US EditionConnectivity Problems with New IKEA Matter-over-Thread Devices
IKEA's first large-scale Matter-over-Thread device rollout faces a 52% pairing success rate, with connectivity issues reported across multiple smart home platforms.
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Ikea’s cheap new smart home gear is struggling to get connected
Some users are having trouble onboarding Ikea’s new Matter-compatible smart home products. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge I've spent the last couple of weeks trying - and mostly failing - to test Ikea's new Matter-over-Thread gear. These highly anticipated smart home devices include programmable buttons, smart bulbs, plugs, and temperature and motion sensors - all of which should work with any smart home platform and start at ju…
If you have trouble with IKEA's Matter products available since December, you are not alone. The problems have been reported by numerous users and have been officially confirmed by IKEA. Note that not all buyers of IKEA's Smarthome products that are compatible with Matter are affected. Some of the devices also work reliably. Report points to defective hardware A post on Reddit points the point. The author has bought and tested a total of 59 of t…
IKEA acknowledges connectivity problems with budget Matter-over-Thread devices
Swedish self-assembly furniture giant IKEA has made an additional name for itself through its growing range of budget-priced smart home devices. But if you were thinking of picking up some of its new Matter-over-Thread products, you may want to wait a little while. There have been a number of frustrated posts from people experiencing connectivity problems with Apple Home and other smart home ecosystems, and IKEA has acknowledged the issues . . .…
Around the turn of the year, IKEA has unleashed a real firework of new hardware. Above all, it has convinced us that the Matter standard is now supported and sometimes offers extremely low prices. But that's also a problem. The new products use Matter-over-Thread instead of the previous Zigbee protocol, which is intended to enable a direct connection to platforms such as Apple Home, Google Home, Amazon Alexa and Samsung SmartThings without the I…
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