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Research profile · last verified 2026-08-09

Eve Energy (4th generation, Matter)

Compiled by SmartHomeWorkflow Research · Eve Systems · Plugs & Outlets · ~$43.95 (at time of research, from Eve's own US store page for the single pack in September 2026 — never treated as a live price)

Exactly which product this is[5]

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“Not established” means we have not sourced that detail yet — not that the product has no model number, generation or regional variant. We publish the gap rather than filling it.

Compatibility

EcosystemSupportThe catch
Amazon AlexaPartialPartial support — see the catch[2][8][13][14][18]On/off, scenes, automations, and remote access work via Matter, but energy monitoring does not — and that is now confirmed from Amazon's side rather than only Eve's. Amazon's own list of the Matter clusters Alexa supports (last updated 2026-04-08) carries no electrical power measurement and no electrical energy measurement cluster at all, and maps a plug to on/off control only. The missing energy data is a platform gap, not a device limitation. Eve-app extras (schedules, status LED, child lock) are unreachable from an Alexa-only setup.In Amazon Alexa you also need: a Thread border router · a Matter controller
Google HomePartialPartial support — see the catch[2][10][13][15][18]Core control works via Matter; energy monitoring does not, and Google's own documentation shows why. Google's supported-Matter-devices matrix gives the plug device type on/off control with no electrical power or energy measurement cluster, and files those two clusters under a separate Electric Meter device type whose Home ecosystem type the same table marks N/A. One honest caveat about how fresh that answer is: Google's page carries a last-updated date of 2024-12-20, so it is a weaker temporal answer than Amazon's. Eve's Android app covers devices connected through Google Home, which is the route to schedules and device settings on Android.In Google Home you also need: a Thread border router · a Matter controller
Apple HomePartialPartial support — see the catch[1][2][9][13][18]Energy monitoring — the reason to choose this plug over a cheaper one — does not appear in the Apple Home app. Eve names only Samsung SmartThings and Home Assistant as the platforms with native energy management. You still get the data, but only inside Eve's own iOS app, which also carries the built-in schedules, the status-LED setting and the child lock. On/off, scenes, automations and remote access all work normally through Apple Home over Matter.In Apple Home you also need: a Thread border router · a Matter controller
SmartThingsWorksWorks with this ecosystem[2][12][13][18]One of the two platforms where Eve says energy data surfaces natively: 'Energy management features currently available on the Samsung SmartThings and Home Assistant platforms.'In SmartThings you also need: a Thread border router · a Matter controller
Home AssistantWorksWorks with this ecosystem[2][11][13][18]Listed by Eve as a supported platform with native energy monitoring; connects via Matter with a Thread border router (Eve names HA Green/Yellow/Connect ZBT-1/ZBT-2).In Home Assistant you also need: a Thread border router · a Matter controller

Protocols: THREAD · MATTER[3][6][18][20]

Needs before it works: Thread border router + Matter controller before it works at all. Eve's wording: 'this Matter-enabled device requires a hub that supports both Thread and Matter.' Eve's hub guide names, per ecosystem: Apple — HomePod (2nd gen), HomePod mini, Apple TV 4K (the Wi-Fi + Ethernet model is the one with Thread); Alexa — Echo (4th gen) and various Echo Show/Hub/Studio models, eero routers; Google — Nest Hub (2nd gen), Nest Hub Max, Nest Wifi Pro, Google TV Streamer; SmartThings — Hub V3, Station, Aeotec hubs; Home Assistant — Green, Yellow, Connect ZBT-1/ZBT-2. Setup needs an iPhone/iPad on current iOS or Android 8.1+.[7]

What it can do[21]

You can tell it to

  • On/off
  • Energy monitoring

It reports

  • Energy reading

Whether each platform's automations and routines can use it — not just whether its app shows it.

What it doesApple HomeGoogle HomeAlexaSmartThingsHome Assistant
On/off? not stated? not stated? not stated? not stated✓ routines can use it
Energy monitoring✗ app only? not stated✗ app only? not stated✓ routines can use it
Energy reading✗ app only? not stated✗ app only? not stated✓ routines can use it

Platform documentation: Alexa — Matter path (2026-09-04), Apple Home — Matter path (2026-09-04), Google Home — Matter path (2026-09-04), Home Assistant — automation engine ceiling (2026-08-29), SmartThings — Matter path (2026-09-04)

Listed capabilities are what we could establish from vendor documentation. An ability missing here is unestablished — not necessarily absent.

Subscription reality[2][4][18][24]

✓ Works without a subscription: Yes.

Vendor account required: No — no vendor account is involved.[4]

Eve's wording: 'No subscription, no registration' and 'offers all features without any additional subscriptions.'

Maintenance reality[4]

The catch

Nothing works until you own a hub that is both a Matter controller and a Thread border router; the plug is not WiFi and cannot join a network alone. How much energy data you see depends on the platform: SmartThings and Home Assistant surface it, Apple needs the Eve app, Alexa and Google Home do not show it.

Who it's for

Households that already run a Thread-capable hub and want a local, no-account, no-cloud plug with energy monitoring, especially on Apple Home, SmartThings, or Home Assistant. A poor fit for hubless setups or for Alexa and Google users who mainly want energy stats.

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 →

25 numbered sources· read them in the source's own words
  1. [1] evehome.com/en-us/eve-energy (read 2026-08-09): 'Energy management features currently available on the Samsung SmartThings and Home Assistant platforms.' · 'Eve app is available on iPhone and iPad for devices connected through the Apple Home platform, and on Android for devices connected through the Google Home platform.' · 'Works with Apple Home, Samsung SmartThings, Amazon Alexa, Google Home and Home Assistant.' Level semantics per the owner ruling of 2026-08-09 encoded in docs/09-DATA-LAYER.md: the level measures what the ecosystem delivers; a vendor companion app is disclosed in .catch and never raises the level. — Read on the maker's own site, verified 2026-08-09
    Backs: Apple Home compatibility
  2. [2] evehome.com/en-us/eve-energy (re-read 2026-08-09): 'Works with Apple Home, Samsung SmartThings, Amazon Alexa, Google Home and Home Assistant.' · 'Energy management features currently available on the Samsung SmartThings and Home Assistant platforms.' · 'Eve app is available on iPhone and iPad for devices connected through the Apple Home platform, and on Android for devices connected through the Google Home platform.' · 'the only other thing you need is a home hub (Thread border router)' · 'No subscription, no registration.' ⚠ Price could not be re-verified first-party: the page carries no price strings and its buy links are unrendered templates ({{BUY_ID}}, {{CURRENCY}}); store.evehome.com/eve-energy does not exist. No reseller figure was substituted and the price axis was not re-stamped. — Read on the maker's own site, verified 2026-08-09
    Backs: Apple Home compatibility, Google Home compatibility, Amazon Alexa compatibility, SmartThings compatibility, Home Assistant compatibility, Research status, Subscription
  3. [3] evehome.com/en-us/eve-energy (read 2026-08-09): 'Yes, this Matter-enabled device requires a hub that supports both Thread and Matter.' · 'The current version of Eve Energy supports Thread.' · no Bluetooth mention. Contrast, same day: evehome.com/en-us/eve-room, /eve-aqua, /eve-flare and /eve-water-guard each state 'This device does not require a hub for control right from your iPhone or iPad.' Certificate: csa-iot.org/csa_product/eve-energy-16/ — CSA23286MAT40799-24, certified 03/28/2023, VID 0x130A, PID 0x005E, Transport Interface 'Thread, Bluetooth', firmware 3.2.0, hardware 1, described as 'Smart Plug & Power Meter with Matter & Thread'. — Checked a certification register, verified 2026-08-09
    Backs: Protocols
  4. [4] evehome.com/en-us/eve-energy (US store page: $43.95, no-cloud/no-subscription wording, platform feature table, requirements, electrical rating) — Read on the maker's own site, verified 2026-07-17
    Backs: Maintenance, Subscription, Works without the internet, Vendor account required
  5. [5] evehome.com/en-us/identify-your-eve-accessory (US 4th gen Matter version: product 10EBU4151, model 20EBU4101) — Read on the maker's own site, verified 2026-07-17
    Backs: Market availability, Service status, Research status, Product identity
  6. [6] csa-iot.org/csa_product/eve-energy-5/ (cert CSA24493MAT43846-24, family SKU 20EBU4101, Matter 1.3, transport Thread + Bluetooth) — Checked a certification register, verified 2026-07-17
    Backs: Protocols
  7. [7] evehome.com/en-us/hub (per-ecosystem Matter controller + Thread border router device list) — Read on the maker's own site, verified 2026-07-17
    Backs: Required hub or bridge
  8. [8] Eve official Eve Energy page (evehome.com/en-us/eve-energy): Amazon Alexa listed as a supported Matter platform, but 'Energy management features currently available on the Samsung SmartThings and Home Assistant platforms' — Alexa is not among them, so partial (control works, no energy monitoring) matches Eve's current table — Read on the maker's own site, verified 2026-07-21
    Backs: Amazon Alexa compatibility
  9. [9] Eve official Eve Energy page: Apple Home a supported platform, energy consumption monitoring 'via Eve app' on iPhone/iPad, schedules/child lock/status-LED in the Eve app; Thread border router / Matter hub required ('a hub that supports both Thread and Matter') — Read on the maker's own site, verified 2026-07-21
    Backs: Apple Home compatibility
  10. [10] Eve official Eve Energy page: Google Home supported for core control; only Samsung SmartThings and Home Assistant named for energy management features; Eve app schedules on Android work via Google Home — partial confirmed — Read on the maker's own site, verified 2026-07-21
    Backs: Google Home compatibility
  11. [11] Eve official Eve Energy page: Home Assistant named a supported platform, and 'Energy management features currently available on the Samsung SmartThings and Home Assistant platforms'; connection via Matter over Thread requiring a Thread+Matter-capable hub — Read on the maker's own site, verified 2026-07-21
    Backs: Home Assistant compatibility
  12. [12] Eve official Eve Energy page: Samsung SmartThings named explicitly as one of the two platforms with energy management features — manufacturer names the platform specifically, not a blanket-Matter inference — Read on the maker's own site, verified 2026-07-21
    Backs: SmartThings compatibility
  13. [13] Apple support 102135 'Pair and manage your Matter accessories' (Thread-based accessories require a Thread-enabled home hub). Google Home Matter setup support.google.com/googlehome/answer/12391458 (Matter-enabled hub required). Amazon Matter docs developer.amazon.com/en-US/docs/alexa/smarthome/matter-support.html (Echo/eero Matter administrator + Thread border router). Samsung SmartThings samsung.com/us/support/answer/ANS10002638 (SmartThings hub as Matter controller). home-assistant.io/integrations/matter (official Matter integration). Energy-visibility per platform: evehome.com/en-us/eve-energy platform table only. — Read the platform's own documentation, verified 2026-07-22
    Backs: Amazon Alexa compatibility, Google Home compatibility, Apple Home compatibility, SmartThings compatibility, Home Assistant compatibility
  14. [14] Amazon's 'Alexa Supported Matter Device Categories and Clusters' (developer.amazon.com, last updated 2026-04-08) enumerates the Matter clusters Alexa supports. It lists no Electrical Power Measurement and no Electrical Energy Measurement cluster anywhere; the on/off plug category maps to the Matter On/Off cluster and Alexa.PowerController. Matter 1.3 defines those measurement clusters and this device is Matter 1.3 certified (CSA cert on record), so the temporal question #70 raised is answered platform-side: the device can report, Alexa does not document reading it. — Read the platform's own documentation, verified 2026-08-17
    Backs: Amazon Alexa compatibility
  15. [15] Google's Matter 'Supported devices' matrix (developers.home.google.com, last updated 2024-12-20) gives the On/Off Plug-in Unit device type no electrical power or energy measurement cluster. Electrical Power Measurement and Electrical Energy Measurement appear only under a separate Electric Meter device type, which the same table marks as having no Google Home ecosystem type — so Google documents no route by which a Matter plug's energy data reaches the Google Home app. — Read the platform's own documentation, verified 2026-07-28
    Backs: Google Home compatibility
  16. [16] Re-read of Eve's platform table on 2026-07-28 for #70's temporal question. The wording is unchanged — 'Energy management features currently available on the Samsung SmartThings and Home Assistant platforms' — and Eve publishes no last-updated or revision date for the table, so the table cannot answer WHEN it was written. That is precisely why the resolution rests on the platforms' own cluster documentation instead of on a change date Eve does not publish. — Read on the maker's own site, verified 2026-07-28
  17. [17] evehome.com/en-us/eve-energy, two reads 2026-08-09 with different extraction prompts. Both returned the page's commerce furniture — 'Add to cart', 'incl. VAT, plus shipping', 'Free UPS Ground shipping to US locations with $99 purchase' — and neither returned any dollar figure for the product itself. The usual shortcut of reading a store's machine-readable product data was tried and does not apply here: evehome.com publishes none at that address, so this vendor is not the kind of store that shortcut covers., verified 2026-07-17
    Backs: Price
  18. [18] evehome.com/en-us/eve-energy re-read 2026-08-09. Quoted as published: 'Works with Apple Home, Samsung SmartThings, Amazon Alexa, Google Home and Home Assistant.' · 'Eve Energy is equipped with future-proof Matter technology, enabling you to connect it to several platforms.' · 'Eve Energy is a Full Thread Device (FTD)' acting as a router node · requires 'a hub that supports both Thread and Matter' · 'No subscription, no registration' · 'No Eve cloud.' The partial levels on Apple, Google and Alexa are unchanged and rest on the energy-measurement limitation already recorded on those cells. — Read on the maker's own site, verified 2026-08-09
    Backs: Market availability, Service status, Subscription, Protocols, Apple Home compatibility, Google Home compatibility, Amazon Alexa compatibility, SmartThings compatibility, Home Assistant compatibility
  19. [19] evehome.com, Eve Energy product page — Read on the maker's own site, verified 2026-08-17
    Backs: Power source, Role in a Thread network
  20. [20] This record's existing per-model Matter evidence, re-read 2026-08-20 against our settled definition of which radios a product lists: certificate CSA23286MAT40799 · Matter over Thread. No new outside source was read — the evidence already on this record was re-examined and this entry states what it establishes., verified 2026-08-20
    Backs: Protocols
  21. [21] This record's existing integration evidence, re-read 2026-08-20 against the capabilities question. It establishes the switching function and, load-bearingly, the ECOSYSTEM SPLIT on energy: energy monitoring is absent from Apple Home, Alexa and Google Home alike, with Eve naming SmartThings and its own app as where consumption data appears. — Read on the maker's own site, verified 2026-08-20
    Backs: Capabilities
  22. [22] CSA certified-product entry csa-iot.org/csa_product/eve-energy-16/, certificate CSA23286MAT40799-24 (certified 03/28/2023), described as 'Smart Plug & Power Meter' and printing VID 0x130A and PID 0x005E. Named in this record's existing entry for which radios it uses (verified 2026-08-09); this entry gives the two identifiers their own typed fields. — Recorded from our own earlier read, verified 2026-08-09
    Backs: Certification and product IDs
  23. [23] Apple Support, ‘Set up your HomePod, HomePod mini, or Apple TV as a home hub’, read together with ‘Identify your Apple TV model’ at support.apple.com/en-us/101605. — Read the original source directly, verified 2026-09-06
  24. [24] Eve's US & Canada store page for Eve Energy, https://www.evehome.com/en-us/eve-energy, read 2026-09-13 under our reading rules for this site. Text a visitor can see on the page: header "Eve Energy" · "Smart Plug & Power Meter" · "$43.95" · "Shop"; buy panel "SINGLE PACK $43.95" · "SET OF 3 $126.85" · "SET OF 5 $209.75" · "YOUR CHOICE Single pack" · "Add to cart" · "Free UPS Ground shipping to US locations with $99 purchase"; copy "offers all features without any additional subscriptions" · "No subscription, no registration" · "No Eve cloud". Reading the same address without running the page's scripts shows no price at all, only unfilled buy-link templates ({{BUY_ID}}, {{CURRENCY}}), which is why the page had to be read as a visitor sees it. — Read the original source directly, verified 2026-09-13
    Backs: Price, Subscription, Market availability
  25. [25] No external source. A structural marker applied from a ratified ruling to evidence this record already carried., verified 2026-09-18

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