- Many users are discovering that IKEA’s new line of Matter smart home products is buggy and unreliable.
- Matter’s multi-admin is a disaster and causes many issues if you try to control these lights with Google, Alexa, or Apple.
- Video shows all the possible issues and some potential fixes, but you’re on your own to fix them.
As a recent home owner and an avid smart home enthusiast, I’ve been keeping an eye on IKEA’s new cheap Matter-powered smart home products since they were announced in November. These promised to be a very affordable way to deck my entire home with sensors, buttons, and automations that feed straight into Google Home. But early user reports haven’t been positive at all. Support forums, Reddit threads, and even IKEA’s review sections are filled with people complaining about connectivity issues.
YouTuber A Smarter Home has done some extensive research on the issues — plural — and compiled them into one video that explains everything that is going wrong with IKEA’s devices over Matter, including all of the Google Home pairing troubles you might come across, as well as what potential solutions users have depending on their setup. If you want a 20-minute guaranteed headache, please watch.