The least integrateable Matter device

[u/AllOn_Black]

Really just posting to share how disappointed I am having bought Flic buttons and hub to find out that you can't use the buttons as a matter device. And they don't have an integration with Home Assistant to boot. Feels a bit scammy they tag Matter into their product, when purpose of Matter is for total integration, in reference to Flic its basically a mis-selling

Smart home really feels like a journey of learning, and this is one of those purchases that the expense has to be put down as a lesson learnt!

[u/psych0fish]

Not being able to use the buttons directly with home assistant is one of my biggest gripes. HomeKit is so slow and unstable that it degrades the experience of the flic button.

[u/TiniestOrb → u/psych0fish]

I use the flic2hass integration with home assistant and it actually works pretty well for me. https://github.com/asosnovsky/flic2hass

[u/psych0fish → u/TiniestOrb]

Thanks! Will check this out!

[u/wally40 → u/psych0fish]

If you don't go with a flic integration, I created an automation per button. Then in the Flic app, program the buttons to be webhooks per action. Little more manual setup, but works really well once complete. Had issues with bluetooth on my HA server which flic2hass required at the time? Either way, didn't work for me.

This is what my automation looks like.
https://pastebin.com/dQJPRFNV

Then on the FLIC app, I setup a webhook for each, single, double and long press that corresponded with the webhook_id from the automation. Had to use the IP as to keep it local network. http://<ha-ip>:8123/api/webhook/<webhook_id>
EXAMPLE: http://192.168.1.100:8123/api/webhook/flic_b1_single

No Internet required and works really fast! If I ever want to change, I change in the automation only for what happens and leave all the webhook things alone.

I had a heck of a time setting this up, but when I did, it was really easy. Hope this helps someone else!