Matter help is now being rolled out to Philips Hue Bridge homeowners through a software program replace, in accordance with the corporate, enabling the sensible residence system’s interoperability with third-party lights.
Matter is a connectivity normal that allows sensible residence equipment to work collectively seamlessly throughout a number of platforms, together with Apple’s HomeKit, Amazon’s Alexa, Google’s Residence, and others. For households with a number of sensible residence platforms or totally different smartphone manufacturers, it means the Matter lights might be managed from any gadget.
For Hue Bridge homeowners who management solely Philips Hue lights through Apple’s Residence app or the Hue app, nothing adjustments. For Android and iPhone customers who personal third-party lights with Matter help, they may now be capable of arrange and management these equipment through the Hue Bridge, supplied they personal a Matter border router, similar to an Apple TV 4K, ‌Apple TV‌ HD (fourth technology), Apple HomePod, or HomePod mini.
Pairing codes for Matter-compatible equipment might be requested within the Hue app by tapping the plus button within the Settings -> Good Residence display.
When Matter was formally launched in November 2022, Philips Hue declared itself a supporter of the brand new sensible residence normal. On the time, father or mother firm Signify mentioned a software program replace that might convey compatibility to its Philips Hue lineup can be accessible to all customers within the first quarter of 2023, however the replace was delayed.
Apple added help for Matter on the ‌iPhone‌, iPad, and ‌Apple TV‌ with iOS 16.1, iPadOS 16, and tvOS 16.1 final 12 months, with a ‌HomePod‌ or ‌Apple TV‌ required to manage Matter equipment within the Residence app or with Siri.
