Philips Hue Bridge Matter Support Update Appears to Have Been Delayed

Lighting company Signify has indicated that its software update bringing Matter support to the Philips Hue Bridge will not appear in the first quarter of 2023 as originally planned.

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When Matter was officially launched in November 2022, Philips Hue declared itself a supporter of the new smart home standard. At the time, Signify said a software update that would bring compatibility to its Philips Hue lineup would be available to all users in the first quarter of 2023, which comes to a close this Friday.

But responding to a request by hueblog.com on Monday for more information, the company offered the following update:

For the launch of Matter, we are working together with many partners in the smart home industry. With Philips Hue, we always focus on convincing quality to meet our customers' expectations. Therefore, we will take a little more time than originally planned for the Philips Hue Bridge software update before making it available to all consumers. We will inform you as soon as we have a concrete date for the release of the Matter software update.

Matter is a connectivity standard that enables smart home accessories to work together seamlessly across multiple platforms, including Apple's HomeKit, Amazon's Alexa, Google's Home, and others. For households with multiple smart home platforms or different smartphone brands, it means the Matter lights can be controlled from any device. Both Android and iPhone users can control a Matter-enabled accessory from their respective devices, provided the proper hub setup is available.

Apple added support for Matter on the iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV with iOS 16.1, iPadOS 16, and tvOS 16.1 last year, with a HomePod or Apple TV required to control Matter accessories in the Home app or with Siri.

Top Rated Comments

chucker23n1 Avatar
13 months ago
So you’re saying it doesn’t Matter yet.
Score: 13 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Urbanpixels Avatar
13 months ago
6 Months later - "Actually, our existing hubs can't support matter from a security standpoint so you'll need to buy our new hub"
Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)
szw-mapple fan Avatar
13 months ago
Is it me or does the woman’s position in the picture look extremely uncomfortable?
Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)
StudioMacs Avatar
13 months ago

Let’s be honest here, Apple greatly fumbled matter support too with their big ridden architecture update.
Matter support was released by Apple in iOS 16.1.

Matter support was not related to the backend architecture in 16.2 (reintroduced with 16.4).

some people seem to conflate the two, but they were separate.
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
scottlitch Avatar
13 months ago
I would rather have them do it right, than do it right now.
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
k1121j Avatar
13 months ago
It already works with HomeKit and Alexa and Google so no big deal.
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)

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