I Tested IKEA’s Matter Devices… Here’s What I Found
I tested four of IKEA’s new Matter smart home devices in my real Home Assistant setup to see if Matter is finally ready.
In this video I install and test:
IKEA Matter motion sensor
IKEA Matter light bulb
IKEA smart switches
Real automations with Home Assistant and Thread
My setup already uses a lot of IKEA Zigbee devices, plus HomePod Minis as Thread border routers, so this should have been a great environment for Matter. But while some devices were fast and responsive one of them completely refused to pair, no Matter what I tried ;-)
If you're thinking about buying IKEA Matter devices for Home Assistant, or wondering whether Matter is actually better than Zigbee yet then this video should help.