Matter smart lights will soon be compatible with Apple’s Adaptive Lighting feature in the Home app, with Nanoleaf among the first to support it.
Adaptive Lighting is a HomeKit feature that automatically adjusts the color temperature of smart bulbs throughout the day, similar to how Night Shift adjusts the screen’s white balance.
Although Adaptive Lighting has been available since iOS 14, the upcoming iOS 18 update will extend support to smart lights that use the Matter standard, according to The Verge.
Previously, only a limited number of smart lighting products worked with Adaptive Lighting, mainly from brands like Nanoleaf, Philips Hue, Aqara, and Eve.
For consumers, this expansion means more lights will now be able to use the color temperature adjustment feature, including products that previously supported Adaptive Lighting under HomeKit but not with Matter.
Nanoleaf mentioned that it is testing Adaptive Lighting on its Essentials Matter light range, and some users have already noticed this feature in the iOS 18 betas.
However, not all Matter lights will support Adaptive Lighting immediately, as manufacturers need to enable the feature for their products to work with it.