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He points out that Ikea is on the Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA) board, and has been actively contributing to the development of the Matter platform since its 2019-2021 Project CHIP days: \u201cIt\u2019s just now that lately we\u2019ve been able, as a company, to take a strategic position to switch altogether.\u201d<\/p>\n
Last September, Ikea updated its DIRIGERA smart-home hub, which itself has been the focus of connectivity and compatibility headaches on the forums, with support for Matter. This includes functioning as a Matter bridge, connecting older Ikea devices\u2014rhe ones based on Zigbee tech\u2014to the wider ecosystem instead of rendering them total junk.<\/p>\n
The Matter ecosystem is not truly universal yet; the industry continues to work towards it. Whole categories of connected products, such as smart security cameras, video doorbells, robot vacuum cleaners, and smart locks are waiting for Matter support. Enthusiasts have been digitally soldering together the gaps between best-in-class devices, made by different brands, for years at this point, if not decades for hardcore automation tinkerers.<\/p>\n
Sadly, there’s not much here for the real smart-home heads. \u201cThe early adopters will obviously appreciate lower prices, and I think most will appreciate the interoperability, not having to buy a specific hub and actually being able to use what they have at home,\u201d says Granath. \u201cI think they will also like some of the improvements we’ve done on the remotes, not needing a separate remote for everything.\u201d He\u2019s also aware that for the vast majority of Ikea customers, \u201cMatter doesn\u2019t matter.\u201d It\u2019s simply the thing that gets them lower prices and, in theory, far fewer set-up snafus.<\/p>\n
The ALPSTUGA air-quality sensor is probably the device pointing to the direction in which Ikea\u2019s contributions to future smart homes are heading. Like its predecessor, the VINDSTYRKA, it can connect to Ikea’s air purifiers to automate fan speed depending on the levels of PM2.5 particulates in the indoor air, and this new iteration also adds CO2 monitoring.<\/p>\n
<\/span><\/p>\n cc by ph<\/span>Photograph: Courtesy of Ikea<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe’re improving some of the sensors, taking in the feedback we\u2019ve gotten along the way, trying to make them more useful,\u201d Granath says. \u201cI actually brought one home. I installed it in my living room, and my wife said \u2018Oh another smart product,\u2019 but I told her \u2018OK, but keep an eye on the CO2 values. If it\u2019s under a thousand, you\u2019ll sleep better.\u2019 Now she\u2019s manically checking the levels, opening the doors and trying to get the number down.\u201d<\/p>\n Another strand to explain why this is not, in fact, a techy Groundhog Day, reliving 2012 over and over again, is where AI now fits into the smart home: \u201cMatter is one piece of that puzzle,” Granath says. \u201cIt\u2019s a good foundation in terms of technology to create this shift. And with AI maturing, we\u2019re at the point where the infrastructure, the connectivity, and the actual intelligence will coincide and actually create that intelligent home we’re looking for.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" He points out that Ikea is on the Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA) board, and has been actively contributing to the development of the Matter platform since its 2019-2021 Project CHIP days: \u201cIt\u2019s just now that lately we\u2019ve been able, as a company, to take a strategic position to switch altogether.\u201d Last September, Ikea updated its<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32373,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[14531,456,18699,18128,646],"class_list":{"0":"post-32372","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-basics","9":"tag-home","10":"tag-ikeas","11":"tag-reset","12":"tag-smart"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32372\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/32373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}