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

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Jennifer Pattison Tuohy @ The Verge 2 place · today 14:35 EDT

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

I've spent the last couple of weeks trying - and mostly failing - to test Ikea's new Matter-over-Thread gear. These highly anticipated smart home devices include programmable buttons, smart bulbs, plugs, and temperature and motion sensors - all of which should work with any smart home platform and start at just $6. But I've hit […]

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