IKEA’s good house hub simply acquired a free replace – and it now works with two new devices

It was a reasonably large deal when IKEA lastly rolled out Matter help for its DIRIGERA hub – a full two years after first saying it. That replace meant all IKEA good house merchandise may lastly work with different Matter-supported units and platforms, opening up an entire new world for the IKEA ecosystem.

Now, there’s one other replace value getting enthusiastic about. The DIRIGERA hub has been upgraded to Matter 1.3, which implies it could actually now hook up with water leak sensors and energy-measuring plugs from different manufacturers.

The DIRIGERA Hub model 2.866.3 replace ought to arrive mechanically, however when you’re feeling impatient, you may as well set off it manually by the IKEA Home Smart app.

Aside from the same old upkeep and bug fixes, the replace additionally tweaks Adaptive Lighting. Previously, when you adjusted the brightness or color of a sensible gentle, Adaptive Lighting would flip off utterly and keep off. Now, you possibly can select to make Adaptive Lighting your default state, so it’ll mechanically change again on after any guide adjustments.