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Matter device reviews

Find a product for your home, then compare what is good, what is frustrating and whether it is worth buying.

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Black SwitchBot AI Hub beside a phone showing the SwitchBot AI interface

SwitchBot AI Hub

Camera recorder, local automation hub and Matter bridge

Worth considering for a SwitchBot home that needs camera recording and supported local automations together.

Matter bridgeFrom $207.99
No brand hub or Thread router required
Tapo H110 Smart IR and IoT Hub

Tapo H110 Smart IR & IoT Hub

Matter Bridge and Smart IR & IoT Hub

H110 is good value for giving a working infrared appliance a few useful smart controls, especially alongside Tapo sensors.

Matter bridge$29.99
No brand hub or Thread router required
Google TV Streamer 4K

Google TV Streamer (4K)

4K media streamer, Google Home hub and Thread border router

Google TV Streamer is useful when an older television needs a new Google TV interface, Ethernet and a Thread home hub.

Thread$149.99
No brand hub or Thread router required
White European Tado Wireless Receiver X TR04 with a single heating-control button

Tado Wireless Receiver X (EU, TR04)

Wireless Boiler Receiver and Thread Border Router

Buy the separate EU receiver to replace or extend a supported Tado X installation when the room controls are already covered.

Thread border routerFrom €89.99
No brand hub or Thread router required
Aqara Hub M3 smart home hub

Aqara Hub M3

Matter Controller, Thread Border Router, and Aqara Hub

Worth considering for a large Aqara installation or a specific need for its multi-hub capabilities.

Matter bridge$159.99
No brand hub or Thread router required
White Tado Bridge X IB02 with signal LEDs and integrated mains plug

Tado Bridge X (IB02)

Thread Border Router

A sensible €54.99 purchase when Tado X needs its own Thread connection or better coverage.

Thread border routerFrom €54.99
No brand hub or Thread router required
Amazon Echo Hub smart home control panel

Amazon Echo Hub

Alexa Matter Controller and Thread Border Router

A useful purchase at about $180 for an Alexa household that wants shared touch controls on the wall.

Thread$179.99
No brand hub or Thread router required
EZVIZ A3-R200 home gateway shown from the top and side

EZVIZ A3-R200

Small EZVIZ sensor gateway with Ethernet and an alert speaker

A3-R200 makes sense when several existing EZVIZ sensors would become more useful in another smart-home system.

Matter bridge€81.19
No brand hub or Thread router required
Home Assistant Green hub with a translucent case over a black aluminium heatsink, power and network cables attached

Home Assistant Green

Plug-and-play Home Assistant hub with Ethernet and no built-in radios

The simplest way to start a Home Assistant home for Matter: Home Assistant OS comes installed, and that is the only setup Home Assistant supports for its Matter Server.

Ethernet$199
No brand hub or Thread router required
Homey Pro smart home hub

Homey Pro (Early 2023)

Matter Hub and Thread Border Router

Worth keeping when its 2 GB of memory already handles your Homey apps.

Thread
No brand hub or Thread router required
Google Nest Wifi Pro router

Google Nest Wifi Pro

Wi-Fi 6E mesh router, Google Home hub and Thread border router

Nest Wifi Pro is worth considering for a simple Google-managed Wi-Fi 6E network at a good price, especially when Thread is useful too.

Thread$199.99
No brand hub or Thread router required
IKEA DIRIGERA Hub

IKEA DIRIGERA Hub

IKEA Matter Controller, Bridge and Thread Border Router

DIRIGERA is worth buying for a home with several older IKEA Zigbee products, because it keeps them in IKEA's app and bridges them into another Matter system.

Matter bridge$139.99
No brand hub or Thread router required