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Research profile · last verified 2026-09-10

Aqara Hub M100

Compiled by SmartHomeWorkflow Research · Aqara · Hubs & Controllers · ~$29.99 (at time of research — never treated as a live price. Corrected 2026-08-07 from a rounded 30 to the exact published 29.99, read from Aqara's own US storefront product record.)

Compatibility at a glance

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A connection can work while individual controls or automations remain unconfirmed. Read the connection details ↓

Protocols: THREAD · WIFI · ZIGBEE · MATTER[3][5][7][15][23]

Before you buy

What do you need to make it work?

No hub for the device alone

Choose a platform above for its connection. A hub can be optional for the device itself and required for a platform or automation.

No — this device is the hub, and it is one of the hubs other Aqara devices in this catalogue need. Aqara documents it as a Matter controller and bridge, a Thread border router and a Zigbee hub.[13]

One device can provide more than one role. These are setup requirements, not a shopping list of separate purchases.

What could you do with this?

Put its functions to use.

Research, not hands-on testing

Start with a documented control or event. The selected connection shows what is confirmed for that platform.

We have not established a control or event to illustrate for this product. Check the connection and equipment information above.

A documented control or event is one part of a setup. It does not by itself establish a complete automation.

The functions, side by side

What can you use, and where?[14]

A platform connection does not confirm every function. Controls and reported events are shown separately from what an automation can use.

Controls
None documented by the vendor
Reported events
None documented by the vendor

Individual function comparisons are not available. The control and event summaries above distinguish an unanswered question from a documented absence.

Listed device functions are established from vendor documentation. An ability missing here is unestablished, not necessarily absent.

Connection details and setup sources
EcosystemSupportThe catch
Amazon AlexaWorksWorks with this ecosystem[2][5][8][22]Full supportIn Amazon Alexa you also need: a Matter-capable Amazon Echo or eero device — Alexa’s rule for every Matter accessory. Source (read 2026-09-11)
Google HomeWorksWorks with this ecosystem[2][5][8][22]Full supportIn Google Home you also need: a hub for Google Home (a Nest speaker or display, Nest Wifi Pro, the Google TV Streamer, or a compatible TV) — Google Home’s rule for every Matter accessory. Source (read 2026-09-11)
Apple HomeWorksWorks with this ecosystem[2][5][8][22]Full support
SmartThingsPartialPartial support — see the catch[2][5][8][22]Aqara lists SmartThings support but publishes no detail on what works; SmartThings' own catalogue does not name this model.In SmartThings you also need: a Matter-compatible SmartThings hub — SmartThings’s rule for every Matter accessory. Source (read 2026-10-14)
Home AssistantWorksWorks with this ecosystem[2][5][8][22]Full supportIn Home Assistant you also need: Home Assistant's own Matter Server app, installed from inside Home Assistant (no extra hardware to buy) — Home Assistant’s rule for every Matter accessory. Source (read 2026-09-11)

Plans and ongoing costs[2][8][21]

✓ Works without a subscription: Yes.

Vendor account required: Not established — we have not sourced this yet.

No paid tier, plan or subscription is named anywhere on Aqara's US product page or its published specification page for this hub (both read 2026-08-07). An Aqara Home account is needed to set the hub up, and that account is free.

Maintenance and offline use[2][3][7]

The catch

Aqara-Zigbee only (not general Zigbee) — it bridges Aqara gear, not everything.

Who it's for

The cheapest Thread border router + Matter bridge — an infrastructure upgrade for about $30.

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Sources & method

Numbered sources below back the facts marked with the matching number above. This is a research profile: compiled from manufacturer documentation, certification registries, and published testing — we state facts, not verdicts, and we have not physically tested this unit. How we work →

29 numbered sources· read them in the source's own words
  1. [1] Aqara US store, Hub M100 product record — Read on the maker's own site, verified 2026-08-07
    Backs: Product identity, Price, Market availability
  2. [2] Aqara US store, Hub M100 product page — Read on the maker's own site, verified 2026-08-07
    Backs: Subscription, Works without the internet, Amazon Alexa compatibility, Apple Home compatibility, Google Home compatibility, Home Assistant compatibility, SmartThings compatibility
  3. [3] Aqara, Hub M100 specifications page — Read on the maker's own site, verified 2026-08-07
    Backs: Product identity, Protocols, Works without the internet, Power source
  4. [4] 2026-07 web research sweep (docs/02 catalog; primary sources cited there) — Checked a certification register, verified 2026-07-12
  5. [5] us.aqara.com/products/hub-m100 + aqara.com/us/product/hub-m100-specs (model HM-G02E) — Matter controller + bridge + Thread border router, Zigbee/WiFi6, $29.99, all 5 ecosystems — Read on the maker's own site, verified 2026-07-15
    Backs: Product identity, Amazon Alexa compatibility, Apple Home compatibility, Google Home compatibility, Home Assistant compatibility, SmartThings compatibility, Research status, Protocols
  6. [6] Aqara US store, Hub M100 product record — Read on the maker's own site, verified 2026-08-11
    Backs: Product identity, Price, Market availability
  7. [7] Aqara, Hub M100 specifications page — Read on the maker's own site, verified 2026-08-11
    Backs: Product identity, Protocols, Works without the internet, Power source
  8. [8] Aqara US store, Hub M100 product description — Read on the maker's own site, verified 2026-08-11
    Backs: Subscription, Works without the internet, Research status, Amazon Alexa compatibility, Apple Home compatibility, Google Home compatibility, Home Assistant compatibility, SmartThings compatibility
  9. [9] Aqara, EOL Product List and On Sale Product List (EU site) — Read on the maker's own site, verified 2026-08-11
    Backs: Service status
  10. [10] Aqara, Product Security Support Policy (PDF) — Read on the maker's own site, verified 2026-08-11
    Backs: Service status, Security-update support period
  11. [11] Aqara (Lumi United Technology), Statement of Compliance for UK — Hub M100 — Read on the maker's own site, verified 2026-08-11
    Backs: Product identity, Service status, Security-update support period
  12. [12] aqara.com Hub M100 specifications page — Read on the maker's own site, verified 2026-08-17
    Backs: Wi-Fi bands it can use, Role in a Thread network
  13. [13] What this record already establishes the hub provides: a Matter controller, a Thread border router, a Zigbee hub ("Also a Matter bridge, exposing its Zigbee devices to Matter ecosystems") and Aqara's own hub for Aqara devices ("Aqara's own hub-compatibility list for its sensor range names the M100 explicitly"), from us.aqara.com/products/hub-m100 and the model HM-G02E specifications page., verified 2026-08-19
    Backs: Required hub or bridge
  14. [14] us.aqara.com's Hub M100 product page, read 2026-08-20. It describes the device wholly in terms of what it does FOR other devices — a Matter hub and Thread border router that processes automations locally — and names no siren, speaker, alarm or sensor of its own anywhere. The page draws the contrast itself while describing a different model: "The 2-watt speaker in the Hub M1S Gen 2 doubles as an alarm or doorbell." — Read on the maker's own site, verified 2026-08-20
    Backs: Capabilities
  15. [15] What this record already establishes the device provides, including its role as a Matter controller. Re-read 2026-08-20 against the settled meaning of the protocols a device itself speaks; no new outside source was read., verified 2026-08-20
    Backs: Protocols
  16. [16] SmartHomeWorkflow record maintenance — filling in which region the security-support statement applies to, verified 2026-08-27
  17. [17] Record-keeping entry: the migrated research stamp was retired from this record on 2026-08-30, verified 2026-08-30
  18. [18] Aqara US store, Hub M100 product page — verbatim, all model-scoped by name: "The M100 is a certified Matter hub, seamlessly connecting your Aqara Zigbee/Thread devices to Apple Home, Alexa, Google Home, and more." · "The M100 acts as a Thread Border Router, strengthening your network with robust mesh technology." · "The M100 processes key automations locally for Zigbee and Matter-over-Thread devices." · "The Hub M100 supports advanced Matter bridging, so you can sync your Aqara devices and scenes with platforms like Home Assistant—no extra setup required." — Read on the maker's own site, verified 2026-09-02
    Backs: What it provides to your home
  19. [19] The "who it's for" sentence asserted a flat $30 against a recorded $29.99. Qualified to "about $30". NOTHING WAS RE-READ: the recorded price was already right and only the customer-facing sentence lagged behind it, so no axis stamp advances here — a freshness date asserts a look, and no look was taken. Found by replaying the corrected-fact-in-live-prose check over 393 revisions of this catalogue's history., verified 2026-09-08
  20. [20] Aqara's own Hub M100 specification page, Product Model HM-G02E: 'Power Input 5V 0.5A' with 'Ports USB-A (male)'. A USB-A male plug drawing 5V from a host port or adapter is recorded as plug-in. ⊖ Not read from the marketing page for this model, which describes the range as 'Available in PoE and dual-band Wi-Fi versions' — that sentence spans variants and the specification page is the one that names this model number. — Read on the maker's own site, verified 2026-09-10
    Backs: Power source
  21. [21] Re-read 2026-09-10. STRUCTURED ROUTE FIRST, Aqara US store product record for the Hub M100: title "Hub M100", vendor "Aqara LLC", one variant ("Default Title"), sku "DTC-US-HUB-M100", price 2999 cents = $29.99, available true, published_at 2025-04-23. Its description, as published: "The M100 is a certified Matter hub, seamlessly connecting your Aqara Zigbee/Thread devices to Apple Home, Alexa, Google Home, and more. Acting as both Bridge and Controller" and "The M100 acts as a Thread Border Router". No subscription, plan, paid tier or monthly fee appears anywhere in it. — Read on the maker's own site, verified 2026-09-10
    Backs: Product identity, Price, Market availability, Subscription, Research status
  22. [22] Aqara US store, Hub M100 product page, re-read 2026-09-10. The Specifications table's row, verbatim: "Compatible Platforms Aqara Apple Home Alexa Google Home SmartThings Home Assistant". The product's own local-operation sentences, verbatim: "Automations for Zigbee and Matter devices execute locally on your network, ensuring fast, private, and reliable performance. *Features like remote push notifications still require a cloud connection.", verified 2026-09-10
    Backs: Amazon Alexa compatibility, Apple Home compatibility, Google Home compatibility, SmartThings compatibility, Home Assistant compatibility, Works without the internet
  23. [23] Aqara, Hub M100 specifications page, re-read 2026-09-10, verbatim: "Product Model HM-G02E Power Input 5V 0.5A" and "Wireless Protocol Zigbee/Thread IEEE 802.15.4 (acts as a router/repeater); Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11 b/g/n/ax 2.4 GHz, BLE 5.2 Ports USB-A (male)"., verified 2026-09-30
    Backs: Protocols, Power source, Wi-Fi bands it can use, Role in a Thread network
  24. [24] Aqara (Lumi United Technology), UK Statement of Compliance for the Hub M100, re-read 2026-09-10. Model name as declared: "HM-G02E, HM-G02D". The sentence: "we state that the defined support period for the product above is till 12/31/2026." Place and date of issue: "Shenzhen, China; Date: 2024.2.27". — Read on the maker's own site, verified 2026-09-10
    Backs: Service status, Security-update support period
  25. [25] Aqara, EOL Product List and On Sale Product List (EU site), re-read 2026-09-10. The On Sale list still opens "On Sale Product List: Hub M100 Hub M1S Gen2 Hub M2 HUB E1 Hub M3", and the policy sentence still reads "We will maintain the security updates for at least 2 years from the launch day of certain device models.", verified 2026-09-10
    Backs: Service status
  26. [26] Samsung's Works with SmartThings partner catalogue, Aqara page (breadcrumb 'Works with SmartThings › Supported Devices › Aqara'), read browser-rendered 2026-09-16 — the page answered and 7,794 characters of it were visible on screen and a further 6,490 present in the page but not shown. Under the heading 'Aqara Products', region selector 'United States', the grid prints 80 devices, each as a name, a 'Model Number' and a 'Category'. Hubs and gateways ARE in it — 'Aqara Camera Hub G5 Pro', 'Aqara Doorbell Camera Hub G410', 'Camera Hub G350' — so the catalogue is not simply short of hubs. Neither 'Hub M100' nor either of this record's model numbers (HM-G02E, HM-G02D) appears anywhere in the 80 rows. — Read the platform's own documentation, verified 2026-09-16
  27. [27] The Aqara Hub M100 is the thing that runs a Matter home rather than a device that joins one — Aqara documents it as a Matter controller and bridge, a Thread border router and a Zigbee hub — and the certification list the Connectivity Standards Alliance publishes is a list of devices that join. Read on 2026-09-18, the maker number 0x115F carries 126 registered models and none of them is this hub. That is not a gap in this record and it is not a failing grade for the product: a controller has no product certificate to hold, so no certificate numbers are attached here and no missing-certificate finding is recorded against it., verified 2026-09-18
  28. [28] Aqara's own US store listing for the Hub M100, read 2026-09-21. The listing is titled "Hub M100", is sold by Aqara LLC, and publishes its own part codes and retail barcodes: a single version — part code DTC-US-HUB-M100, barcode 0192784002438. — Read on the maker's own site, verified 2026-09-21
    Backs: Certification and product IDs
  29. [29] This record's own entries for Aqara's signed statement of compliance, which quote the model list the document prints., verified 2026-08-11

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