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Ikea’s HomeKit hub

I love that Ikea is including HomeKit in their new hub, and even more pleasantly surprised that it is Matter compatible.

Ikea’s updated Homekit-compatible Dirigera smart home hub with Matter support is anticipated to go on sale in Europe in November for under $60.

An online store listing spotted by TechGamingReport shows it will be going on sale in Germany for 59.99 euros. Further research byThe Verge shows the hub as appearing on the Spanish and Norwegian websites as well, with the latter adding sales will “start in November.”

Source: AppleInsider

Ikea’s new Dirigera will also be a Thread device.

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iOS 16.1 adds Matter support

Yet another reason to be happy about. Matter support in the upcoming iOS 16.1.

iOS 16.1 adds Matter support

In fact, the latest iOS 16.1 beta 3 release has removed the Matter interface in the Settings app (as seen above). The underlying technology for Matter is still in the beta, per Apple’s release notes. Each subsequent release of a new iOS 16.1 beta has significantly cut down on the number of bugs for Matter.

Source: 9to5mac
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Matter is here, finally

This has taken a while. Matter is finally here. I’ve been waiting to deliberating to get new smart home devices and decided to hold back. What I really wanted is interoperability between HomeKit and Alexa devices. Currently I have a subset of devices that are pretty much Alexa exclusive and an Eve Thread device that’s stuck in Apple’s HomeKit.

The Connectivity Standards Alliance, the international community of more than 550 technology companies committed to open standards for the Internet of Things, announced today the release of the Matter 1.0 specification and the opening of the Matter certification program. Member companies who make up all facets of the IoT now have a complete program for bringing the next generation of interoperable products that work across brands and platforms to market with greater privacy, security, and simplicity for consumers.

As part of the Matter 1.0 release, authorized test labs are open for product certification, the test harnesses and tools are available, and the open-source reference design software development kit (SDK) is complete – all to bring new, innovative products to market. Further, Alliance members with devices already deployed and with plans to update their products to support Matter can now do so, once their products are certified.

Source: CSA

Now I’m just gonna hope they upgrade my existing devices to Matter 1.0.