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Bouke / HAP

Swift implementation of the Homekit Accessory Protocol
https://boukehaarsma.nl/HAP/
MIT License
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Compatibility with Matter #152

Closed TheMisfit68 closed 1 year ago

TheMisfit68 commented 1 year ago

Any experience with HAP-server and the new Matter protocol?

My HAP-based home automation server runs on a Mac Mini M1 Server with Mac OS Ventura. When I update the client apps on my iPhone, HomePod and Macbook to use the new Matter-protocol, how wil this affect my setup?

Bouke commented 1 year ago

Hi @TheMisfit68. I don't have experience with Matter. I would be interested to know how it relates to Homekit and the backward compatibility story. Nevertheless I suppose Homekit should continue working. By "client apps" you mean iOS 16? I don't expect Apple to drop Homekit anytime soon, as that would effectively cause those Homekit devices to be useless.

TheMisfit68 commented 1 year ago

After I first updated my iPone to iOS16 and also the server running HAP to Mac OS Ventura (both supporting the new style Home-app), I was most concerned with updating my HomePod to the latest firmware so it would become "Matter-compatible".

Turns out it all keeps working. For now Matter-compatibility is just an extra on top of HomeKit. :D