IKEA Smart Home Hub Now Supports Matter

Two years after announcing support, Ikea’s Dirigera hub can now be updated to act as a bridge between Ikea’s smart home devices and Matter-enabled systems. The software update builds on the initial beta support by allowing Ikea’s entire lineup of Zigbee-based smart home devices—lights, blinds, controllers, air purifiers, sensors, and more—to communicate with all of the company’s Matter-enabled devices.

Connecting support for existing devices to Matter is a small but important step in Ikea’s plans to fully support the new smart home protocol. It’s a lukewarm approach, similar to what Philips Hue has taken, but we expect better results. Other companies, like Aqara, have embraced the standard more fully by releasing native Matter devices that don’t require a bridge for protocol conversion.

IKEA’s smart home hubs have always featured custom integrations that can communicate with setups from Apple, Google and Amazon. “With Matter, we’re expanding these possibilities even further,” says David Granat, range manager at IKEA Sweden. “By combining decades of home living expertise with innovative technologies, we believe we’re in a unique position to lower barriers and bring smarter everyday life to more people.”

Support for Dirigera is available in all regions where the hub is sold.