More Roomba Vacuums Get Matter Support for HomeKit Integration

Over the past fewer weeks, iRobot has added Matter enactment to much of its Roomba robot vacuums, allowing them to beryllium integrated with the Home app and utilized with Siri dependable commands.


Matter integration has been disposable for the Roomba Combo 10 Max since earlier this year, but existing Roomba Plus 500 Combo, Roomba Max 700 Vac, and Roomba Max 700 Combo vacuums tin get Matter enactment through a firmware update. Matter has not yet been re-added for the Roomba Combo J7 and J9.

Matter-enabled Roomba vacuums tin beryllium added to the Home app connected devices moving iOS 18.4 oregon higher, arsenic agelong arsenic a Home hub is disposable (Apple TV oregon HomePod). The Home app doesn't enactment the afloat suite of features disposable with robot vacuums, but basal commands are available. Vacuums tin beryllium acceptable to vacuum and mop an full home, oregon a circumstantial country oregon country with ‌Siri‌ dependable commands.

Once added to the Home app, a Roomba vacuum with Matter tin beryllium acceptable to cleanable automatically with automations and tin integrate with different HomeKit devices. You could, for example, acceptable the Roomba to vacuum whenever you permission the house, oregon astatine a definite time. Automations tin beryllium triggered by presence, time, sensors, oregon erstwhile an accessory similar a airy is activated.

Apple added enactment for Matter-connected robot vacuums successful iOS 18.4 earlier this year. Several companies person since travel retired with Matter options, including Roborock, Ecovacs, Switchbot, and Roomba.

iRobot's added Matter enactment comes arsenic the institution filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy earlier successful December. iRobot has been sold to Picea Robotics, a Chinese institution that already manufactures immoderate of the Roomba devices. The acquisition is expected to beryllium completed by February 2026, and iRobot says determination volition beryllium nary disruption successful app functionality, merchandise support, oregon lawsuit programs.

Going forward, iRobot volition stay a backstage institution owned by Picea, and the Roomba marque volition proceed with caller models planned for the future.

(Thanks, Max!)
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