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When it introduced its new Dirigera smart hub back in 2022, Ikea promised that it would support Matter within a matter of months. Months did indeed pass, then more months. More than a year later, Ikea confirmed what was already obvious: it was delaying the Dirgera's Matter update, as the company needed "more development time to secure good functionality."
Then several more months passed, until Ikea finally released the Dirigera's Matter update into beta testing—and even then, the Dirigera's Matter support only went as far as bridging Ikea's smart products into existing Matter networks.
But in recent weeks, there were hints that Ikea was finally getting serious about Matter. While Ikea's Matter support was initially limited to Matter-over-Wi-Fi, a few leaked products suggested that Ikea might embrace Thread, the low-power, mesh-networking wireless protocol that underpins the Matter standard.
Then, late last week, the other shoe dropped: Ikea released an update for the Dirigera that
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