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Research profile · last verified 2026-09-19Compatibility at a glance
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Protocols: BLUETOOTH · THREAD[1][2][14][15]
Before you buy
Not to use it, but very much to get the features people buy a smart lamp for — and Eve is unusually clear about the split. For basic control the answer is no: 'This device does not require a hub for control right from your iPhone or iPad.' For anything beyond that, Eve says 'Depending on what you want to do, a hub will unlock more advanced functionality: Remote Access, Automation, Notifications, Thread, Ready for Matter.' The qualifying hardware is named: 'HomePod (2nd gen), HomePod mini or Apple TV 4K (2nd gen/3rd gen 128 GB) will unlock all of these benefits.' Read that list carefully, because it is the real cost of this lamp for a household that owns none of them. Without an Apple home hub you have a Bluetooth lamp controlled from a phone in the same room, with no automations, no away-from-home control and no Thread. There is also a hard platform floor: 'iPhone or iPad with the latest version of iOS/iPadOS'. An Android household cannot use this product at all today.[2][14]
Follow the recorded connection below. Equipment details and setup limits explain what else this path needs.
Eve Flare
What you gainThis connection communicates locally.
Keep in mindIntermediate equipment and transport are not mapped in this summary. Read the setup notes before choosing hardware. Check the function table for supported controls and routines. A connection diagram does not establish every function or remote access.
This shows the connection route, not every network cable or a shopping list. One device may provide several roles, including a Matter controller and a Thread border router. Only a Thread connection needs the Thread role. Read the equipment cards for all recorded requirements.
These paths summarize documented setup options. Check the function table for the connection covered by each recorded capability.
Eve Flare works natively with Apple Home: Apple lists it among its lights, and Eve says you set its color and brightness from the app or with Siri, with no bridge. Color temperature is unconfirmed in Apple Home: neither Eve nor Apple says whether you can pick white tones. You need an iPhone or iPad on the latest iOS, and remote control and automations need an Apple home hub such as a HomePod mini or an Apple TV; without one you control the lamp over Bluetooth from the same room.[2][14][18][19][20][23][24]
The equipment list for this platform is not fully specified here. Use the documented setup above; an empty list does not mean no equipment is needed.
The record does not support a connection to this platform. Read the explanation below.
Recorded 'none' for exactly the same architectural reason as Alexa: Google is named nowhere on Eve's page, and a Bluetooth-and-Thread HomeKit accessory with no Wi-Fi, no cloud account and no Matter has no route a Google Home integration could take. The promised Matter firmware — 'Eve Flare will receive a free firmware update to Matter at a later date' — is the single thing that would change this, and Eve attaches no date to it. Anyone in a Google household should treat this lamp as incompatible today rather than as compatible soon.[2][15]
The record does not support a connection to this platform. Read the explanation below.
Recorded 'none' on architecture and not merely on vendor silence, which is the stronger of the two reasons and worth separating. Alexa is not mentioned anywhere on Eve's page — but more decisively, this lamp's only radios are Bluetooth Low Energy and Thread and its only protocol is HomeKit, so there is no transport an Alexa integration could use: no Wi-Fi, no cloud account, no bridge, and no Matter yet. ⏳ 'Yet' is the operative word and it is Eve's own: 'Eve Flare will receive a free firmware update to Matter at a later date.' When that firmware ships, Matter over Thread would make the lamp reachable by Alexa and this cell should change. Until it does, the honest state today is none — and a buyer should not pay for the promise, because Eve publishes no date for it.[2][15]
The record does not support a connection to this platform. Read the explanation below.
Recorded 'none' on the same architecture as the other two non-Apple cells — no Wi-Fi, no cloud, no bridge, no Matter, and no mention of SmartThings anywhere on Eve's page. Worth one extra note for SmartThings specifically: a SmartThings hub that is also a Thread border router still cannot reach this lamp today, because the barrier is the application protocol rather than the radio. HomeKit-over-Thread and Matter-over-Thread both run on Thread and are not interchangeable. The promised Matter update is what would close that gap.[2][15]
Follow the recorded connection below. Equipment details and setup limits explain what else this path needs.
Eve Flare
What you gainThis connection communicates locally.
Keep in mindIntermediate equipment and transport are not mapped in this summary. Read the setup notes before choosing hardware. Check the function table for supported controls and routines. A connection diagram does not establish every function or remote access.
This shows the connection route, not every network cable or a shopping list. One device may provide several roles, including a Matter controller and a Thread border router. Only a Thread connection needs the Thread role. Read the equipment cards for all recorded requirements.
These paths summarize documented setup options. Check the function table for the connection covered by each recorded capability.
Home Assistant's own HomeKit Device integration controls this lamp locally, with no Apple account, and it supports HomeKit lights, so on/off, brightness and color come across. Color temperature is unconfirmed: neither Home Assistant nor Eve says whether white tones carry over. The catch is that a HomeKit accessory pairs with one controller at a time, so adding the lamp to Home Assistant takes it out of Apple Home, and it has to be reset first.[3][16][20][21][22]
The equipment list for this platform is not fully specified here. Use the documented setup above; an empty list does not mean no equipment is needed.
Eve names the qualifying hardware directly: 'HomePod (2nd gen), HomePod mini or Apple TV 4K (2nd gen/3rd gen 128 GB) will unlock all of these benefits.' These devices serve two roles at once here — Apple home hub for remote access, automations and notifications, and Thread border router for the Thread radio Eve advertises. Without one, the lamp falls back to direct Bluetooth from an iPhone or iPad in range and loses automation, notifications and remote control.[2][14]
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?
Start with a documented control or event. The selected connection shows what is confirmed for that platform.
Apple Home · Works; color temperature unconfirmed
This device supports on/off.
Setup: See the equipment information above.
Eve Flare works natively with Apple Home: Apple lists it among its lights, and Eve says you set its color and brightness from the app or with Siri, with no bridge. Color temperature is unconfirmed in Apple Home: neither Eve nor Apple says whether you can pick white tones. You need an iPhone or iPad on the latest iOS, and remote control and automations need an Apple home hub such as a HomePod mini or an Apple TV; without one you control the lamp over Bluetooth from the same room.
Connection documentation: [2] [14] [18] [19] [20] [23] [24]
Device documentation: [2] [14]
evehome.com · checked 2026-10-21
apple.com · checked 2026-10-21
Apple Home · Works; color temperature unconfirmed
This device supports brightness.
Setup: See the equipment information above.
Eve Flare works natively with Apple Home: Apple lists it among its lights, and Eve says you set its color and brightness from the app or with Siri, with no bridge. Color temperature is unconfirmed in Apple Home: neither Eve nor Apple says whether you can pick white tones. You need an iPhone or iPad on the latest iOS, and remote control and automations need an Apple home hub such as a HomePod mini or an Apple TV; without one you control the lamp over Bluetooth from the same room.
Connection documentation: [2] [14] [18] [19] [20] [23] [24]
Device documentation: [2] [14]
evehome.com · checked 2026-10-21
apple.com · checked 2026-10-21
Apple Home · Works; color temperature unconfirmed
This device supports color.
Setup: See the equipment information above.
Eve Flare works natively with Apple Home: Apple lists it among its lights, and Eve says you set its color and brightness from the app or with Siri, with no bridge. Color temperature is unconfirmed in Apple Home: neither Eve nor Apple says whether you can pick white tones. You need an iPhone or iPad on the latest iOS, and remote control and automations need an Apple home hub such as a HomePod mini or an Apple TV; without one you control the lamp over Bluetooth from the same room.
Connection documentation: [2] [14] [18] [19] [20] [23] [24]
Device documentation: [2] [14]
evehome.com · checked 2026-10-21
apple.com · checked 2026-10-21
Google Home · Doesn't work
This device supports on/off.
Setup: See the equipment information above.
Recorded 'none' for exactly the same architectural reason as Alexa: Google is named nowhere on Eve's page, and a Bluetooth-and-Thread HomeKit accessory with no Wi-Fi, no cloud account and no Matter has no route a Google Home integration could take. The promised Matter firmware — 'Eve Flare will receive a free firmware update to Matter at a later date' — is the single thing that would change this, and Eve attaches no date to it. Anyone in a Google household should treat this lamp as incompatible today rather than as compatible soon.
Connection documentation: [2] [15]
Device documentation: [2] [14]
evehome.com · checked 2026-09-19
on.dcl.csa-iot.org · checked 2026-09-19
evehome.com · checked 2026-08-05
Alexa · Doesn't work
This device supports on/off.
Setup: See the equipment information above.
Recorded 'none' on architecture and not merely on vendor silence, which is the stronger of the two reasons and worth separating. Alexa is not mentioned anywhere on Eve's page — but more decisively, this lamp's only radios are Bluetooth Low Energy and Thread and its only protocol is HomeKit, so there is no transport an Alexa integration could use: no Wi-Fi, no cloud account, no bridge, and no Matter yet. ⏳ 'Yet' is the operative word and it is Eve's own: 'Eve Flare will receive a free firmware update to Matter at a later date.' When that firmware ships, Matter over Thread would make the lamp reachable by Alexa and this cell should change. Until it does, the honest state today is none — and a buyer should not pay for the promise, because Eve publishes no date for it.
Connection documentation: [2] [15]
Device documentation: [2] [14]
evehome.com · checked 2026-09-19
on.dcl.csa-iot.org · checked 2026-09-19
evehome.com · checked 2026-08-05
SmartThings · Doesn't work
This device supports on/off.
Setup: See the equipment information above.
Recorded 'none' on the same architecture as the other two non-Apple cells — no Wi-Fi, no cloud, no bridge, no Matter, and no mention of SmartThings anywhere on Eve's page. Worth one extra note for SmartThings specifically: a SmartThings hub that is also a Thread border router still cannot reach this lamp today, because the barrier is the application protocol rather than the radio. HomeKit-over-Thread and Matter-over-Thread both run on Thread and are not interchangeable. The promised Matter update is what would close that gap.
Connection documentation: [2] [15]
Device documentation: [2] [14]
evehome.com · checked 2026-09-19
on.dcl.csa-iot.org · checked 2026-09-19
evehome.com · checked 2026-08-05
Home Assistant · Works; color temperature unconfirmed
This device supports on/off.
Setup: See the equipment information above.
Home Assistant's own HomeKit Device integration controls this lamp locally, with no Apple account, and it supports HomeKit lights, so on/off, brightness and color come across. Color temperature is unconfirmed: neither Home Assistant nor Eve says whether white tones carry over. The catch is that a HomeKit accessory pairs with one controller at a time, so adding the lamp to Home Assistant takes it out of Apple Home, and it has to be reset first.
Connection documentation: [3] [16] [20] [21] [22]
Device documentation: [2] [14]
evehome.com · checked 2026-09-19
home-assistant.io · checked 2026-10-07
apple.com · checked 2026-10-07
api.github.com · checked 2026-10-20
A documented control or event is one part of a setup. It does not by itself establish a complete automation.
A platform connection does not confirm every function. Controls and reported events are shown separately from what an automation can use.
Compare all five platforms. On a narrow screen, scroll the table sideways.
| Device function | Apple HomeWorks; color temperature unconfirmed[2][14][18][19][20][23][24] | Google HomeDoesn't work[2][15] | AlexaDoesn't work[2][15] | SmartThingsDoesn't work[2][15] | Home AssistantWorks; color temperature unconfirmed[3][16][20][21][22] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On/offDevice control | Control Works | Control Doesn't work | Control Doesn't work | Control Doesn't work | Control Not stated |
| BrightnessDevice control | Control Works | Control Doesn't work | Control Doesn't work | Control Doesn't work | Control Not stated |
| ColorDevice control | Control Works | Control Doesn't work | Control Doesn't work | Control Doesn't work | Control Not stated |
| Color temperatureFunction | Control Not stated | Control Doesn't work | Control Doesn't work | Control Doesn't work | Control Not stated |
Automation availability for this model is not established.
✓ Documented for this connection. × A stated limit. ◐ A partial function. ? Not established. A listed device function does not establish a complete routine, its other equipment or any plan requirements.
Eve Flare works natively with Apple Home: Apple lists it among its lights, and Eve says you set its color and brightness from the app or with Siri, with no bridge. Color temperature is unconfirmed in Apple Home: neither Eve nor Apple says whether you can pick white tones. You need an iPhone or iPad on the latest iOS, and remote control and automations need an Apple home hub such as a HomePod mini or an Apple TV; without one you control the lamp over Bluetooth from the same room.[2][14][18][19][20][23][24]
Recorded 'none' for exactly the same architectural reason as Alexa: Google is named nowhere on Eve's page, and a Bluetooth-and-Thread HomeKit accessory with no Wi-Fi, no cloud account and no Matter has no route a Google Home integration could take. The promised Matter firmware — 'Eve Flare will receive a free firmware update to Matter at a later date' — is the single thing that would change this, and Eve attaches no date to it. Anyone in a Google household should treat this lamp as incompatible today rather than as compatible soon.[2][15]
Recorded 'none' on architecture and not merely on vendor silence, which is the stronger of the two reasons and worth separating. Alexa is not mentioned anywhere on Eve's page — but more decisively, this lamp's only radios are Bluetooth Low Energy and Thread and its only protocol is HomeKit, so there is no transport an Alexa integration could use: no Wi-Fi, no cloud account, no bridge, and no Matter yet. ⏳ 'Yet' is the operative word and it is Eve's own: 'Eve Flare will receive a free firmware update to Matter at a later date.' When that firmware ships, Matter over Thread would make the lamp reachable by Alexa and this cell should change. Until it does, the honest state today is none — and a buyer should not pay for the promise, because Eve publishes no date for it.[2][15]
Recorded 'none' on the same architecture as the other two non-Apple cells — no Wi-Fi, no cloud, no bridge, no Matter, and no mention of SmartThings anywhere on Eve's page. Worth one extra note for SmartThings specifically: a SmartThings hub that is also a Thread border router still cannot reach this lamp today, because the barrier is the application protocol rather than the radio. HomeKit-over-Thread and Matter-over-Thread both run on Thread and are not interchangeable. The promised Matter update is what would close that gap.[2][15]
Home Assistant's own HomeKit Device integration controls this lamp locally, with no Apple account, and it supports HomeKit lights, so on/off, brightness and color come across. Color temperature is unconfirmed: neither Home Assistant nor Eve says whether white tones carry over. The catch is that a HomeKit accessory pairs with one controller at a time, so adding the lamp to Home Assistant takes it out of Apple Home, and it has to be reset first.[3][16][20][21][22]
Platform documentation:
evehome.com · checked 2026-10-21
apple.com · checked 2026-10-21
evehome.com · checked 2026-08-05
on.dcl.csa-iot.org · checked 2026-09-19
home-assistant.io · checked 2026-10-07
apple.com · checked 2026-10-07
api.github.com · checked 2026-10-20
Listed device functions are established from vendor documentation. An ability missing here is unestablished, not necessarily absent.
| Ecosystem | Support | The catch |
|---|---|---|
| Apple Home | Works; color temperature unconfirmedWorks; color temperature unconfirmed — see the catch[2][14][18][19][20][23][24] | Eve Flare works natively with Apple Home: Apple lists it among its lights, and Eve says you set its color and brightness from the app or with Siri, with no bridge. Color temperature is unconfirmed in Apple Home: neither Eve nor Apple says whether you can pick white tones. You need an iPhone or iPad on the latest iOS, and remote control and automations need an Apple home hub such as a HomePod mini or an Apple TV; without one you control the lamp over Bluetooth from the same room. |
| Amazon Alexa | Doesn't workVerified: does not work with this ecosystem[2][15] | Recorded 'none' on architecture and not merely on vendor silence, which is the stronger of the two reasons and worth separating. Alexa is not mentioned anywhere on Eve's page — but more decisively, this lamp's only radios are Bluetooth Low Energy and Thread and its only protocol is HomeKit, so there is no transport an Alexa integration could use: no Wi-Fi, no cloud account, no bridge, and no Matter yet. ⏳ 'Yet' is the operative word and it is Eve's own: 'Eve Flare will receive a free firmware update to Matter at a later date.' When that firmware ships, Matter over Thread would make the lamp reachable by Alexa and this cell should change. Until it does, the honest state today is none — and a buyer should not pay for the promise, because Eve publishes no date for it. |
| Google Home | Doesn't workVerified: does not work with this ecosystem[2][15] | Recorded 'none' for exactly the same architectural reason as Alexa: Google is named nowhere on Eve's page, and a Bluetooth-and-Thread HomeKit accessory with no Wi-Fi, no cloud account and no Matter has no route a Google Home integration could take. The promised Matter firmware — 'Eve Flare will receive a free firmware update to Matter at a later date' — is the single thing that would change this, and Eve attaches no date to it. Anyone in a Google household should treat this lamp as incompatible today rather than as compatible soon. |
| SmartThings | Doesn't workVerified: does not work with this ecosystem[2][15] | Recorded 'none' on the same architecture as the other two non-Apple cells — no Wi-Fi, no cloud, no bridge, no Matter, and no mention of SmartThings anywhere on Eve's page. Worth one extra note for SmartThings specifically: a SmartThings hub that is also a Thread border router still cannot reach this lamp today, because the barrier is the application protocol rather than the radio. HomeKit-over-Thread and Matter-over-Thread both run on Thread and are not interchangeable. The promised Matter update is what would close that gap. |
| Home Assistant | Works; color temperature unconfirmedWorks; color temperature unconfirmed — see the catch[3][16][20][21][22] | Home Assistant's own HomeKit Device integration controls this lamp locally, with no Apple account, and it supports HomeKit lights, so on/off, brightness and color come across. Color temperature is unconfirmed: neither Home Assistant nor Eve says whether white tones carry over. The catch is that a HomeKit accessory pairs with one controller at a time, so adding the lamp to Home Assistant takes it out of Apple Home, and it has to be reset first. |
✓ Works without a subscription: Yes.
Vendor account required: No — no vendor account is involved.[2][14]
No subscription, plan, tier or fee appears anywhere on the product page, and the architecture makes one hard to imagine: HomeKit is a local protocol, Eve operates no account service the lamp depends on, and Home Assistant's documentation states of HomeKit accessories generally that 'the HomeKit protocol is a local and offline protocol that does not rely on the Apple ecosystem to function' and that 'You do not need an Apple online account to use a Works with HomeKit device'. Recorded 'none' on both the absence of fee language and the absence of a service that could be gated. The promised Matter update is also stated as free: 'Eve Flare will receive a free firmware update to Matter at a later date.'
First and most important, because the internet routinely gets it wrong: this lamp does not do Matter today. Eve's own page says so twice — 'Eve Flare will receive a free firmware update to Matter at a later date' and 'Ready for Matter: With a future software update'. Ready-for is not is. No date is published. Everything that follows depends on that. Second, and directly downstream of it: this is an Apple-only product right now. Apple Home and Siri are the only ecosystem Eve names anywhere on the page, and Alexa, Google Home and SmartThings appear nowhere — not as omissions from a list, but because a lamp whose only radios are Bluetooth Low Energy and Thread, with no Wi-Fi and no cloud account, has no route those platforms could take. There is even a hard floor on the Apple side: 'iPhone or iPad with the latest version of iOS/iPadOS'. An Android household cannot use this lamp at all. Third, the hub question, where Eve is commendably clear and the answer costs money. Basic control needs nothing — 'This device does not require a hub for control right from your iPhone or iPad' — but 'Remote Access, Automation, Notifications, Thread, Ready for Matter' all require an Apple home hub, and Eve names which ones: 'HomePod (2nd gen), HomePod mini or Apple TV 4K (2nd gen/3rd gen 128 GB)'. Without one you have a Bluetooth lamp you control from the same room. Fourth, the brightness, which is easy to miss in a specification list: 90 lumens. That is a mood light, not a lamp to read by, and it is a fraction of what comparable portable smart lamps put out. What you get for it is IP65 water resistance, a 6+ hour battery, wireless charging and a 25 cm globe you can carry outside. Fifth, for Home Assistant users, a route with a painful string attached: the official HomeKit Device integration is local push and needs no Apple account at all — but 'HomeKit devices can only be paired to a single controller at once', so pairing it to Home Assistant removes it from Apple Home. One or the other. Finally, the price: Eve asks $109.95 on its own page, and that figure is new — the same page showed no US price at all when this record was first built. Eve ships it free in the US on orders over $99.
An Apple household — and it has to be an Apple household — that already owns a HomePod or Apple TV and wants a portable, weather-resistant accent light for a table, a balcony or a garden path. The combination of native HomeKit over Thread, IP65, wireless charging and a 6+ hour battery is a specific and well-executed thing, and the local-only architecture means it works with no account, no cloud and no subscription. It is also a good fit for a Home Assistant user who wants a genuinely local Thread lamp and is willing to give up Apple Home to get it, since the two cannot share the device. Think twice if you are on Alexa, Google Home or SmartThings, where the answer today is simply no and Eve's Matter firmware has no published date. Think twice if anyone in the house is on Android, since the app requires iOS. Think twice if you do not own an Apple home hub, because remote access, automations and Thread all depend on one. And think twice if you want usable light — at 90 lumens this sets a mood and does not illuminate a room.
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