IKEA Smart Home Without Dirigera- Homey Pro, Home Assistant, HomeKit, Google, Alexa & Aqara.

You don’t actually need IKEA’s Dirigera hub to unlock the full potential of their new IKEA smart home Matter over Thread smart home devices.
In this video, I move every IKEA sensor, bulb and remote over to Homey Pro and show how cheap $10 hardware becomes incredibly powerful when you give it a smarter brain. Time‑based motion lighting, real‑world security flows, multi‑sensor automations, and yes… the ridiculous red/green hallway light that stops me interrupting my partner’s meetings.
Then we compare how the same IKEA devices behave on Home Assistant, Apple HomeKit, Google Home, Alexa and Aqara M3 – what works, what breaks, and where Thread 1.4 really matters. If you’re wondering which platform to pick for your IKEA setup, this is for you.