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IKEA Debuts 21 HomeKit-Compatible Smart Bulbs, Sensors, and Controls
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yes. the hub acts as a bridge thats why there is a homekit qr code on the bottom
Do I need the DIRIGERA hub if I have a similar hub or bridge - IKEA United kingdom
United kingdom - Yes. The DIRIGERA hub is needed to use the IKEA Home smart app and to connect smart products from IKEA to your smart home.
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I think it’s only if you are swedish,norwegian or danish they make any sense
I think it’s only if you are swedish,norwegian or danish they make any sense
even with the translation, makes no damn sense. may as well just mash the keyboard if it saves marketing dollars
Haha no, you're right, what I meant was that it's not total nonsense if you're familiar with one of the Nordic languages.
From the article, actually no. A compatible third party hub, I guess like the Apple TV is fine.
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One of you is saying Matter while the other is saying Thread. Those are separate things.
Literally “mosquito spray”
You don’t need an extra hub for Thread devices, no. Only if you don’t already have one (like an AppleTV).
This is good news. I have a fair amount of their TRADFRI bulbs and they aren’t bad per se, but the firmware in them is not that great, especially when you try to connect them to other hubs such as the Philips Hue (heck, even with the IKEA hub they don’t always work right).
I wanted to get few more bulbs and were looking at the Hue Essentials for non critical bulbs, but might give these a try first.
Since these are matter compatible, I’m assuming they will play nice with other hubs.
I wanted to get few more bulbs and were looking at the Hue Essentials for non critical bulbs, but might give these a try first.
Since these are matter compatible, I’m assuming they will play nice with other hubs.
I'm quite confident this is going to get sorted out soon when Apple launches their long rumored HomeOS
A few random thoughts that may interest only me:
1. This is huge for Matter / Thread that there is a major manufacturer that will sell very affordable smart home devices that support the protocol
2. If Ikea has put enough effort into these products (so they're reliable and easy to use), it has a great opportunity to garner a significant share of the smart home market
1. This is huge for Matter / Thread that there is a major manufacturer that will sell very affordable smart home devices that support the protocol
2. If Ikea has put enough effort into these products (so they're reliable and easy to use), it has a great opportunity to garner a significant share of the smart home market
Though they've been at it for quite a while, their "Dirigera" Matter hub came out in 2022 and I've been using it since.
Yeah! I’m suddenly interested in the CO2 levels measurement device, and the temperature and humidity one as well!
There is no mention of Thread in the actual press release, are the new bulbs using Thread? Cause it wasn't the case for the older ones.
For what it’s worth, their current humidity/temperature/air quality sensors work quite well. I even have some automations on HomeKit using the humidity levels and so far no complaints.
They require the Hub, but I expect the new ones to work with any thread hub (such as the Apple TV)
The DIRIGERA Hub gained matter support only in September, 2024.
Heretofore it has felt like Ikea was dabbling in or testing waters on Matter. This announcement shows they are serious about it, which is a hugely important signal for the standard.
This could be interesting, if these IKEA appliances work with an existing Philips HUE bridge and are exposed to HomeKit. My current HUE v2 bridge blocks anything that is not Philips/HUE.
On a side note, more than a year ago I tried Matter (over Thread) with a new EVE energy plug; it caused a blockade on the Thread network. Rendering native Homekit devices on the same node lose connection almost immediately. After one week of continuous problems I removed the one Matter device, keeping the HomeKit native EVE devices. EVE support never resolved the issue back then.
Is it? My current EVE energy plugs do report volts and power to HomeKit. But I have to use the EVE app or Home+ app (3rd party) to actually create the rules that use these values. The thing that's missing in HomeKit scripting is persistent variables.
The plus of Thread compared to wifi and Zigbee is the hopping, making it more resistant in a very crowded 2.4GHz band. I did some "real world testing" by placing a Zigbee/HUE motion sensor on the edge of our property - far from the nearest Zigbee lamp or hub - and at the same distance a Thread EVE energy. The Zigbee device had way more problems with neighbouring wifi and other RF crap, because of its fixed channel. On bad days I had to reconnect it manually every week. Thread however works all year perfectly. Even wifi 6/7 can't reach that far very stable.But Thread doesn't have anything to do with Wi-Fi per say if that's what you were trying to say.
On a side note, more than a year ago I tried Matter (over Thread) with a new EVE energy plug; it caused a blockade on the Thread network. Rendering native Homekit devices on the same node lose connection almost immediately. After one week of continuous problems I removed the one Matter device, keeping the HomeKit native EVE devices. EVE support never resolved the issue back then.
Would an Apple TV 4k or HomePod mini not act as a Thread router?
I've been looking at expanding my Lutron Caséta investment with some new switches, dimmers, and motion detectors, but that stuff is really expensive, and Lutron seems to be getting more picky about only using their motion detectors with their own devices.
Even using Homebridge to expose the sensors to HomeKit, I can no longer use one of Lutron's sensors that isn't paired with one of their other devices.
If IKEA is bringing out a £7 indoor and outdoor motion sensor that I can use as a HomeKit trigger, I'm going to have those in every room of the house, and out in the yard.
Well I went through the steps OP linked in the article (viewing via the Discovery app) and its showing TV=1.3.0 in my home on 26.1. I've read 1.4 is maybe in the 26.2 beta?