IKEA, a Swedish furniture and accessories store, has launched a dirigera intelligent hub that supports matter Dirigera is an upgrade of the existing tr å dfri gateway, but further subdivides the supported smart home devices. In addition to covering more products, it also provides personalized options for preset functions of different scenes and intelligent products.
The hub will be used with IKEA smart products, and because it supports matter, it can also be used with other devices with matter integration. Dirigera and the improved IKEA app will be launched in October 2022.
Matter is a general smart home automation connection standard, which has been approved by Amazon and Apple , Google, Samsung and other manufacturers. The matter smart home standard has been postponed until the fall of 2022, but Apple plans to support it, so apple homekit devices should be compatible with IKEA hubs.
IKEA is planning to deploy a new and updated IKEA smart app next to dirigera, which aims to provide easier navigation and a more user-friendly experience for those who are new to the smart home experience.