Aqara Hub M3 vs Philips Hue Bridge Pro

The Aqara Hub M3, as a general smart home hub. It combines Zigbee, a Thread border router, Bluetooth, IR, dual-band Wi-Fi and Power over Ethernet. The Philips Hue Bridge Pro is the better lighting hub, with room for 150+ lights and a two year warranty.

Not over Zigbee: the Aqara Hub M3 pairs only Aqara devices on its Zigbee radio. It does add other brands' Matter devices as a Matter controller, and the Philips Hue Bridge Pro is a Matter bridge, so Matter is the route for Hue lights to appear alongside Aqara devices, with the Hue bridge kept in place.

Scope. The Aqara Hub M3 is a multi-protocol hub with Zigbee, Thread, Bluetooth and IR, while the Philips Hue Bridge Pro is a Zigbee lighting hub with more processing power and capacity for 150+ lights.

Yes. Both work with Apple Home, Alexa, Google Home, SmartThings and Home Assistant, and both act as Matter bridges for their own devices.

Anyone building around Aqara sensors, locks and switches who also wants a Thread border router, an IR blaster and Power over Ethernet in the same box.

Hue owners with a large or growing lighting setup, or several older bridges to merge, who want faster response, MotionAware and a two year warranty.