Two years after saying help, Ikea’s Dirigera hub can now be up to date to behave as a bridge between Ikea’s sensible dwelling gadgets and Matter-enabled programs. The software program replace builds upon early beta help by letting Ikea’s complete lineup of Zigbee-based sensible dwelling gadgets — like lights, blinds, controllers, air purifiers, and sensors — talk with Matter-enabled gadgets from any firm.
Bridging help for current gadgets to Matter is a small however important step in Ikea’s plan to completely help the brand new sensible dwelling protocol. It’s the identical tepid method Philips Hue has taken however hopefully with higher outcomes. Different corporations like Aqara have extra absolutely embraced the usual by launching native Matter gadgets that don’t require bridges to do the protocol translation.
Ikea’s sensible dwelling hubs have all the time featured customized integrations which have allowed its merchandise to speak with setups from Apple, Google, and Amazon. “With Matter, we’re increasing these prospects even additional,” says David Granath, vary supervisor at Ikea of Sweden. “Combining our many years of life at dwelling experience with modern know-how, we consider we’re uniquely positioned to decrease the boundaries and allow a better on a regular basis life for extra individuals.”
Matter help for Dirigera is on the market in each location the place the hub is offered.
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