LG subsidiary brand Homey just released a new platform firmware, introducing support for a number of new Matter device types. The update brings new features and improvements for existing smart home gear, such as expanding control over the service areas of robotic vacuum cleaners.
Homey is one of the smart home brands that actively adds new Matter features and catches up with the latest specifications on a routine basis. This expanded device support highlights the shared ambition of both Homey and its parent company, LG, to bring heavy household appliances and energy management solutions into a unified platform via Matter.
Expanding the Matter ecosystem
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Homey Pro (2026)
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Home appliance support remains rare across the broader Matter ecosystem. SmartThings and Home Assistant currently lead the market with better compatibility for these heavy devices, while major platforms like Apple, Google, and Alexa have been much slower to adopt them. With the latest firmware update, 13.1.0, Homey now officially supports several major household appliances and energy categories through the Matter protocol.
Homey can now integrate and control EV chargers and water heaters. I tested virtual devices with Homey and found key features available, including toggle controls, real-time power data, energy flow, and usage history.
The update also extends into the kitchen and laundry room, adding native Matter compatibility for dishwashers, laundry dryers, microwaves, ovens, and smart water valves. Users no longer have to rely on separate vendor applications to control these appliances, allowing for better energy management and seamless automation routines across the whole house.
Standard functionalities like starting, pausing, resuming, and stopping are available, alongside adjustments for water temperature, operating modes, and cycles. While ovens feature a specialized interface for precise temperature management, Matter also ensures that key data for both compartments of a double-drawer appliance is correctly reported even when running independent programs.
New features for existing device types
Alongside the new device categories, the firmware brings functional upgrades. The system now supports changing a sensor’s sensitivity natively. This has become a standard feature for many modern devices, such as the Aqara FP300 presence sensor and the P2 Door and Window sensor, making native adjustment a welcome addition.
Aqara Motion and Light Sensor P2
The Aqara Motion and Light Sensor P2, part number AS057, is a unique component of the Aqara smart home ecosystem, offering compatibility with the Matter protocol, and providing seamless integration with popular virtual assistants for enhanced home automation.
Heiman Smart motion sensor
A smart motion sensor with temperature compensation and real-time alarm notifications for reliable security monitoring.
Aqara Presence Multi-Sensor FP300
A multi-functional presence sensor with PIR and mmWave detection, designed for seamless smart home integration with Thread and Zigbee support.
For robotic vacuum cleaners, users can enable or disable specific cleaning zones directly through Homey’s Flow automation system. Lighting controls receive an upgrade with the addition of continuous dimming Flow cards, allowing for smoother transitions when adjusting room brightness. The update adds backend support for automatically syncing both the local language and the system time from the Homey hub directly to connected Matter devices, ensuring accurate operation.
System improvements and bug fixes
The development team included notable stability improvements in the release. The system offers better support for intermittently connected devices, which is critical for battery-powered Matter gadgets that sleep to conserve power.
Door lock integration sees a major upgrade, with Homey supporting more operational modes, active door-open status reporting, auto-relock toggles, and extra security settings. For users focused on tracking their electricity usage, the update improves support for devices featuring multi-phase energy and power metering. The firmware resolves a specific software bug where dimming a smart light to zero percent over a set duration would ignore the timer and turn off instantly.
You can visit Homey app or web console to update your Homey Hubs. For Homey Self Hosted Server, a simple reboot would trigger the update.
(Source: Homey; Image: Matter Alpha)
