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Agent Derek Meister-Geek Squad spoke to Bill about Setting up Smart Home Devices with Matter? Save the Pairing Code! Matter Matters for Smart Homes - You need your original Matter pairing code to reset devices - This code isn't always in a convenient place - Saving your codes keeps them accessible
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Matter Matters for Smart Homes
Newer smart home devices, from smart thermostats to smart lights, are talking to each other more easily thanks to Matter, the latest industry standard that ensures devices from major manufacturers (like Aqara, Govee, Nanoleaf, or Google) will work seamlessly with all major smart home ecosystems, like the Google or Apple Home apps.
There's one extra step you can take to make your life easier when dealing with any Matter-compatible devices: Document the Matter paring code to reset them.
You need your original Matter pairing code to reset devices
This is the QR code and number that came with your device
Every Matter device comes with a Matter pairing code that you need to enter when setting up the device in your smart home platform. You can either enter this code by hand or by scanning a QR code. Typically, it consists of 11 digits.
When all goes well, you only need to interact with this code once. Afterward, your smart home knows how to communicate with your product, and you're left with little reason to think of those numbers again. Like an IP address, this number is a component of networking infrastructure that largely happens invisibly behind the scenes.
Thing is, resetting devices as part of troubleshooting smart home issues is something that comes up often enough to make it vital that you don’t lose that original code.
This code isn't always in a convenient place
Most Matter products come with the pairing code placed somewhere on the device. Govee floor lamps have theirs on a tag wrapped around the power cord. Portable smart lamps mave have theirs physically etched into their legs.
Some codes are more of a pain to get to. Tapo S505 smart switches have their codes visible behind the wall plate. This plate can be a pain to pry off, and since I swapped out the factory wall plate for an alternative from Lowe’s, you also have to remove a screw before you can get to the pairing code.
Saving your codes keeps them accessible
Not only does saving those Matter paring codes to a document save time looking for them, they can save you from dealing with number on the smart device fading over time.