With iOS 18, you can now add Matter smart home devices like lights and locks without needing an Apple Home hub or Thread border router.
With this week’s release of iOS 18, adding smart home devices to Apple Home just got a lot easier. The update brings direct local control of Matter devices to newer iPhones, meaning all you need to set up and control them is an iPhone that can run iOS 18 — no hub or border router required. This is good news for anyone interested in dabbling in smart home gadgets who isn’t ready to go all in. Matter is a new standard designed to simplify the smart home.
Initially, this applies only to mains-powered devices — battery-powered accessories such as locks and sensors will “require a firmware update from the manufacturer to be compatible with iOS 18,” according to an Apple support page. Eve Systems, a smart home company that relies primarily on Thread for its devices, announced compatibility for its mains-powered hardware this week.
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