IKEA Debuts 21 HomeKit-Compatible Smart Bulbs, Sensors, and Controls

[Strebor]

If you have an AppleTV 4K gen2 or newer that supports Matter and Thread, do you still need an IKEA hub for these new IKEA devices?

 

[erihp]

Except for that those IKEA names are actual swedish words. Not keyboard mashing.

Myggspray = mosquito repellent spray

Myggbett = mosquito bite

yah that makes perfect sense doesnt it

 

[erihp]

All of those are real Swedish words

that have zero relationship to the products... cool!

 

[erihp]

If you have an AppleTV 4K gen2 or newer that supports Matter and Thread, do you still need an IKEA hub for these new IKEA devices?

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.

www.ikea.com

 

[edvj]

Except for that those IKEA names are actual swedish words. Not keyboard mashing.

Myggspray = mosquito repellent spray

Myggbett = mosquito bite

Except for that those IKEA names are actual swedish words. Not keyboard mashing.

Myggspray = mosquito repellent spray

Myggbett = mosquito bite

I think it’s only if you are swedish,norwegian or danish they make any sense

 

[erihp]

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

 

[edvj]

even with the translation, makes no sense

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.

 

[imcquill]

If you have an AppleTV 4K gen2 or newer that supports Matter and Thread, do you still need an IKEA hub for these new IKEA devices?

From the article, actually no. A compatible third party hub, I guess like the Apple TV is fine.

 

[cyanite]

That get pushed? My 4k ethernet ATV is showing Matter 1.3.

One of you is saying Matter while the other is saying Thread. Those are separate things.

Myggspray = mosquito repellent spray

Literally “mosquito spray”

yes. the hub acts as a bridge thats why there is a homekit qr code on the bottom

You don’t need an extra hub for Thread devices, no. Only if you don’t already have one (like an AppleTV).

 

[pappl]

"Apple Home" compatible, not "Homekit" compatible.
Homekit was the old standard before Matter (over Thread), which is compatible with Apple Home.

 

[mtrm]

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.