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Which smart home platforms support Matter energy meters?

Home Assistant is the only platform where MatterCheck rates pairing, readings and using a reading to start an automation all Yes — but that's still Med confidence, because the dated native hands-ons are meters built into smart plugs, not standalone CT or DIN-rail meters. SmartThings pairs and can use power and energy from plug-embedded Electrical Sensor endpoints in Routines, while standalone meters without an On/Off endpoint are still limited. Apple Home on iOS 27 shows Matter energy in an Energy view but can't automate on it; Google Home recognises Electric Meter devices but shows no energy UI; Alexa doesn't use Matter energy data at all.

Matter energy meter support at a glance

In this guide, Pairs means the platform accepts the meter over Matter. Control means power and/or energy readings show in the platform's UI — a dedicated meter often has nothing to switch on or off, so Partial means readings show with limits such as no tile or only plug-embedded paths, and No means recognised but no usable energy UI or not supported. Starts an automation means a power or energy reading can start an automation. Automation action means an automation can act on the meter — almost always No because a meter has nothing to control. Matter has Electrical Sensor and Electrical Meter device types; MatterCheck tracks them as one energy_meter row. Power is live watts, energy is accumulated kWh, and platforms often show one or both. High confidence needs an official statement plus a dated hands-on test of the device type on that platform; every platform rating here is Med.

Matter energy meters on Apple Home (HomeKit)

MatterCheck rates Apple Home Partial for pairing and Partial for readings, with No for automation starter and action. Apple's Matter accessories support page and the Works with Apple Home categories still omit energy meters, but iOS 27 changed the practical picture. iOS 27 was released 2026-09-14 (MacRumors), and its Home app added a Matter Energy view showing a whole-home total and per-device consumption, as covered by Matter Alpha on 2026-06-08 and a HomeKits.de beta hands-on on 2026-06-09. Apple's iOS 27 beta Matter map adds Electrical Sensor 0x0510 and Electrical Meter 0x0514 as native types, per a July 2026 community discussion of Apple's protocol map.

Hands-on evidence is still limited to bridged or beta paths. A bridged Shelly Pro 3EM registered in Home and its power was counted in the Energy tab on iOS 27, but the device wasn't listed per device, according to a 2026-08-18 homebridge-shelly-matter report. A Shelly EM Gen4 showed 256 W in the Energy section on the iOS 27 beta and on iOS 27.0.1, while nothing was visible on iOS 26.6, per reports from 2026-08-28 and 2026-10-04. That's why control is Partial: a meter-only endpoint gets no tile, bridged meters may count toward the total only, there's no UI for voltage, current or power factor, and per-device history needs a connected utility account (US only). Energy data can't start or condition Home or Shortcuts automations, per the MacRumors iOS 27 Home guide. You need iOS/iPadOS 27 and a home hub on tvOS/HomePod Software 27; reports say a hub still on 26 can block energy display. Confidence stays Med because there's no fetched hands-on of a native standalone meter paired directly on released iOS 27.

Matter energy meters on Google Home

Google Home pairs Electric Meter devices over Matter — MatterCheck rates pairing Yes — but control is No because there's no consumer energy UI. Google's Matter supported-devices page lists Electric Meter with control support N/A, meaning it's recognised but not controllable. The starters, conditions and actions reference has no Electrical Power or Electrical Energy starter; the only energy-related starter is EnergyStorage for batteries. The Script Editor starter schema likewise has no Energy type. A 2023-11-22 Reddit report shows Script Editor rejecting a power starter with "device.state.Energy isn't a known type name."

So automation trigger is No. Google's developer Home APIs say any attribute may be used in starters for third-party apps, but that's not counted for the consumer Google Home app or Script Editor. Confidence is Med: the list and schema omission plus one schema-error report are strong, but there's no explicit Google "not supported" statement and no 2025–2026 native test of a Matter energy meter in Google Home was found. You need a Google or Nest Matter hub.

Matter energy meters on Alexa

Alexa is not a Matter energy platform today: MatterCheck rates pairs, control, automation trigger and automation action all No. Amazon's supported Matter device categories page has no Electrical Sensor or Electrical Meter type, and its plug row lists only On/Off without Electrical Power or Energy Measurement clusters. A 2025-11-09 MESH Smart Home review of the Tapo P110M Matter 1.3 plug found Alexa provided "the basic On/Off function, without energy monitoring features," while Home Assistant and SmartThings showed energy. A matter-smarthome.de article from 2025-08-02 says Amazon makes no use of Matter energy data, and its updated tested-platform list still excludes Alexa.

Alexa's Energy Dashboard is fed by cloud add-ons using Alexa.DeviceUsage.Meter (US-only), not Matter clusters. Confidence is Med because the tests cover plug-built-in meters, not a standalone meter-only endpoint tested with Alexa. A Matter-enabled Echo or eero hub is required for Matter generally.

Matter energy meters on SmartThings

SmartThings pairs Matter energy meters — MatterCheck rates pairing Yes — and control is Partial. Samsung's 2026-10-06 platform update announcement added "Energy Meters for real-time power monitoring" as a new SmartThings device category in a Matter 1.6 context. But the SmartThings Matter partners page still lists no standalone Electric Meter row under Energy Management — only Battery Storage, Heat Pump, Solar and Water Heater.

Automation trigger is Partial because the documented Routine path is plug-embedded. The SmartThings Edge driver maps a Matter Electrical Sensor 0x0510 endpoint onto its associated On/Off endpoint as powerMeter and energyMeter, and those capabilities can drive Routines. A 2025-10-18 SmartThings Community post says the Tapo P110M on Matter 1.3 firmware "reports energy and power so you can create those routines." A 2025-02-10 community thread notes Eve Energy outlets have energy triggers in Routines. The catch: the same driver logs that an Electrical Sensor endpoint without an On/Off endpoint "will not be exposed," per the driver's utils.lua. No public fingerprint covers a standalone 0x0510 or Electrical Meter 0x0514, so a Shelly 3EM-63 Gen4 — CSA-certified as primary 0x0510 with no On/Off — would hit that refusal path. Confidence is Med: no official Samsung Routines doc names Matter energy conditions, and the early Eve reports used a private cluster. A SmartThings-compatible hub is required.

Matter energy meters in Home Assistant

Home Assistant is the strongest platform for Matter energy meters: MatterCheck rates pairing Yes, control Yes and automation trigger Yes, with automation action No. The Home Assistant Matter integration lists sensor entities, and HA's core Matter sensor discovery reads Electrical Power Measurement and Electrical Energy Measurement clusters with no dependence on an On/Off endpoint. Eve Energy plugs are Works with Home Assistant certified as of 2025-04-29, and native IKEA GRILLPLATS tests from 2026-05-18 and 2026-08-11 show energy, power, voltage and current entities, with one driving an energy-surplus automation.

Those are meters built into plugs, not standalone meters. Confidence is Med because no 2025–2026 native test of a standalone Matter energy meter in Home Assistant was found. You need the Home Assistant Matter Server, with HA OS recommended.

Power vs energy: what Matter reports and what platforms show

Power is live watts — how much a load is drawing right now. Energy is accumulated consumption — kWh over time. Matter 1.3 defines Electrical Power Measurement and Electrical Energy Measurement clusters, and a meter can report both. Platforms differ in what they surface. Apple Home's iOS 27 Energy view shows consumption totals but has no UI for voltage, current or power factor. SmartThings exposes powerMeter and energyMeter on plug-embedded Electrical Sensor paths. Home Assistant creates separate sensor entities — energy, power, and on the IKEA GRILLPLATS also voltage and current. Google Home recognises the Electric Meter type but has no consumer energy UI, and Alexa ignores Matter energy data entirely. The HomeKits.de iOS 27 hands-on and the MESH Smart Home Tapo P110M review both illustrate the platform split.

Dedicated meters vs plugs with energy monitoring

MatterCheck's energy_meter row is for dedicated meters — the Shelly EM and 3EM class, typically CT clamps or DIN-rail devices with an Electrical Sensor 0x0510 or Electrical Meter 0x0514 endpoint and often no On/Off. Many dated platform tests used smart plugs that also report energy over Matter, such as the Tapo P110M, Eve Energy and IKEA GRILLPLATS. Plug on/off support is a separate row — see the Matter smart plug support guide. The distinction matters most on SmartThings, where plug-embedded Electrical Sensor readings can drive Routines (see the 2025-02-10 community thread on Eve Energy outlets) while a standalone meter without On/Off may not expose readings at all. On Apple Home, bridged meter-only endpoints may contribute to the Energy total without a per-device tile, as in the 2026-08-18 Shelly Pro 3EM report. See the live electric energy meter page for per-product notes.

Thread or Wi-Fi: what you need

Every meter MatterCheck tracks uses Matter over Wi-Fi — none use Thread — so you don't need a Thread border router for these meters. You still need each platform's Matter hub or controller: an Apple Home hub on software 27 for Apple Home, a Google or Nest Matter hub for Google Home, a Matter-enabled Echo or eero for Alexa, a SmartThings-compatible hub for SmartThings, and the Home Assistant Matter Server for Home Assistant. See Matter hubs and the Matter hub and Thread border router guide for details.

Matter energy meters we track

• Shelly Pro 3EM — Wi-Fi, Matter via firmware. DIN-rail 3-phase meter with CTs; CSA certified as Electrical Sensor. Reports per-phase voltage, current, active/apparent power and accumulated energy. Per-platform energy display not confirmed. DIN-rail 3-phase; the v2 (120A) is the current replacement.
• Shelly EM Gen4 — Wi-Fi, maker says Matter-certified out of the box. Single-phase 2-channel with 50/80/120A CT options; includes a dry-contact switch output. Platform energy display Unknown. Single-phase 2-channel CT meter.
• Shelly EM Mini Gen4 — Wi-Fi, maker says Matter-certified. 16A in-wall meter only, no relay. Platform energy display Unknown. 16A in-wall meter, no relay.
• Shelly 3EM-63 Gen4 — Wi-Fi, Matter 1.3 per CSA entry. Three measurement channels, 3-phase or 3 independent single-phase; Zigbee alt mode with Matter over Wi-Fi. CSA cert is still live but the maker product page redirects and store listings show only Gen3 — confidence Med, product may be withdrawn or not yet launched. Compact 3-phase or 3x single-phase meter, 63A.
• Shelly 3EM-63 Gen3 — Wi-Fi, Matter 1.3 per CSA entry. Three measurement channels; Matter requires firmware 1.6.0 or newer. Compact 3-phase or 3x single-phase meter, 63A.

We don't rank products or say any of these is tested on every platform. See the electric energy meter page for live per-product notes.

Troubleshooting Matter energy meters

• Apple Home shows nothing: update to iOS/iPadOS 27 and a home hub on tvOS/HomePod Software 27. On iOS 26.6, nothing was visible in the Shelly EM Gen4 reports.
• No tile in Apple Home: a meter-only endpoint gets no tile. Check the Energy view instead; bridged meters may count toward the total only, per the homebridge-shelly-matter README.
• SmartThings shows no power/energy for a standalone meter: the Edge path may refuse Electrical Sensor endpoints without On/Off. Plug-style meters with a switch endpoint are the documented Routine path, per the driver's utils.lua.
• Google Home Script Editor rejects a power starter: device.state.Energy isn't a known type. Don't expect power starters in Google Home, per the 2023-11-22 Reddit report.
• Alexa Energy Dashboard doesn't show Matter energy: that dashboard is fed by cloud add-ons, not Matter clusters. Matter energy won't appear there.
• Home Assistant readings are missing: look under sensor entities or Diagnostics. The IKEA GRILLPLATS plug tests showed energy, power, voltage and current as separate entities.

Which platform is best for a Matter energy meter?

If you need readings as automation starters and an energy dashboard, Home Assistant is furthest along — its Matter integration exposes sensor entities — but it's still Med until a standalone meter is tested. SmartThings works best today for plug-embedded Matter energy in Routines and has announced Energy Meters, with standalone meters still Partial. Apple Home on iOS 27 is useful for viewing Matter energy but not for automating on it. Google Home pairs the type but has no energy UI. Alexa is not a Matter energy platform today. Matter multi-admin may let you view on one platform and automate on another — see multi-admin and the platform comparison guide.

Frequently asked questions

Do Matter energy meters work with Apple Home?

Partially. On iOS 27 with a home hub on software 27, Matter energy shows in the Energy view. A meter-only endpoint gets no tile, bridged meters may count toward the total only, and energy can't start automations.

Does Alexa show Matter energy monitoring?

No. Amazon's Matter categories page has no Electrical Sensor or Meter type, and a 2025-11-09 MESH Smart Home review found the Tapo P110M in Alexa was On/Off only without energy.

Can SmartThings use a Matter energy meter in a Routine?

Partially. Plug-embedded Electrical Sensor readings can drive Routines, but a standalone meter without an On/Off endpoint may not expose readings. Samsung announced Energy Meters on 2026-10-06, but the Edge driver path for standalone meters isn't documented yet.

Does Google Home support Matter electric meters?

It pairs them — Electric Meter is on Google's supported-devices list — but there's no consumer energy UI and no power or energy automation starter.

Do I need a Thread border router for a Shelly Matter energy meter?

No. Every meter MatterCheck tracks uses Matter over Wi-Fi. You still need the platform's Matter hub or controller.

What's the difference between a Matter energy meter and a smart plug with energy monitoring?

A dedicated meter is a CT clamp or DIN-rail device with an Electrical Sensor or Electrical Meter endpoint and often no On/Off. A smart plug with energy monitoring also reports power and energy but has a switch endpoint, which changes how platforms expose it — especially SmartThings and Apple Home.

Can a Matter energy reading start an automation?

In Home Assistant, yes. In SmartThings, yes for plug-embedded readings. In Apple Home and Google Home, no. In Alexa, no.

More MatterCheck guides

• Matter smart plug support — how plugs with energy monitoring compare across platforms.
• Matter appliance support — dishwashers, washers, fridges and room ACs versus plugs that only report energy.
• Matter on Apple Home — every device type checked.
• Matter on Google Home — every device type checked.
• Matter on Alexa — every device type checked.
• Matter on SmartThings — every device type checked.
• Matter on Home Assistant — every device type checked.
• Platform comparison — which platform supports the most Matter device types.
• Matter hubs and Thread border routers — what you actually need.
• Electric energy meter type page — live per-product and per-platform values.

How we checked

Values come from the MatterCheck matrix v1.15. The energy meter values were last checked 2026-10-17 to 2026-10-19 depending on the platform. High confidence needs an official statement covering the feature plus a dated hands-on test of the device type on that platform. For energy meters, MatterCheck treats plug-built-in meters as different from standalone meters when rating High, so every platform rating here is Med until a dated standalone-meter test lands or an official statement is stronger. See our methodology, the electric energy meter page and Matter hubs.

Last reviewed 2026-10-19. Platform support changes with app and firmware updates; check the live electric energy meter page for the current values.