Ikea’s smart home hub Dirigera is reportedly getting support for the Matter smart home standard in beta. Matter is an open-sourced IP-based connectivity software layer for smart home devices that enables connected devices to communicate locally in a home without a cloud connection.
Although the news of Matter’s integration was announced at
the time of Dirigera’s launch, its rollout got delayed. Matter is now available
for the Dirigera hub via the Ikea Home Smart app, which also already supports
Apple HomeKit, Amazon Alexa, and Google Home.
During Matter’s beta testing for Dirigera, Ikea plans to collect feedback from the beta users so it can further improve the overall experience before launching Matter to all customers on Dirigera.
While Ikea has not revealed the exact devices that Matter will
initially deal with, it is probable that the devices include Ikea’s lighting products
like lightbulbs, motion sensors, remotes and perhaps smart plugs. Dirigera customers
will also need a Matter controller from the platform that they want to use the
lights in.
Ikea has been developing its smart home functionality in several
other ways as well. The company launched the ‘Control Anywhere’ feature as out-of-home
support for Dirigera last November, followed by three new sensors (door and
window, motion, and leak), priced at $10 each.
