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Research profile · last verified 2026-08-09

Eve Motion (3rd generation, Matter)

Compiled by SmartHomeWorkflow Research · Eve Systems · Sensors & Detectors · ~$54.95 (at time of research — never treated as a live price)

Exactly which product this is[1][3][6]

Model number
20EBY9901
Generation
Not established
Region this page covers
Not established
Also sold or listed as
Not established

“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 AlexaWorksWorks with this ecosystem[13]Officially badged 'Works with Alexa.' Standard Matter motion-sensor function; Eve-app extras (motion history, twilight-threshold tuning) are not available — Eve notes features like historical data 'are currently not supported by all platforms.'In Amazon Alexa you also need: a Thread border router · a Matter controller
Google HomeWorksWorks with this ecosystem[13]Officially badged 'Works with Google Home'; requires Google's Matter controller. No Eve-app history/threshold features outside Apple Home.In Google Home you also need: a Thread border router · a Matter controller
Apple HomeWorksWorks with this ecosystem[13]Richest experience: Eve app features (when/how-long motion records, exportable history, brightness data, twilight thresholds) explicitly require connection through Apple Home and the Eve app for iPhone/iPad.In Apple Home you also need: a Thread border router · a Matter controller
SmartThingsWorksWorks with this ecosystem[13]Officially badged 'Works with Samsung SmartThings' via SmartThings Matter controller; plain Matter sensor functions only.In SmartThings you also need: a Thread border router · a Matter controller
Home AssistantWorksWorks with this ecosystem[13]Officially badged 'Works with Home Assistant' on Eve's product page (via HA's Matter support with a Thread border router); Eve-app history features do not carry over.In Home Assistant you also need: a Thread border router · a Matter controller

Protocols: THREAD · MATTER[1][3][4][5][11]

Needs before it works: Thread border router + Matter controller — Eve's own wording: 'This Matter-enabled device requires a hub that supports both Thread and Matter.' For Apple Home Eve names HomePod (2nd gen), HomePod mini, or Apple TV 4K (only the Wi-Fi + Ethernet model has Thread); for Alexa/Google/SmartThings, that ecosystem's Matter controller with Thread border router.[1][5]

What it can do[10]

You can tell it to

Not established — we could not confirm this from vendor documentation

It reports

  • Motion detected

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

What it doesApple HomeGoogle HomeAlexaSmartThingsHome Assistant
Motion detected✓ routines can use it? not stated? not stated? not stated✓ routines can use it

Platform documentation: Alexa — Matter path (2026-09-04), Apple Home — automation engine ceiling (2026-09-01), 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[1]

✓ Works without a subscription: Yes.

Vendor account required: No — no vendor account is involved.[12]

Eve states: 'works across platforms, offers all features without any additional subscriptions'; no Eve cloud, no registration.

Maintenance reality[1]

The catch

Without a Thread border router it does nothing at all, and the signature extras — motion history, duration records, twilight-threshold tuning — only exist in the Eve app connected through Apple Home, so on other ecosystems it behaves as a standard Matter motion sensor.

Who it's for

Suits households that already run a Thread border router and want a subscription-free, locally controlled motion-plus-light sensor; Apple Home users get the full feature set, other Matter ecosystems get core motion sensing.

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 →

16 numbered sources· read them in the source's own words
  1. [1] https://www.evehome.com/en-us/eve-motion re-read from RAW MARKUP 2026-08-09 (official product page). Price $54.95 UNCHANGED since 2026-07-16, read from this product's own buy-button attribute rather than from a page-wide price grep. All five ecosystem badges re-verified verbatim: 'Works with Apple Home', 'Works with Alexa', 'Works with Google Home', 'Works with Samsung SmartThings', 'Works with Home Assistant'. Sensor specifications re-verified verbatim: 'Field of view: 120°', 'Distance: 9 m / 30 ft. max at 2 m / 6.5 ft. mounting height', 'Operating temperature: -18°C to +55°C', 'Indoors and outdoors: Certified IPX3'. Requirements block: 'Compatible hub with Matter Controller & Thread Border Router functionality'. ⚠ The word 'Bluetooth' occurs ZERO times on this page. — Read on the maker's own site, verified 2026-08-09
    Backs: Subscription, Protocols, Price, Maintenance, Required hub or bridge, Product identity, Market availability, Research status
  2. [2] https://www.evehome.com/en-us/warranty read 2026-08-09: 'If you purchase directly from the Eve Online Shop or an authorized Eve reseller, a two-year warranty will apply. If you purchase from a reseller that is not an authorized Eve reseller, the warranty herein may not apply.' The page contains no occurrence of 'firmware' and no support-period commitment; software is supplied on its licence terms and 'as is'. — Read on the maker's own site, verified 2026-08-17
    Backs: Service status
  3. [3] https://www.evehome.com/en/identify-your-eve-accessory re-read 2026-08-09 (official generation identifier page), verbatim: 'Eve Motion (3rd generation) Year introduced: 2022 Product number: 10EBY9901 Model number: 20EBY9901 Wireless Connection: Bluetooth/Thread' with 'Matter update available', AND a second entry 'Eve Motion (3rd generation) Year introduced: 2023 Product number: 10EBY9951 Model number: 20EBY9901 Wireless Connection: Thread' with 'Ships with Matter'. The 2nd generation (20EAK9901, 2017) is listed Bluetooth. — Read on the maker's own site, verified 2026-08-09
    Backs: Protocols, Product identity
  4. [4] CSA registry re-read from the page source 2026-08-09, the certificate page live, with a control page we knew to be there (csa_product/aqara-hub-m2/) answering the same day, so the method was proven before anything was read from it. https://csa-iot.org/csa_product/eve-motion-2/ → Eve Systems, Certificate ID CSA23276MAT40789-24, Certified Date 03/28/2023, Firmware 3.2.0, Vendor ID 0x130A, Product ID 0x0059, Specification Version 1.0, Primary Device Type ID 0x0107, **Transport Interface: 'Thread, Bluetooth'**. ⚠ **The Bluetooth in that field is COMMISSIONING transport for a Matter-over-Thread device, not a control path**, and Bluetooth was removed from this record's list of radios on 2026-08-09 — the same call made for the Aqara Door and Window Sensor P2 and the Tapo L535E on 2026-08-08. What makes it stronger here than in those cases is that the MANUFACTURER agrees: Eve's product page specification names only a Thread border router requirement and never says Bluetooth, and Eve's own generation table reserves 'Bluetooth/Thread' for the 2022 revision. The raw certificate field is recorded verbatim above so the evidence survives whichever way the catalogue-wide rule lands (the distinction is documented in our own notes). — Checked a certification register, verified 2026-08-09
    Backs: Protocols
  5. [5] evehome.com/en-us/upgrade-to-matter (official Matter guidance) — Read on the maker's own site, verified 2026-07-16
    Backs: Protocols, Required hub or bridge
  6. [6] evehome.com/en/eve-becomes-part-of-abb + new.abb.com/news/detail/104038/ — Read on the maker's own site, verified 2026-07-16
    Backs: Product identity
  7. [7] evehome.com, Eve Motion product page — Read on the maker's own site, verified 2026-08-17
    Backs: Power source
  8. [8] evehome.com, Eve Motion product page — Read on the maker's own site, verified 2026-08-18
  9. [9] Eve Systems, Eve Motion product page (evehome.com/en-us/eve-motion), re-read 2026-08-18 — 'No Eve cloud'; 'No subscription, no registration'; '100% privacy'; requirements block 'Compatible hub with Matter Controller & Thread Border Router functionality'. No Wi-Fi radio is published for this product. — Read on the maker's own site, verified 2026-08-18
    Backs: Works without the internet
  10. [10] evehome.com Eve Motion page, read 2026-08-20: "Use motion-based automations to control your lights, appliances or home cinema system", with the worked example "When you come home, automatically have your smart home set to 'I'm home' and turn on the networked mood lights in the living room – but only after sunset." The page also mentions "the integrated light sensor". Matter-enabled over Thread; the same hub requirement as the sibling Door & Window. — Read on the maker's own site, verified 2026-08-20
    Backs: Capabilities
  11. [11] This record's existing per-model Matter evidence, re-read 2026-08-20 against our settled definition of which radios a product lists: certificate CSA23276MAT40789 · 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
  12. [12] Eve, "Privacy by design" — under the heading "No account or registration": "Eve does not harvest your personal data by forcing you to set up an account or registering your accessories. Inviting Eve into your home is a purely personal affair between each accessory and you, without exposing any details to any company database." Under "No data in cloud": "Since privacy is designed into the core of all Eve accessories, no cloud or any other proprietary device can ever breach your most personal data." — Read on the maker's own site, verified 2026-08-21
    Backs: Vendor account required
  13. [13] Eve Systems, Eve Motion product page (https://www.evehome.com/en-us/eve-motion), re-read 2026-09-03 under our reading rules for this site, and served normally. THE VENDOR'S PUBLISHED PLATFORM LIST, verbatim from the badge images' alt text in page order: 'Logo Works with Apple Home', 'Logo Works with Samsung SmartThings', 'Logo Works with Alexa', 'Logo - Works with Home Assistant', 'Logo: Works with Homey', 'Logo Works with Google Home'. Those six badges are what all five platform answers on this record rest on; Homey is badged too and is outside this catalogue's five ecosystems. THE APPLE ASYMMETRY IS PUBLISHED IN WORDS, not inferred by us: "Get more out of Eve Motion with the Eve app for iPhone and iPad (requires connection through the Apple Home platform)", followed by the insight features that need it: "know exactly when and for how long motion was detected, view or export the detailed records, and see exactly how the brightness" changed. The hub condition that makes the four Matter paths Matter paths, verbatim: "Yes, this Matter-enabled device requires a hub that supports both Thread and Matter", and in the Requirements block "Compatible hub with Matter Controller & Thread Border Router functionality". — Read on the maker's own site, verified 2026-09-03
    Backs: Amazon Alexa compatibility, Google Home compatibility, Apple Home compatibility, SmartThings compatibility, Home Assistant compatibility
  14. [14] 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
  15. [15] csa-iot.org certified-product page for Eve Systems' Eve Motion, read 2026-09-16. Verbatim, as the page prints it: "Product Details Firmware Version 3.2.0 Hardware Version 1 Certificate ID CSA23276MAT40789-24 Certified Date 03/28/2023 Product ID 0x0059 Vendor ID 0x130A". The Vendor ID and Product ID in that block are what this entry records; the page's product name is Eve Motion and its company is Eve Systems, and the certificate it prints is the one this record already cites for its Thread protocol claim. — Checked a certification register, verified 2026-09-16
    Backs: Certification and product IDs
  16. [16] this record's own lifecycle note as it stood before 2026-09-17 (no new external read): its wording was rewritten so it reads in plain language. No fact, date, source or value changed, and the earlier wording is kept on this record., verified 2026-09-17

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