Aqara Expands Advanced Matter Bridging to Older Hubs, Adds Support for New Device Types

Smart location institution Aqara today announced plans to further integrate Matter into its merchandise offerings. Aqara is bringing its Advanced Matter Bridging diagnostic to each Aqara Matter controllers and bridges, alternatively than limiting the functionality to conscionable the Hub M3. With the change, users tin much easy link Aqara devices to third-party Matter platforms.


Advanced Matter Bridging tin beryllium utilized to person Scenes and Signals created successful the Aqara app to virtual plugs and sensors that tin beryllium shared to different platforms, which means that precocious Aqara features that utilized to beryllium constricted to the Aqara ecosystem tin beryllium utilized successful HomeKit. Advanced Matter Bridging is disposable crossed each existing and upcoming Matter Controllers from Aqara with the 4.3.4 firmware.

The Aqara level is besides gaining enactment for implicit 50 unsocial types of Matter-enabled devices, including third-party Matter devices from different manufacturers. Aqara Home integrates with robot vacuums, dimmable plugs, fume alarms, sensors of each kinds, aerial purifiers, refrigerators, washing machines, dryers, aerial conditioners and vigor pumps, star panels, electrical conveyance chargers, h2o heaters, and more. Matter devices that are not yet supported by a level similar Apple Home tin beryllium added to Apple Home done Aqara's platform.

Support for further Matter instrumentality types is disposable successful Aqara location mentation 5.1.9 and firmware mentation 4.3.5 for Matter Controllers, which is coming retired aboriginal this month.
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