u/Everindrummer

Spotted today in south wales. Owner wasn’t around to ask, but it looked like a beast. Googling just threw up random modules to stick on a ranger.

Not sure if this should be on here, or iCloud forum somewhere, but I’ll start here. I’m running a v3 hub running up to date firmware etc. I’ve picked up a couple of IKEA matter devices from ikea.

Pairing in smarting apps starts fine, then I’m forced to add the device to iCloud. When I click to “add to iCloud account” the pairing fails due to timeout / failure to connect.

These are the first matter devices I’ve tried to connect to. Some other points:

- iOS 26.5 (tired on both iPhone and iPad)

- Private relay and VPN all disabled

- smarthings app etc all up to date and running fine

This is doing my head in. I don’t use HomeKit, and I find it ridiculous how matter devices are forcing me into that journey.

Help!