IKEA will start selling its LILJEBAGGE smart radiator thermostat in Germany at the start of 2027. An IKEA spokesperson told heise online on 19 October 2026 that sales are planned to begin "right at the start of the new year". The German product page, so far reachable only through a direct link in the IKEA app, lists the price as €14.99. IKEA has no
Brightix, a São Paulo company that designs and makes LED modules, drivers and controls, is preparing a Crowd Supply campaign for LoraReach: a carrier board for building your own LoRaWAN gateway around a Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 or a pin-compatible module. Hackster.io wrote about it on 19 October 2026. The Crowd Supply page says the project is
Matter cameras are still rare, and UGREEN wants to be among the first to ship one. On 19 October 2026 Matter Alpha reported that the SynCare Indoor Cam ID500 Pro has a Matter certification and can now be reserved together with UGREEN's new HomeAgent hub. The catch is in how it is sold: during the campaign the camera is not available on its own.
M5Stack has a successor to the M5Paper it launched in 2020. The PaperDIY kits keep a 4.7-inch grayscale e-paper panel but move from the original ESP32 to an ESP32-S3, and they drop the touchscreen and the sensors the M5Paper had. M5Stack added both versions to its online store on 16 October 2026, and CNX Software reported the release on 18 October.
Seeed Studio has a new family of small display boards built around its XIAO modules: six models that pair one of three IPS colour screens with either a XIAO ESP32-S3 Plus or a XIAO nRF52840 Plus. CNX Software covered the series on 17 October 2026. According to CNX, the Seeed Studio store sells them for $15.90 to $19.90 and AliExpress for $11.99 to
Shelly USA opened North American sales of the Shelly Presence Gen4 on 15 October 2026. The mmWave radar presence sensor is $84.99 at us.shelly.com and is due at Micro Center, Best Buy, Newegg and Amazon soon. In Europe the same model (S4SN-0U61X) already sells for €69.90 in Shelly's EU store, so this is a regional launch rather than a brand-new pro
Eufy, Anker's smart home brand, has launched the E10 Window Camera, a small wired camera that sticks to the inside of a window and watches the driveway, front garden or entrance from indoors. TechRadar and T3 reported the launch on 14 October 2026. The camera costs $79.99 or £69.99, and a two-pack costs $149.99 or £129.99. It is already on sale in
Aqara’s Smart Lock U600 is on sale in the UK for £229.99. It is built for British multipoint doors on uPVC, composite and timber frames, and it speaks Matter over Thread with Apple Home Key and Samsung Wallet Key. Coverage on 14 October 2026 put the lock on Amazon.co.uk and Aqara’s UK channels at that price.
VIEWE, a Shenzhen display maker, has released the PLCM-UES31S043H800V480C-U, a 4.3-inch touch display module built on Espressif's new ESP32-S31. CNX Software, which wrote it up on 14 October 2026, says it appears to be the first third-party development board with that chip. VIEWE sells it for $38.99 in its own store and plans to list it on AliExpre
