{"id":261,"date":"2026-03-17T18:45:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T18:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/?p=261"},"modified":"2026-03-17T18:45:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T18:45:14","slug":"ikea-tried-to-build-a-smart-home-for-everyone-heres-why-its-not-working-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/?p=261","title":{"rendered":"Ikea tried to build a smart home for everyone \u2014 here\u2019s why it\u2019s not working yet"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"Ikea\u2019s new smart bulbs, sensors, and remotes use Matter-over-Thread to connect to any compatible ecosystem \u2014 including Apple Home and Amazon Alexa. In theory. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy \/ The Verge\" data-portal-copyright=\"Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy \/ The Verge\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/8A0A5601.jpeg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\tIkea\u2019s new smart bulbs, sensors, and remotes use Matter-over-Thread to connect to any compatible ecosystem \u2014 including Apple Home and Amazon Alexa. In theory. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy \/ The Verge\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap has-text-align-none\">Ikea&#8217;s new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/814241\/ikea-smart-home-matter-thread-lights-sensors-remote-control\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matter-over-Thread products<\/a> were supposed to prove that the smart home could be cheap, accessible, and reliable. The highly anticipated line &#8211; which includes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/840727\/ikea-smart-home-matter-thread-sensors-now-available\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sensors<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ikea.com\/us\/en\/p\/bilresa-remote-control-kit-dual-button-mixed-colors-70617891\/?ranMID=53901&amp;ranEAID=TnL5HPStwNw&amp;ranSiteID=TnL5HPStwNw-CPXTUYWb1dBNPrqCm.yseQ&amp;category_shortcuts=b&amp;reviews_redesign_v2=b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">remotes<\/a>, smart plugs, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ikea.com\/us\/en\/p\/alpstuga-air-quality-sensor-smart-70609396\/?ranMID=53901&amp;ranEAID=TnL5HPStwNw&amp;ranSiteID=TnL5HPStwNw-sDS7uYasijHgJp0NmPJRhw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">air-quality monitors<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/889820\/ikea-matter-over-thread-smart-home-light-bulbs-available-pricing?ref=refetch.io\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">smart bulbs<\/a> &#8211; has most everything you need to build a smart home, with prices starting at $6. It&#8217;s an exciting idea, but it&#8217;s still not ready for primetime.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">When I first got the Ikea devices in January, I had a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/873973\/ikea-matter-thread-smart-home-connectivity-issues#:~:text=Of%20the%20six,Dirigera%20hub.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lot of problems<\/a> connecting them to my main platform, Apple Home. And it turned out I was not alone. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/tradfri\/comments\/1qox2t5\/psa_for_anyone_struggling_with_bilresa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reddit<\/a> forums and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ikea.com\/us\/en\/p\/bilresa-remote-control-white-smart-dual-button-80617876\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">user reviews<\/a> were full of reports of onboarding and connectivity issues. Many people were str \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/896006\/ikea-matter-thread-smart-home-problems\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ikea\u2019s new smart bulbs, sensors, and remotes use Matter-over-Thread to connect to any compatible ecosystem \u2014 including Apple Home and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":262,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}