Motion (Matter) – Smart indoor and outdoor motion sensor with light sensor, smart control of devices, Thread, works with Apple Home, Alexa, Google Home, SmartThings, requires Thread Border Router

Very easy to integrate into Apple Home. Just be sure to temporarily disable your 5GHz Wi-Fi during setup for a smoother (not completely pain free!) pairing process. I use it to automate lights based on presence detection, and it works reliably. While Apple Home offers straightforward automation, the Eve app unlocks deeper customisation. I recommend setting it up in Apple Home first for basic use, then diving into the Eve app if you want more advanced control and fine-tuning.

So far this seems to be working perfectly for me. If you are using HomeKit with a HomePod or Apple TV then Eve Motion doesn't require a bridge and just works out of the box (once you've put the batteries in). It feels well made and does everything it's supposed to in the way I expect. I'm very impressed with it.

This was purchased to cover our driveway and switch on the lights as you approach the house as it was one of the few outside rated motion sensors. It regularly looses connection to the equally expensive and unreliable apple homepod which, unfortunately is necessary as a thread border router that exposes the device to the rest of my smart home ecosystem. The sensor and homepod are separated by a wall, but less than 1 metre from each other. This has resulted in multiple resets of both the sensor and homepod and its become so frustrating the frequency of this necessary action to gain to control. It now completely refuses to connect to the Amazon Echo, despite having done so previously via the sharing code generated by the homepod. Given the Apple Home app and integration is perhaps the worst half hearted attempt at a smart home ecosystem possible and when integrated with the awful homepod means connecting the eve motion sensor to it is pointless. I have typically relied on Home Assistant and Alexa to run automations, and whilst I have the eve sensor connected to home assistant it seems to rely on the stupid homepod and often goes offline. I think it's more to do with the Matter/Thread integration which is the problem, but the reliance on the Homepod is very much the weakest link here so unfortunately because of this it makes the device unusable. There are must better and considerably cheaper sensors available so don't buy the expensive one thinking you are going to get a better product because in this instance you don't

Bought these to automate our smart lights even further. They work incredibly well, and the level of customisation via the Eve app is fantastic. They work incredibly motion detection sensitivity can be set, though the even the most sensitive can have me bobbing my head around to get it to notice me if I’m stood still. They’re a small size so therefore unobtrusive. Great value for money and so easy to install.

Excellent. It’s extremely responsive and works well with Homekit

Unlike the Homekit version, the Matter-enabled version of Eve's motion sensor works straight out of the box with Google Home. I used a Nest Hub (2nd gen) as a Thread Border Router and, after inserting the batteries, the sensor was recognised immediately and a quick scan of the Matter QR code (using the Google Home app) completed the registration process. Two separate sensors then appear in Google Home - a motion sensor and a light sensor. Disappointingly, whilst both sensors work, they don't appear to be currently supported as triggers when creating a Google Home automation. Fortunately, the motion and light sensors can be linked from Google Home to Home Assistant where - provided you've installed the Thread and Matter add-ons - both work fine and can be used as triggers or conditions in HA automations. The battery level of the sensor is also accessible within Home Assistant.

Unless the sensor is within a few metres of a thread border router it constantly stops reporting. In order to extend the usable range it’s necessary to buy an Eve mains powered accessory which also has a severely limited range. I’ve now spent £85 to have an unreliable connection just 8 metres from my Apple TV. Absolute rubbish.

After returning an Aqara sensor which would not work with HomeKit this one has worked straight away. Simple tweak has got it working at night only and turns on and off with presence detection. I am very pleased. It would be nice to have some better mounting options but it’s a minor gripe.