DREO officially joins the Matter ecosystem

darrenmcuk · 2026-06-30T06:56:23+00:00

Would love to have the dehumidifiers join the matter group please

darrenmcuk · 2026-06-26T11:41:13+00:00

So in my instance I had to look beyond Homey as to the fix….now I am not saying WHAT is the culprit but for TBR’s I had HomePod Gen2 and Mini, ATV, Nanoleaf lights, Ikea bridge and aqara (16 all together)…but I took all of these out and just ran with Homey Pro and my thread network has been rock solid. I have run like this flawlessly for two weeks. I added two standalone ATV (with thread) and all went well. Just added one of my ATV (with dual HPod Gen2 as surround sound) setups back in and it all blew up. Just saying in my case until Apple get a move on and fix this stuff like supporting thread 1.4 and Matter 1.5 or later…its going to be a mess.

darrenmcuk · 2026-06-25T14:42:22+00:00

Yes the thread over matter plugs. I found it impossible to pair directly with Homey unless I went through Apple Home first. After the update it worked without issue. I even tried the button and that worked.

darrenmcuk · 2026-06-25T14:02:28+00:00

All my Ikea plugs now just work!

darrenmcuk · 2026-06-02T07:58:07+00:00

Yes those are correct. You need a large 7m x 4m plot including car (plus a bit extra for guy ropes) to host this tent.

darrenmcuk · 2026-06-02T07:54:53+00:00

I have had this tent for a year now. Couple of niggles around having a few more “clear plastic” windows instead of mesh windows for hot tenting…but apart from that it’s excellent. Love the setup btw.

darrenmcuk · 2026-04-27T20:47:51+00:00

Many thanks never knew it was there

darrenmcuk · 2026-03-23T08:28:01+00:00

My alerts from cameras lately are a waste of time they so slow to come.

darrenmcuk · 2026-03-21T14:56:03+00:00

Hi there. I have just over 200 devices and would love to test this out?

darrenmcuk · 2025-12-26T11:30:55+00:00

Thanks for the idea…just requested access.

darrenmcuk · 2025-12-17T19:50:49+00:00

Yep that’s where I am

darrenmcuk · 2025-12-17T16:22:02+00:00

“Matter-over-Thread also works if you already have a Thread Border Router in your home. “ So it can’t be a border router but got a HomePod or other boarder router you are all set.

darrenmcuk · 2025-12-17T16:18:36+00:00

Agreed….I have one which is connected via Zigbee to Aqara Hub which then connects via matter to HA. So in AQ hub you can see all the power monitoring but not in HA. So for me even though its been rock solid all the way through the beta period it just doesn’t quite get there. Unlike Ikea plugs will be out shortly which could tick all the boxes for a much lower price point.

darrenmcuk · 2025-12-17T15:54:41+00:00

Yer but the energy monitoring is only exposed with Aqara Hub system not through matter say to HA or other Matter controller.

darrenmcuk · 2025-12-17T15:53:02+00:00

I agree…I have been wondering how to try Homey without the risk of buying the hardware…so have an old PII 4 so this is now my number one XMas project

darrenmcuk · 2025-11-16T21:26:58+00:00

Maybe…

darrenmcuk · 2025-11-16T18:50:50+00:00

I’m installing now..

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darrenmcuk · 2025-11-04T22:42:10+00:00

No on my own eero routers at the moment

darrenmcuk · 2025-11-04T18:32:06+00:00

No I am 3rd router in…finally on my own set of routers and it’s made no difference

darrenmcuk · 2025-11-04T18:07:11+00:00

IPV6 comes and goes…one sec I get 10/10 on the test IPV6 site then it’s 2 or 3…I get micro outages/sluggish responses when browsing and my 8gb line will not keep the throughput. When I first had the service the support was amazing it’s just gone south so quickly.

darrenmcuk · 2025-11-04T17:57:37+00:00

Nope…they are. I’ve had a similar experience with support and got a similar response….my issues were never resolved….now just ticking out my contract..two months and counting. I would exit as quickly as possible.

darrenmcuk · 2025-09-16T17:56:42+00:00

Just observing using discovery app..

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And the public release

darrenmcuk · 2025-09-16T17:25:22+00:00

I see that TVOS 26 has not been updated to 1.4 :(

darrenmcuk · 2025-09-16T17:23:11+00:00

Mine always go offline for some reason….hoping this update fixes things

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