I have an FP300 and I have (finally) got it connected to a Google/Nest Hub via Matter. I am trying to now add it to the Aqara app on an Android Pixel 7. In the app, I select Add Accessory and have tried adding the device directly as well as by selecting Matter Device and providing the number from the Google Linked Matter apps & services as well as selecting the Aqara app from the same location. Both seem to put me in a loop which ends with a message stating there is no matter controller and prompting me to add one. I do not have an Aqara hub, and that seems to be all that is listed in the options. Is there a way to get the FP300 included in the app without using an Aqara hub?
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No, you need an Aqara Matter-enabled hub to add it to the Aqara app this way.
This device is paired with one ecosystem, which means it has paired and created a set of keys and acknowledges Google Home as its admin system. If you wish to use it in the Aqara app, you need to use this code to establish another Matter admin device (an Aqara hub). Currently the Aqara app cannot act as a Matter controller.
Another way to work around this issue (if you wish to buy an Aqara hub) is to buy it an Aqara hub like the M3 and pair the FP300 with the hub. You can also use Zigbee mode if you want (if offers more features). The M3 hub can connect to Google Home or other Matter ecosystem and expose the FP300
I would wait any of my Aqara Matter devices have huge issues with multi-admn
I was going to post the exact same question! The only difference is my setup: I am running a pure Thread network with Home Assistant as the main controller, utilizing an SLZB-06Mg26 in Ethernet mode as my Border Router. I purposely run zero Zigbee devices.
So let me get this straight, and please correct me if I’m wrong. I was fully aware that the Matter-over-Thread mode currently exposes fewer features than the native Zigbee mode. I accepted that trade-off for protocol standardization. I get the basic universal Matter clusters—occupancy, illuminance, temperature, humidity, and hold time—working OK-ish.
But to access the spatial AI, zoning, or even push a firmware update, all those glowing 5-star YouTube reviews showing off the Thread capabilities must have had an Aqara Hub (like the M3) quietly sitting in the mix to act as the Matter Controller, right?
To get the latest firmware in Thread mode I needed to flash to ZigBee and back because, well no way to connect to the app?!
Look, I want to love this thing. The hardware, the form factor, the sensor array: EXACTLY what I was searching for! But without Aqara hardware this thing is not quite what I expected.
Maybe somebody is pointing me to the bits that I’m missing here!
Cheers