I am looking into changing things to Aqara as it seems to offer the most opportunities for automations in my home. I currently have a few cameras and they seem to function well without a hub. Perhaps a hub isn’t necessary for cameras, but I assume it’s more helpful, perhaps even required, for future purchases? I currently have a Philips Hue hub, but don’t want to become a home of lots of hubs. If the Aqara hub is beneficial, I could see changing my bulbs to Aqara.
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Hi @Riddicrash
To add light bulbs or devices from AQARA, you need a concentrator. For AQARA on Thread, to add to AQARA Home, you need Matter Controller (TBR) AQARA.
If you want to use your HUE HUE in AQARA Home, you need an AQARA Hab with support for Matter Controller (TBR) and you can integrate your HUE hub into the AQARA Home system through Matter Bridge if your hub supports it (depending on the version of the hub.)
You can get the MATTER code in the HUE application.
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TBR is Thread Border Router not ? Not for matter directly I guess
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TBR is not part of Matter, but without it, Matter Thread devices will not be able to operate in mixed networks.
TBR (Thread Border Router) is a gateway that connects the Thread network (Low-power IPv6 network for IoT) to other networks (Wi-Fi/Ethernet/Internet).
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I’ve tried to explain the difference here: Thread, Matter, Zigbee & Wi-Fi – What’s what, why do you need them, and how do they work together?
Maybe it helps.
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