IKEA ditches Zigbee for Thread going all in on Matter smart homes

Re:IKEA ditches Zigbee for Thread going all in on Matter sma... by meepmorp on Wednesday July 09, 2025 @08:16AM (#44509114)

> You can’t talk to other devices unless you got the private key of them

can you explain what you mean by this?

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Re:IKEA ditches Zigbee for Thread going all in on Matter sma... by Asmod4n on Wednesday July 09, 2025 @08:51AM (#44509439)

Buy a device from the manufacturer “Eve” try to add it to homeassistant after upgrading its firmware to use matter/thread: no can do, they don’t give you their key to talk to their devices.

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Re:IKEA ditches Zigbee for Thread going all in on Matter sma... by fnwbr on Wednesday July 09, 2025 @09:07AM (#44509588)

I did exactly this. Got an Eve smart plug meter and it works flawlessly in HomeAssistant. I'm also pretty sure I had upgraded to the latest firmware via Apple Home app before doing so.

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Re:IKEA ditches Zigbee for Thread going all in on Matter sma... by Asmod4n on Wednesday July 09, 2025 @09:22AM (#44509744)

They work without issues Ine HomeKit mode. With thread/matter only Apple got the keys or whoever paid them to get them.

Also: the Apple home app can’t change their mode to matter, you have to do that in home assistant.

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Re:IKEA ditches Zigbee for Thread going all in on Matter sma... by Asmod4n on Wednesday July 09, 2025 @09:29AM (#44509836)

Great, their new devices actually work in thread mode with HA, but their older ones only when you got an Apple hub device. I’ve got 6-7 of their devices before matter was a thing and 0 work with HA. Even those that got firmware updates.

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