Eve Announces Matter Updates for Eve Energy, Eve Motion and Eve Door & Window

[MacRumors]

Eve Systems today announced an upcoming firmware update for three of its devices, with the new firmware set to add Matter integration. The latest models of the Eve Energy, Eve Motion, and Eve Door and Window devices will receive Matter firmware updates on December 12.

Eve says that Matter certification has been completed for these three products, and they will receive firmware updates through the Eve app. With Matter support, each person in a household will be able to access Eve products from their preferred smartphone or voice assistant.

Eve says that all 14 of its Thread-enabled Eve devices will get free Matter firmware updates over time, and Matter-certified Eve products will be available for sale starting in the first quarter of 2023.

The Eve app has to date been available exclusively for iOS devices, but there is an Android version in the works that will launch in early 2023.

Matter is a new smart home standard that is meant to improve interoperability between smart home devices, allowing them to work across multiple smart home platforms.

Article Link: Eve Announces Matter Updates for Eve Energy, Eve Motion and Eve Door & Window

 

[ProfessionalFan]

Eve Room is the only Eve product I have and it is awful. Have to unplug the USB cable and plug it back in every 3 days.

Wonder if these products work any better.

 

[Ryan H]

Makes sense. Far too much home automation abandonware out there. EU should take a look at some of them 🙈

 

[munpip214]

I have eve westher and it’s been working fine for years 🤷🏼‍♂️ . Main downside to eve products in the past was that they were only Bluetooth and not WiFi so slow. Also big for their switches and expensive compared to many.

 

[Baron Thompson]

I have the Eve flare and aqua. Both work flawlessly but a little slow to initiate a command compared to other devices. Will be interested in the reviews when Matter and Thread come into play.

 

[contacos]

Does that really "matter" if all my devices automatically work with Alexa? I guess it's more for those, that refused to comply in the past?

 

[richie510]

With Matter support, each person in a household will be able to access Eve products from their preferred smartphone or voice assistant.

How the heck is this possible? I was assuming Matter just made it so that devices could pair with homekit, google, amazon or samsung hubs. Once you got into that hub, you needed to be on that platform. This text makes it sound like someone can access my homekit paired matter devices with the google home app on their kindle fire.

 

[Amazing Iceman]

What about Lutron? Are they updating their Caseta lineup?

 

[JippaLippa]

I don't get this obsession with smart homes, especially by having lots of cameras connected to god knows what servers, recording you 24/7, same with the microphones.
I'll always purposely keep my house "dumb"

 

[ProfessionalFan]

I don't get this obsession with smart homes, especially by having lots of cameras connected to god knows what servers, recording you 24/7, same with the microphones.
I'll always purposely keep my house "dumb"

Just wear a tinfoil hat, it blocks the signals.

 

[JippaLippa]

Just wear a tinfoil hat, it blocks the signals.

Good tip!

 

[zv470]

How the heck is this possible? I was assuming Matter just made it so that devices could pair with homekit, google, amazon or samsung hubs. Once you got into that hub, you needed to be on that platform. This text makes it sound like someone can access my homekit paired matter devices with the google home app on their kindle fire.

Matter supports multi-admin. So you should be able to control the same device with Alexa, Siri etc…

 

[rictus007]

I don't get this obsession with smart homes, especially by having lots of cameras connected to god knows what servers, recording you 24/7, same with the microphones.
I'll always purposely keep my house "dumb"

Mine works perfectly, but I bought a lot of sensor (2-3 per room). It is More convenient since a lot of simple tasks are automated. Energy consumption went down, too…. And no need for cameras.

 

[rictus007]

A smart home should not require any interaction with a voice assistant. It is smart if it can predict future behavior

 

[Dainin]

I’ve got the Eve Energy smart plug. Thread has been fantastic, very responsive. I’ve been waiting on adding shades and a bunch more light switches/dimmers for good thread devices. I think the great thing about Matter finally coming out is that companies won’t have to make multiple versions of products to work with the different smart homes. It should give us more options.

 

[name99]

I don't get this obsession with smart homes, especially by having lots of cameras connected to god knows what servers, recording you 24/7, same with the microphones.
I'll always purposely keep my house "dumb"

You've clearly never been in a smart house. Neither have most people because they think Siri or Alexa control counts as smart.

In MY house I simply never switch lights on. They come on at a 50% level depending on outside light levels (so earlier when it's cloudy) then fully on just before sunset. They dim when I leave a room, then go back to full strength when I return. The blinds open or close depending on whether it's hot (keep the sun out in the day, col the house at night) or cold (let the sun in during the day, keep the warm in at night). When I leave various things automatically switch off (lamps, TV, etc) while others (mainly cameras) switch on; these all then toggle to the reverse state when I return.

It honestly feels ridiculous when I go to someone else's house and have to manually control lightbulbs or blinds, like I'm living in the 19th century.

Now I will be the first to admit that Apple (and the rest of the IoT ecosystem) make setting up such a system and debugging it a massive PITA. The tools are garbage, the SW is riddled with bugs. But you can put together something that works adequately and it's actually really convenient.

But then, I don't know, people are just weird. Most of the people I know will pay $1000 for things I consider ephemeral and trivial (eg upgrading some aspect of a holiday) while not paying that same amount to improve their home in a way that brings delight every day. People will put up with broken plumbing, or a flickering light that bugs them EVERY DAY OF THEIR LIVES rather than spend a little to fix it. They vastly prioritize complaining over fixing.
So who am I to understand the human mind?

 

[name99]

A smart home should not require any interaction with a voice assistant. It is smart if it can predict future behavior

Mostly, yes, this is exactly the way it should work.
Not necessarily predict future behavior, but have enough sensors (temperature, humidity, presence, light levels, ...) to do the right thing.
But this also requires tools that allow writing complex "scripts", eg multiple conditionals, sophisticated booleans, etc. Not the amateur hour garbage we have today from Apple et al.

 

[Rychiar]

What about Lutron? Are they updating their Caseta lineup?

Why would they? Clear connect is already the best on the market

 

[Rychiar]

So eve can update their thread devices to matter but nanoleaf can’t? Ugh

 

[Amazing Iceman]

Why would they? Clear connect is already the best on the market

Matter support would be between their Controller and non-Lutron devices.

 

[gtg465x]

What about Lutron? Are they updating their Caseta lineup?

I’m sure they will. They’re one of the few major smart home vendors that supports HomeKit, Google Home, and Alexa, not to mention a bunch of other lesser known platforms.

 

[_Spinn_]

Glad to see the Eve is following through on their promise to upgrade their thread products to support Matter.

 

[zapmymac]

I have been waiting for verification from Eve, following through I nice in the ioT space! I’m looking at you Nanoleaf!