Ikea’s cheap new smart home gear is struggling to get connected

Some users are having occupation onboarding Ikea’s caller Matter-compatible astute location products. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge

I've spent the past mates of weeks trying - and mostly failing - to trial Ikea's caller Matter-over-Thread gear. These highly anticipated astute location devices see programmable buttons, astute bulbs, plugs, and somesthesia and question sensors - each of which should enactment with immoderate astute location level and commencement astatine conscionable $6.

But I've deed respective walls trying to link them to immoderate astute location platform, and I'm not alone. The Tradfri subreddit is filled with Ikea customers sharing akin frustrations, reviews connected Ikea's website constituent to issues, and colleagues astatine The Verge person besides been having problems.

Of the six devices I've tried to connect, I've …

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