HomeKit Accessories in Aqara Home

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Is it possible, to add HomeKit Accessorys to Aqara Home, even if they have no Matter?

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@KingDando Currently, the Aqara Home app supports adding Aqara or third-party Matter devices. The reference information does not mention supporting non-Matter HomeKit accessories. If you have more details or experiences to share, feel free to discuss—we can explore together!

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Thanks for bringing this up! I’ve been looking into whether it’s possible to expose non-Matter devices from Home Assistant to the Aqara Home app via a Matter bridge - something like:

Home Assistant → Matter Bridge → Aqara Hub → Aqara App

I tested this using the Home Assistant Matter Bridge Add-on by t0bst4r:
https://t0bst4r.github.io/home-assistant-matter-hub/

The add-on lets Home Assistant act as a Matter Bridge, making its entities visible as virtual Matter devices on the network.
Since newer Aqara hubs - like the M3, G5 Pro, and M100 - are full Matter Controllers, they should be able to detect and add those devices.

In theory this should work, because Matter is meant to be manufacturer-independent.
In practice, pairing often fails due to early implementation issues.

The add-on is still alpha and quite experimental:

  • Not all device types are supported → Supported Device Types
  • Even Matter 1.4 itself still lacks categories like cameras or doorbells
  • Usually, only basic devices (lights, switches) show up - if at all

I couldn’t test it with Aqara directly (my older hub only acts as a Matter Bridge, not a Controller).
My attempt to pair it with an LG TV (Matter Controller) also failed.
It reportedly works fine with Google Home, and Alexa sometimes connects but with random errors.

So:

Possible in theory, experimental in reality.
Cool concept, but not yet stable or officially supported.

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Thank you for the good answer and your effort. I have to take a look, because so far I don’t use HomeAssistant. I only use HomeBridge.

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I bought a Camera Hub G5 Pro a few days ago, which is also a Matter controller. I have now tested whether devices without Matter can be integrated into the Aqara ecosystem using the Matter Bridge from Home Assistant. The answer is yes, it basically works! I integrated two Wi-Fi sockets that have HA integration but not Matter, and I can now control them in the Aqara app. However, I was able to integrate a temperature sensor that only runs via HomeKit into the HA Matter Bridge, but the Aqara Hub does not yet seem to support this type of device.

If anyone is interested, let me know and I’ll make a tutorial.

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Hey JohnD

Thanks for your info. I would like to be interested in it, but I am still undecided whether I should also use HA, since my RasperryPi is currently running with HomeBridge, which is currently using many devices (e.g. FRITZ! Box, Tuya) in HomeKit. What do you think of HA and would you say it’s worth it?

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Unfortunately, I can’t compare it to HomeBridge, since I don’t use it.

Otherwise, I would suggest checking whether Home Assistant has all the integrations you need.

You can find the officially supported integrations here:

There is also HACS (Home Assistant Community Store), as well as lots of GitHub repositories that you can integrate. For example, I use the following:

  • iCloud3 v3 iDevice Tracker
  • Volkswagen Connect
  • DB Info – Public Transport with Real-Time Data

If you want to try them out, you should first install them in a VM on your PC or Mac. The functions are limited but sufficient for testing purposes.

Then you can decide for yourself whether it’s worth the effort. You can either make an extensive changeover, or run HomeBridge and Home Assistant in parallel.

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Thanks. I think I try it on my MacBook.

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