Aqara delays Matter transition till January

The replace will make over 40 of Aqara’s current Zigbee units Matter suitable and was initially scheduled to roll out someday in December 2022. While the brief delay could also be disappointing, it might not be a nasty factor — our personal early assessment of the Matter sensible house community noticed blended outcomes relating to connectivity and setup, so a bit extra time within the oven couldn’t harm.

There’s no phrase if the delay impacts Aqara’s general timeline for its transition to Matter. Aqara’s Thread-based Door and Window Sensor P2 and the Motion and Light Sensor P2 had been initially set to be launched in early 2023, and Matter updates to different Aqara hubs, alongside a brand new multi-protocol Hub M3 that may function each a Thread border router and Matter controller, had been promised for the months forward.

Aqara advised HomeKit Authority that it could present an official assertion quickly, hopefully with some extra particulars. We have additionally reached out to Aqara about its revised Matter timeline and can replace this story ought to we hear again.