Some interesting news, apparently Nanoleaf’s current essentials line isn’t going to support matter, which is quite frustrating as that’s half the reason I bought these bulbs :
Hopefully they’ll at least make it easier to add the bulbs onto any thread network, rather than just the few specific devices they support now.
I haven’t had any luck trying to get the damn things to provision over BLE, debating whether to get a Nanoleaf controller off ebay or something just for the border router.
https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/24/22994597/matter-delay-nanoleaf-essentials-eve-wemo
While there may be more certainty in the industry, current smart home owners are still in a quagmire of uncertainty around which products to buy and when. Especially now that Chu has confirmed to The Verge that Nanoleaf’s Thread-enabled A19 smart light bulb and light strip won’t work with the standard. “[They] will require a different chip,” says Chu. “We hope to launch a new Essentials A19 and a new light strip when Matter arrives this year.” This is a blow to owners who bought the products thinking that being Thread-enabled meant they would be upgradable to Matter. The devices will continue to work with HomeKit over Thread, however, and with other platforms either over Bluetooth or over Thread using a cloud-to-cloud integration, says Chu.