Eve has started an invite-based beta for the matter firmware for their Eve thermo thermostats. I upgraded a bunch of them and they work really well in Home Assistant:
Before I did it with Homekit but they lost connection after like half an hour and never came back, but with Matter they are rock solid and didn’t lose connection yet (3 days in)
I read under , that after the Firmware-Upgrade, which enables Matter on the Eve Thermo, you cannot control off/on status via Apple Home App anymore. How was that according to your experience in Home Assistant with Matter? Can you fully control the device?
Yes, on/off status works in HA
How did you get the invite? I did find a link (from googling), but it was password protected. Did they ask you, or was it a register interest thing?
Edit: Ignore me, found a link (in case anyone wants EA) Eve Thermo – Early Access Program| evehome.com
Can you control the temperature offset for calibration from HA? I‘m missing this feature in the Homekit integration and its the only reason to keep the Eve app installed (well, besides firmware upgrades, which probably aren‘t supported in HA either?)
I tried to upgrade - I see in the EVE app the possibility to upgrade, by clicking on it
IOS version up to date - green
Thread Network available - red
Connected via Thread - green
Battery Level - green
now I can’t continue - remark is to add a HomePod mini or Apple TV 4K
I have a Google Nest and a Conbee II as Open Thread router - how can I get the update starting?
Thank you for your help in advance!
Just read the doc: Getting started with Matter | evehome.com
Make sure a Thread Border Router capable Home Hub like a HomePod (2nd gen.), HomePod mini or Apple TV 4K (2nd gen. / 3rd gen. 128 GB) is connected to your network, updated to version 16.4 (or later).
Upgrading the firmware on an Eve device to Matter requires an iPhone or iPad running iOS/iPadOS 16.4 (or later).
Thnx for the response - but I need a IPod Home or Apple TV? Why not possible with Google hub or other Open Thread Router? Then only for upgrading the Eve thermo I need to by IPod Home or Apple TV - there are no work arounds with Google Hub (this I see in HA as border router and I also added Conbeey II with firmware as OTR in HA)
Because it’s not supported at the moment because of Google. You can buy a second-hand HomePod mini.
Check this out: Eve’s upcoming Android app is ‘turbo-charged’ by Google Home APIs - The Verge.
