honest sluice
Aqara has announced it's first Matter camera G350 earlier this year and I'm guessing it will be available around spring. Usually, Home Assistant is up to date with the standard but it's behind, I think with the whole 1.5 release from last autumn.
I have seen feature request for this : https://github.com/orgs/home-assistant/discussions/2596 but no indication on work being done on that front. Have I missed something ?
oblique perch
There is no date because it is not ready at all.
honest sluice
You mean on the Home Assistant side ? Is it linked to the rewrite of Matter using the JS implementation ?
oblique perch
No rush, there are no products on the market at present.
oblique perch
You mean on the Home Assistant side ? Is it linked to the rewrite of Matter usin...
Matter 1.5 is not supported on the server side
oblique perch
@honest sluice Do you already have a Matter camera?
honest sluice
<@530419775898255370> Do you already have a Matter camera?
Yes I do. 😅 It's a pre-release so I can't go into the details, but I'm reviewing a product for my work.
oblique perch
Yes I do. 😅 It's a pre-release so I can't go into the details, but I'm reviewin...
You should try a SmartThings controller in beta. I think it will be the only one that supports the camera.
honest sluice
I think Homey also. I was kind of surprised Home Assistant was late on this.
oblique perch
To my knowledge, this is not supported by Apple or Google.
You will have to wait several more months.
honest sluice
I was expeting the big actors to be late, same for Amazon. Usually HA is the first one, so kind of surprising for Matter 1.5.
oblique perch
I was expeting the big actors to be late, same for Amazon. Usually HA is the fir...
The developers are already working on the migration, so they are not available.
To clarify, camera management is very complex compared to what has been done so far with the Matter protocol. It involves several different clusters, so it's a significant undertaking.
honest sluice
Certainly, but the Matter implementation is rather simple, as camera goes, it's mainly to show the live feed and control some features like lights.
oblique perch
There is also the management of detection zones.
tight glacier
You mean on the Home Assistant side ? Is it linked to the rewrite of Matter usin...
My understanding is Yes, first Matter.js will need to adopt the full Matter 1.5 spec (currently 1.4.2 i think) , then Matterjs-server will be able to have the option to incorporate Matter cameras. likely some work on the HA side outside the Matter server app, but I am unclear there.
I would not expect this happen until python matter server is retired and matterjs-server comes out of beta, but thats a guess.
honest sluice
OK, that's what I guessed too. I'm following the matter.js rewrite but my setup works OK right now so I don't want to use it until it's stable. More so if it's the same Matter version underneath.
tight glacier
I will say that the Matter-js.server is way more stable, responsive and significantly faster with restarts/reconnects than the Python matter server is/was now for those of us using it, especially for those with more than 50 thread devices.
honest sluice
Interesting. I don't have that much Thread devices, but I have noticed some disconnection for Wi-Fi Matter devices (while they are fine in other home platforms), so maybe I should try it.
tight glacier
you can switch back and forth thru the HA app so not an all or nothing decision. the main dev is incredibly responsive and proactive looking to optimize, even though its better than prior already.
If you give it a try, we discuss here: https://discord.com/channels/330944238910963714/1461119138713047274
thin trench
I have an Aqara G350 unit, and can't wait to test it with HA. But seems like that will be a ways off.
oblique perch
Here are the steps to take before getting support:
We will need devices to test the functionality in any case.