqara’s unique features and functionalities to third-party Matter platforms. It allows users to convert customised scenes and signals — created within the Aqara Home app — into virtual plugs and occupancy sensors, which can then be synchronized to other platforms via Matter.
Using this feature, users can bridge advanced device functionalities — previously exclusive to the Aqara ecosystem — such as on-device AI detection in Aqara cameras and fall detection in the FP2. Users can also bridge advanced capabilities of Aqara’s automation engine, like power automation, which can trigger different automations based on a device’s real-time power consumption.
The Advanced Matter Bridging feature is available across all existing and upcoming Aqara Matter Controllers, including the Hub M3, Camera Hub G5 Pro, Hub M100 and Doorbell Camera Hub G410, as well as older Matter bridges like the Hub M2, Hub M1S/M1S Gen 2, Hub E1 and Camera Hub G3. This allows more users to maximise the capabilities of their smart homes, regardless of the Matter platform they choose.
The Advanced Matter Bridging feature is available across Aqara’s current lineup of Matter Controllers and bridges through firmware version 4.3.4. To access this feature, Aqara Home version 5.1.4 or newer is required.
With the release of its first Matter Controller, the Hub M3, Aqara has
opened up the Aqara Home platform and its user-friendly automation engine to integrate third-party Matter devices, enabling sophisticated home automation.
With support for over 50 different types of Matter-enabled devices, Aqara offers one of the broadest levels of Matter interoperability today. This new update makes it easy for consumers to connect and control the smart devices they already own, while also ensuring that Aqara Home is future-proof, with ongoing support for both current and emerging products.
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