Hi there!
I’ve been using Homey Pro for a few years and it’s been working well. However I recently stumbled upon an issue where I bought a power socket from “Eve” that you supposedly can use to toggle the socket on/off and also monitor its power consumption.
Turns out that the power consumption feature is only possible after a device firmware update has been applied. But unfortunately Homey Pro can’t be used to update device firmware for Matter devices, so I guess the only way is to use something else like Apple Homekit or Google Home to perform the actual upgrade. I currently don’t have any of those, and I don’t really want to either if I’m honest becuase it kinda defeats one important purpose with Homey (having a single hub that works with multiple protocols, multiple vendors and multiple device types).
There is a share matter device option in Homey, and I was wondering if that would allow you to add the device that needs an upgrade to Google Home, and maybe even leave it in a shared state to make sure it keeps the most recent firmware version over time.
- Do you think Homey will support firmware updates for matter devices in the future?
- How do you guys handle situations like these? Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance!
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