Ikea’s new low-cost line is a huge win for Matter and your smart home
Ikea is making the smart home cheaper and easier with a new line of low-cost Matter-over-Thread smart home staples, including bulbs, buttons, and sensors.Ikea just announced a bunch of super cheap, colorful Matter-over-Thread devices that will work with any platform, and it feels like Christmas came early for the smart home.
The 21 new products include a line of smart bulbs starting at just 4 and two new remote controls that start at just 3 (US pricing is not yet confirmed). Ikea also officially updated its Dirigera hub to a Matter controller and Thread border router to support the new products, which will start to arrive in the US in January.
It's a big shift toward a simpler, more open smart home, a vote of confidence in Matter from a major mainstream brand, and great news for users, w ...