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

With Google Home you can link the FRITZ!Smart Gateway with the Matter network of a Google 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 Google Home App. If you are using a Google smart hub with smart speaker (for example Nest Mini), you can also easily control your FRITZ! Smart Home by voice command.

Note:It is still possible to use FRITZ!App Smart Home and the FRITZ!Box user interface to control the smart home devices without restriction.
For more information on Matter, refer to the guide Matter with FRITZ!.

Requirements

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

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

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

2 Connecting the FRITZ!Smart Gateway to a Matter network

  1. Click "Smart Home" in the user interface of the FRITZ!Smart Gateway.
  2. Click "Devices and Groups" in the "Smart Home" menu.
  3. Click on the "Matter Networks" tab.
  4. Click the button "Link Matter Network".
    • The window "Link Matter Network" opens.
  5. Click the "Start Registration" button.
  6. Open the Google Home app on your mobile device.
  7. Tap "Devices > + Add > Matter-enabled device" in the app.
  8. Scan the QR code in the user interface of the FRITZ!Smart Gateway with the mobile device's camera.
  9. If Google Home app displays the message "Connect this device to your Google-Account", tap "Agree".
  10. Tap "I'm ready" by "Get ready for setup".
  11. Tap "Set up anyway" under the message "Uncertified device" and then "done".
  12. Enter a name for the Matter network (for example "Google Home") in the window "Registration successful" in the user interface of the FRITZ!Smart Gateway and click "Finished".

Now the FRITZ!Smart Gateway is linked with the Matter network of the Google smart hub and in the Google Home app you can set up, manage, and control all of the devices in your FRITZ! Smart Home, and also define automatic sequences for them.

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