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Integrating the FRITZ! Smart Home into the Matter network using the Apple Home app

With the Apple Home app you can link the FRITZ!Smart Gateway with the Matter network of an Apple smart hub. The FRITZ!Smart Gateway acts as a Matter bridge and seamlessly integrates all devices in your FRITZ! Smart Home into the Matter network.

In the Matter network, smart home devices can be combined with Matter-compatible devices from other manufacturers and then centrally controlled and managed with the Apple Home app. If you are using an Apple smart hub with smart speakers (for example HomePod mini), you can also easily control your FRITZ! Smart Home by voice command.

Note:You can still control your smart home devices without restriction using the FRITZ!App Smart Home and the FRITZ!Box user interface.
For more information on Matter, refer to the guide Matter with FRITZ!.

Requirements

  • The Apple smart hub (for example HomePod mini, HomePod, Apple TV) can be used as a Matter controller and is connected to the FRITZ!Box via LAN or Wi-Fi.
  • The mobile device with the Apple Home app is connected to the FRITZ!Box via Wi-Fi.

1 Installing the latest FRITZ!OS for the FRITZ!Smart Gateway

  1. Click on 'System' in the user interface of the FRITZ!Smart Gateway.
  2. Click on 'Update' in the 'System' menu.
  3. Click on the 'FRITZ!OS Version' tab.
  4. Click on the 'Find New FRITZ!OS' button.
  5. Click on the 'Start Update' button.

2 Connecting the FRITZ!Smart Gateway to a Matter network

  1. Click on 'Smart Home' in the user interface of the FRITZ!Smart Gateway.
  2. Click on 'Devices and Groups' in the 'Smart Home' menu.
  3. Click on the 'Matter Networks' tab.
  4. Click the 'Link Matter Network' button. The 'Link Matter Network' window opens.
  5. Click on 'Start Registration'.
  6. Open the Apple Home app on your mobile device.
  7. Tap on '+' in the app and then on 'Add Accessory'.
  8. Scan the QR code in the user interface of the FRITZ!Smart Gateway with the mobile device's camera or enter the code manually.
  9. Follow the wizard’s instructions. As soon as the connection to your Apple Home is established, a window with the message 'Registration successful' is displayed in the user interface of the FRITZ!Smart Gateway.
  10. In this window, enter a name for the Matter network and click on 'Finished' to save the settings.
  11. Switch to the Apple Home app.
  12. Tap on 'Add to Home' and then follow the instructions of the Apple Home app.
  13. If the message 'Uncertified Accessory' is displayed, tap on 'Add Anyway'. The FRITZ!Smart Gateway is added and the message 'Bridge Added to My Home' is displayed.
  14. Tap on 'Next'. The Apple Home app now displays all of the smart home devices in the FRITZ! home network one after the other.
  15. Click on 'Next' by the smart home devices that you want to connect.

Now the FRITZ!Smart Gateway is linked with the Matter network of the Apple smart hub and in the Apple Home app you can control and manage all of the devices in your FRITZ! Smart Home, and define automatic sequences for them. You can continue to use voice control for your smart home devices, for example with the virtual assistant Siri.

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