When an Aqara sensor is paired to Apple Home over Matter and Thread, do automations built in the Home app still trigger if the Aqara hub loses power or its internet connection? I’m trying to understand which devices rely on the Aqara hub as a bridge and which only need a Thread border router such as a HomePod or Apple TV. Does anyone know how to tell which path a given device is actually using?
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Welcome to the forum! Good question, and the answer depends on how the sensor was added. If it was paired directly to Apple Home via Matter over Thread, the Aqara hub only acts as one of the Thread border routers, and a HomePod or Apple TV can take over that role. If the sensor was added in Aqara Home first and then shared to Apple Home through the hub, the hub is the bridge and the device goes offline with it.
I run my devices the second way, through an M3 into Home Assistant, so I can’t test the Apple Home side myself. Hopefully someone with a HomePod setup can add how to check the actual path.
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Thanks, that’s a really helpful way to explain it. So the thing to check is whether a sensor was paired directly over Matter or shared through the hub. I’ll look at how mine were added to see which path they’re on.
Yes,
The Aqara hub is not part of the chain BUT that’s not fair to the hub because if the Aqara hub loses power the Apple Hub probably did to. If the Aqara Hub loses it’s internet connection the Apple Hub probably did to. (same house, same location)
The Apple Hub will still fire the Apple Home Automation and work as long as there is no other device in the automation that is dependent on the Internet side of things.
Another thing to consider in the Aqara app go the Settings-LAN Control and turn this ON. Your devices will still work without the internet
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