A smart home controller will be available from Ikea from February. The Trådfri shortcut button can already be inspected in the online shop of the furniture store.
- Ikea will launch a new part of the smart home control system in February.
- The shortcut button called Trådfri is already available in some branches.
- Does the furniture store compete with other manufacturers such as Amazon, Bosch and Innogy?
After Amazon, Bosch, Innogy and Co. are already on the market with various smart home controls , the Swedish furniture group Ikea is now following suit . The shortcut button Trådfri can be ordered online from Sunday, February 2nd . But even now it is already available in some branches , as Ikea writes on its homepage and on Twitter.
The official start of sales of our #ShortcutButton or #Snelkoppelknop, as our colleagues in the Netherlands say, is in early February. It is already available in some #IKEA # furniture stores. https://t.co/C0PFQIIUGb
- IKEA_Germany (@IKEA_Press) January 14, 2020Ikea shortcut button: these are the functions of Trådfri
"Start the day in a comfortable way: at the push of a button!" Is the description of the new shortcut button on the Ikea * website. With the gadget , the lights could be switched on and the blinds pulled up. Even playing your favorite music in the morning is no longer a problem.
However, it is not quite as simple as it looks at first glance. Only the shortcut button Trådfri is not enough to operate all elements. You also need the Trådfri Gateway, i.e. the central control unit , and the Ikea Home Smart App .
Ikea smart home control: how does it work?
Various actions can be created in the home smart app of the furniture store . For example, switching on the ceiling light in the bedroom or pulling up the blinds in the living room. As soon as the Trådfri shortcut button is connected to the smartphone , the set actions can be carried out. According to Ikea, just press the button on the small gadget.
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An action or scene , as Ikea calls it, can "consist of several interconnected products that are grouped together", it says on the homepage of the furniture store. This means that, for example, both the ceiling lamp and the bedside lamps in the bedroom can be switched together.
These are the costs of the individual parts for smart home control
The Trådfri gateway with a price of 30 euros is still in the frame. The shortcut button, however, can be seen at a price of around 6 euros . However, it should be said that the furniture store's shortcut butt only works with the Ikea smart home products .
Another innovation of the furniture giant from Sweden is that in future it will focus on smaller shops in city centers. For customers there should only be small furniture and decorative items to take away.
There was a terrible accident with an Ikea chest of drawers in the United States. A toddler was killed by the dresser. Now the family and the Swedish furniture group have agreed.
* Merkur.de is part of the nationwide ippen digital editorial network.