Aqara upgrades its M2 hub to Matter

Aqara begins updating its home automation accessories to make them compatible with Matter, and the first of these will be your M2 Hubwhich will receive an update in these weeks to become compatible with the new home automation standard.

Promises are made to be kept, and Aqara has already started to deliver on its promise by making its home automation devices compatible with the new home automation standard, Matter. The first device to convert to this standard is the Hub M2, which you can see in the article’s header image. The update will start appearing gradually in Aqara apps around the world, being the first to update those made in 2022

but we won’t have to wait too long for it to reach everyone, as Aqara has assured that within 4-6 weeks all of its M2 hubs should have the update available, which for now will be in beta phase.

What does it mean for the Hub to switch to Matter? That it can be controlled from any of the three main home automation platforms, while all of them have obviously been updated. Aqara devices connecting to the Hub do so using Zigbee and cannot update to Matter themselves, but Since the Hub is compatible with Matter, they can be controlled as if they were Matter themselves

so for practical purposes the user will not notice a difference.

This video shows the process of updating your Hub M2 to be compatible with Matter, just follow the steps given there. Matter’s updates won’t stop there, far from it. Hub M1S/M1S Gen 2, Hub E1, Camera Hub G3 and Camera Hub G2H Pro will receive similar updates later also be compatible. Upgrading to Matter does not mean that you have to change anything in your home automation installation, you will be able to continue using HomeKit as before, but you will also be able to use the rest of the platforms.