topic Re: IKEA Matter switches in Smart Home Developer Forum

IKEA Matter switches

jirimrazek — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 17:33:12 GMT

I honestly can’t believe we are still talking about this in 2025. I recently decided to fully commit to the Matter ecosystem and bought IKEA BILRESA Matter buttons for my entire home, expecting them to work seamlessly with my Google Home setup.

To my absolute frustration, I found out that Google Home still doesn't support "Generic Switch" or button events over Matter, even though the protocol has been out for years.

Why is this still an issue?

It’s embarrassing that a tech giant like Google is lagging so far behind. Here is the reality:

The Competition: Apple HomeKit has had full support for Matter buttons since day one. Everything works there.

The Hardware is Ready: The IKEA buttons are great, affordable, and use the official Matter standard, can be connected directly to Google Streamer for example.

The Software is Missing: Google recognizes the device is there, but you can’t actually do anything with the button presses. They just sit there as "unsupported" icons.

What is Google waiting for?

Matter was supposed to end the "ecosystem wars," but Google’s half-baked implementation is making it useless for anyone who wants physical controls. Relying solely on voice commands or an app isn't a "smart home"—sometimes you just need a physical button on the wall.

Does anyone have any news on when Google plans to fix this? Or is it time to finally give up and migrate everything to Home Assistant or HomeKit? It’s a shame because I actually like the Google Nest hardware, but this software neglect is becoming a dealbreaker.

Re: IKEA Matter switches

SmartHomeH-TAGS — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 19:51:15 GMT

I am VERY interested and excited to see what these newly released IKEA smart home products can do with Matter over Thread.

I am hoping that I can connect them to my Google Nest Hubs and then Alexa as I don't have any Amazon Thread Border Routers.

Maybe Alexa has button integration.

With Google it's going to be a slower process than what they were expecting to happen when changing from the Google Assistant to Gemini Assistant.

There are quite a few smart home, triggers, actions and features that were/are still available in Assistant Routines that haven't been transferred over to the new Google Home app.

Triggers like smart speaker volume...

https://youtu.be/u6alcb-hiDc

But I'm hopeful that Google will get their act together as I've seen a lot of promising features added to Google Home that I wasn't expecting... like Conditions.

Re: IKEA Matter switches

LaziYeti — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 20:29:36 GMT

I've just come across this issue myself, I've bought a few of IKEA's cheap Matter switches and come to find that there's no compatibility with Google Home; I take it there's no ETA for when this will be implemented? They're ON/OFF switches, for goodness sake, not an entirely new type of highly advanced multi sensor gadget. If Matter is suppose to be a new standard, why hasn't Google integrated that standard into it's products?

Re: IKEA Matter switches

SmartHomeH-TAGS — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 21:03:15 GMT

@LaziYeti I suppose Matter gives you the opportunity to use other systems like Alexa, Siri, etc to get automations/routines to work.

With smart buttons/switches I assume you wouldn't need a speaker to get them working. Just the app?!

Re: IKEA Matter switches

jirimrazek — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 21:22:13 GMT

Matter is the standard where it should stop having to deal with what someone uses at home and whether they use Amazon, Google or Apple. Unfortunately, Google is the only one where the buttons within the automation do not work at all, they are dead.

Re: IKEA Matter switches

SmartHomeH-TAGS — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 21:50:11 GMT

Can you add them to Google?

Do you see the greyed out "Support coming soon" tile?

If so, I'm hopeful that support will eventually happen as in the previous version speakers could be used as triggers, but they're greyed out here.

Re: IKEA Matter switches

jirimrazek — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 21:52:23 GMT

Yes I see support coming soon for 2 years. You probably hope so, I've lost my hope.

Re: IKEA Matter switches

Kaipyy — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 05:57:39 GMT

Same problem - kinda pissed
Thought it be an easy thing to connect it - but yeah thanks for nothing ...
Currently can't even use my window 'Open/Close' sensors in the Home App, which was possible some time ago (and I am quite glad that this script still works)

Hope they will update that soon-ish ..

Re: IKEA Matter switches

SmartHomeH-TAGS — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 07:08:02 GMT

@Kaipyy the Matter compatibility probably screwed everything up for everyone as previously we had the "Works with Google" or "Works with Alexa" logos that showed that specific product's compatibility. Now it's just one or more ecosystem, but it's up to you to discover which is compatible.

It wasn't perfect as Wi-Fi sensors could Work with Google, but couldn't trigger automations, although Google can tell us whether they're open or not.

Re: IKEA Matter switches

Kaipy — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 11:14:30 GMT

So beides waiting and hoping they will work on it/fix it

Anything we could do / try?

Re: IKEA Matter switches

arm_dpe — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 16:49:32 GMT

Thanks for reaching out! It is definitely frustrating that Google Home app doesn't support these types of switches yet, but there is some positive movement behind the scenes. Google has already updated its backend APIs to technically recognize these Matter buttons. A great tip for the future is to use the Google Home supported devices for matter and script editor pages as a "pre-purchase" checklist. It is the most reliable way to see exactly what Google is capable of triggering at any given moment. Since these buttons require a brand-new device type and traits (rather than just a simple On/Off toggle), this page will be the first place to officially confirm when they are ready for action.

Google is currently in a rapid release cycle, adding new device types frequently as they push toward new matter compatibility. It’s worth keeping an eye on that list—those IKEA buttons might be supported sooner.

Re: IKEA Matter switches

SmartHomeH-TAGS — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 02:02:45 GMT

@arm_dpe

Thank you ♥️

Re: IKEA Matter switches

J_K — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 16:08:37 GMT

This is extremely frustrating.

I own a Google TV Streamer (4K), which is advertised as supporting Matter version 1.3:
https://csa-iot.org/csa_product/google-tv-streamer/

Based on this, I purchased six IKEA KLIPPBOK water leak sensors, which are also certified for Matter 1.3:
https://csa-iot.org/csa_product/klippbok-water-leak-sensor-2/

Naturally, I assumed that the Google Home app, which is required to use the Google TV Streamer as a Matter controller, would also support Matter 1.3. However, Google Home is only certified for Matter 1.0:
https://csa-iot.org/csa_product/google-home-for-android-2/

As a result, while the sensors can be paired and appear in the Google Home app, they are effectively useless. I can see the devices, but I cannot:

Create automations
Receive notifications when a water leak is detected
Perform any meaningful interaction with the sensors

Matter 1.3 explicitly adds support for water leak sensors:
https://matter-smarthome.de/en/development/matter-1-3-a-deep-dive-into-the-new-features/

This creates a misleading situation where:

Google claims the Google TV Streamer supports Matter 1.3
The required control app (Google Home) does not
Users are left with connected devices that do not function as intended

I feel completely misled by Google’s Matter support claims. Advertising Matter 1.3 support while relying on a controller app that only supports Matter 1.0 is, at best, careless, and at worst, deceptive.

If Google Home does not support Matter 1.3 features, then the Google TV Streamer’s Matter certification should be revoked or downgraded to Matter 1.0, to accurately reflect what users can actually do with Matter devices.

As it stands, this is not genuine Matter 1.3 support, and customers are paying the price for that discrepancy.

Re: IKEA Matter switches

Miggihiiri — Sat, 24 Jan 2026 19:06:48 GMT

Hoping this gets fixed soon! There will be millions of people who buy these new ikea matter devices and you’d think a basic button would work but here we are.

Re: IKEA Matter switches

Luissan74 — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 07:25:38 GMT

Google home is now supporting Ikea bilresa smart buttons. I have set up 4 so far and they're working flawlessly. I have some automations working. I can't believe how cheap they are for the convenience they offer.

Re: IKEA Matter switches

SmartHomeH-TAGS — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 09:29:46 GMT

@Luissan74 that's great!!

Thank you.

Re: IKEA Matter switches

Miggihiiri — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 10:15:51 GMT

Not working on my end. Also the matter device support page has not been updated.

Are you using the public preview?

Re: IKEA Matter switches

Kaipyy — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 18:12:11 GMT

here it doesn't work either
but if it is working there - then with the next update it should be available

hopefully

Re: IKEA Matter switches

SmartHomeH-TAGS — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 23:59:32 GMT

@Kaipyy @Miggihiiri

Have a look at "What's new" in the Google Home app: Release notes:- 2nd February.

Re: IKEA Matter switches

Kaipyy — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 00:02:33 GMT

then this newst version still has to be released here
so far the last release note was from 12.01.26