"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."
"Ikea's new Thread products more or less replace its existing Zigbee products - from contact, motion, and leak sensors to smart plugs, smart bulbs, and air quality sensors (see the full details here). They will start launching in Europe this month and arrive in the US in January, with the lighting line expected to follow in April."
""The baseline for the new products was shifting to a new technology - from Zigbee to Thread," David Granath, range manager at Ikea of Sweden, told The Verge in an interview. "But we also looked to make them more affordable, easier to use, and more interoperable.""
""We did this to make it feel more like home furnishing," says Granath. "But it also adds more function, because now you can easily identify which remote to use.""
Ikea launched 21 Matter-over-Thread smart-home products, replacing much of its Zigbee range with Thread-based sensors, bulbs, plugs, remotes, and air-quality devices. Pricing starts as low as £4 for bulbs and £3 for remotes, with US availability beginning in January and lighting in April. The Dirigera hub received updates to act as a Matter controller and Thread border router, enabling cross-platform compatibility. The Bilresa remotes include a scroll wheel and color options for identification, and the Kajplats bulbs improve brightness and color. The move prioritizes affordability, ease of use, interoperability, and signals strong mainstream support for Matter.
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