I believe matter does not support cameras yet so the certification is for the matter bridge. It’s a proprietary Aqara camera with a matter bridge sticked to it, like other camera-hubs from the brand.
Doesn’t make much sense to place a matter hub outdoors though, so maybe that’s the indoors model. The certification document does not mention Thread, only Ethernet (Thread in an outdoor camera would make much more sense to provide signal to outdoor devices like sensors).
The Zigbee certification is not there yet, but it looks like it’s a Zigbee bridge. And if it’s outdoors it makes sense to extend Zigbee.
As @mocelet said, the matter specification does not yet include cameras. That device will be a matter bridge, just like their existing indoor camera, the G3, which works well as a Zigbee hub on the aqara platform and a matter bridge. So what’s new is that it’s an outdoor model. I already use a G3 to bridge some sensors to SmartThings.
This essentially means this is a cut down version of the M1 hub, so it does utilise Zigbee for Tuya devices, and it can connect to all Matter compatible platforms, due to its Matter credentials, but it can’t work with Thread devices, or act as a Matter controller for the Tuya ecosystem, which would allow for third-party Matter devices to connect to Tuya.
Despite the packaging stating it’s a Tuya Zigbee gateway, it is a ZemiSmart product, as is evidenced from the branding on the front of the hub. It is primarily designed to work with Tuya certified Zigbee devices, however the packaging states the hub model is the T1, which is at odds with the product itself, which is listed as the M6 on the underside of the hub, alongside the Matter QR code
Just certified for Matter, a smart button from LG!! I thought they just forgot about that category since only the Arre (formerly Tuo) is available and only in some markets.
It’s similar to the IKEA Somrig, two buttons with single/double tap and long press.
I guess it just means they use Thread instead of WiFi, as expected anyway but other brands make the claim and so they had to. People using it with Matter multi-admin will see the battery life reduced a lot though, like 30%-40% less life when adding another fabric (the dark side of multi-admin).
Didn’t mention the contact sensor because there are already some Matter contact sensors, Aqara or Eve being the most known and available worldwide. But wireless smart buttons, where are they?? The arre/Tuo is so expensive and it has only one button. I hope this new button from LG is cheaper and easier to purchase in Europe. Although, so far, I’m fine with the ikea buttons, if my ST hub dies the automations will die anyway be it Zigbee or Thread.
There’s no reason for me to do multi-admin/-fabric.
I hope these devices are Thread instead of Zigbee (bridged) because I’m working on a purely M/T system.
The Eve contact sensor is just ugly in my opinion. If they weren’t, I would have replaced all of my stylish and tiny Tapo T110 (bridged Matter, as you know) a long time ago.
That reminds me that I don’t have a single Thread endpoint device in my network…
Edit:
The ThinQ ON is an AI-powered hub that can connect and control LG appliances and other smart home devices via Thread, Matter, and Wi-Fi.
Will be very interesting to see how that LG hub is doing in 2-3 years after the Homey staff is settled in at LG. Always fun when one team creates the hardware and another has to build the technical architecture
Yep, it’s a mistake, in the compliance docs there are Matter 1.3 features like the standard Energy and Power monitoring, which is why everybody is looking forward to Matter 1.3 in smart plugs.
The Dirigera gets more useful (great news if true and depending on the implementation), bridging lots of devices including remotes and air quality sensors:
DIRIGERA Hub version 2.615.8
Maintenance release, plus extended support of device types via Matter Bridge for:
• Lights, including Drivers
• Smart plugs/outlets
• Connected blinds
• Remotes
• Motion sensors
• Open/close sensors
• Air purifiers and Air quality sensors
I wonder how are the buttons exposed, if they bridge the events “as they are in zigbee” it won’t work in smart home platforms now, like happens with the Tapo S200B, since it will require bindings and there’s no support for that. In the future, though, it will be better to be able to bind them to Matter lights directly.
Edit: Reading other users at reddit, it looks like they are exposed as buttons so should work in SmartThings via Matter too, however, not all the events are exposed.
