IKEA Home Smart Guide: Smart Blinds

For a Simpler and Better Life at Home

The IKEA Home smart ecosystem is a broad range of connected products and services that allow you to control and automate things you would otherwise do by hand. It's home furnishing in a smart way.

Imagine waking up every day in a slightly calmer and more comfortable way. Automatically turn on a dimmed light, and roll up the blinds to let the morning sunshine in while your favourite music flows out of the speakers – without having to get out of bed. It may sound like magic, but with an IKEA Home smart eco-system, it quickly and easily becomes your new reality.

How to Get Started

Think about an entire solution or start with a few parts. For the full experience of a smart home, choose our interconnected ecosystem for all occasions and senses, but you can also start small-scale and choose to only control certain standalone products in the home.

Ecosystem

Choose the gateway and the TRÅDFRI app to build an interconnected system in order to control lights, sound and other products at home. The TRÅDFRI gateway and the IKEA Home smart app are the most important tools for building a smart ecosystem in your home. By using them, you can quickly and easily create an ecosystem of smart functions – and control them as you like and as it suits you in an intuitive flow. With this foundation you can start with as many or as few of our connected products as you like – and add up to 50 units to the gateway when you are ready to expand the system.

Standalone

Choose the TRÅDFRI remote control and smart light sources to give you extra functions and control with minimum set-up. If you prefer a solution with standalone products that are not interconnected, and not connected to the internet, you can choose TRÅDFRI remote control and smart light sources. With the remote control you can turn off, turn on, dim and change the light colour of up to 10 light sources so they all behave in the same way.

Products in the IKEA Home Smart Ecosystem

Smart lighting

Light sources that you can turn on and off, dim and adjust things like colour and light temperature wherever you are in the home. Choose from LED bulbs, LED spotlights and LED light panels.

Smart blinds

Blinds that you can control from the bed or set to roll up or down at certain times. There are blinds available that are block-out blinds and ones that let some light through.

Smart power

A wireless socket allows you to connect your favourite old lamp, Christmas lights, fans and other smaller appliances to your IKEA home smart ecosystem. Control from all over the home or set with the timer.

Smart speakers

Play music, radio and podcasts from your streaming services. Add to your home decor with bookshelf speakers and table lamps with speakers.

4 Ways to Control IKEA Home Smart

Control sound and light – and change the atmosphere with the push of a button, a movement, a click in the app or by using your voice. Whatever your preference, we have something for you.

Physical controls

Control your IKEA Home smart products with a remote control, wireless dimmer, shortcut button, or a sound remote. Simple and inclusive for everyone, also for family members who prefer a physical product or want to be able to put their phone away from time to time.

Automation

Automatic control makes the home feel safer and more comfortable for the young and old. Use a sensor that turns lights on upon a movement during the night or a timer with set times for your smart system, to support you with daily routines such as waking and bedtime. You can also use ‘Scenes' in the app, to automate multiple devices at the same time, creating the perfect atmosphere instantly.

The app

With the IKEA Home smart app on your phone, you always have full control and access to your smart ecosystem.

Voice

Control your smart products with your voice. Gives you control even if both hands are occupied with something else. Works with [Works with Amazon Alexa], [Works with Google Assistant] and [Works with Apple HomeKit].

Perfect Atmosphere Around the Clock

The idea with IKEA Home smart is that it makes life at home easier and more comfortable – from waking up in the morning until it's time to unwind in the evening. You can choose the functions that feel most important to you, expand the system whenever you like and create the perfect atmosphere for all hours of the day. This is a smart home!

Adapt the lighting for all activities

A lot happens in a home and the lighting affects how we enjoy a room. It is both nice and practical to be able to adapt lighting for various activities – everything from cooking, homework and cleaning to watching TV, cosy evenings and parties. You can change the brightness and colour, turn on and off – and change the light from cold to warm.

The right scene at the right time, every time

Using 'Scenes' in the IKEA Home smart app, you can group different actions on multiple devices. For example, warm-coloured lights with drawn blinds and some soothing sounds for dinner. Or how about a Scene for working out with brighter lighting and a pumping playlist. You can also add your favourite Scene to a shortcut button for fast physical access.

Enjoy Daylight and Privacy

Waking up to daylight is both pleasant and healthy. In the evening, you might want to enjoy some privacy and avoid curious eyes. Set the blinds so that they roll up and down at a certain time or control them with a remote control from the comfort of your bed.

Listen to music, stories and exciting conversations

Music sets the mood for everything from quiet mornings and weekly cleaning to parties and romantic dinners. And from your favourite podcasts and audiobooks you can always gain new and exciting perspectives. Press a button and fill the entire home with sounds – the same songs, conversations and stories throughout the home, or one in the bedroom and another in the living room if you like.

Technology and Compatibility

The products in IKEA Home smart use Zigbee 3.0, a standard for wireless control that is reliable, energy efficient and easy to install. The products also support so-called mesh networks, which means that they share signals with each other and improve the stability of the connection throughout the home.

Compatible systems/standards

When you see this symbol on a product, you know that it works with the IKEA Home smart app and TRÅDFRI gateway to control your smart products throughout the home.

Zigbee: [Zigbee Logo]

Voice Assistant Compatibility: [Works with Amazon Alexa], [Works with Google Assistant], [Works with Apple HomeKit]

What Do the Symbols Mean?

All our IKEA Home smart products are wireless. These symbols will help you understand how they work.

• Wireless: Indicates wireless functionality.
• Wireless dimming*: Light sources can be dimmed wirelessly.
• Warm white: These light sources give a warm white light and correspond to the colour of the traditional incandescent bulb.
• Warm glow: These light sources give a warm and decorative light.
• White spectrum: These light sources can be adjusted to change from warm to cold white light in three steps.
• Colour and white spectrum: These light sources can be adjusted to change colour and change from warm to cold white light.

IKEA Home smart app

Download IKEA Home smart from Google Play or App store to connect your IKEA Smart lighting product to TRÅDFRI gateway. Works with Android (KitKat 4.4 or above) or iOS 9 above.

Works with IKEA Home smart

These products can be used with the IKEA Home smart app together with TRÅDFRI gateway.

Smart Blinds

With the remote control or the IKEA Home smart app you can control each blind individually or group several blinds together. But when you add the TRÅDFRI gateway to your home WiFi router and download the IKEA Home smart app is when the real magic happens. The gateway will seamlessly talk to your connected smart blinds. With the app, you'll now be able to program when the blinds should open/close – simply activate with a tap.

FYRTUR Block-out Electric Blinds

Using the included remote control, you can adjust your blinds from the comfort of your bed. The block-out fabric blocks out all light from outside – perfect for bedrooms. Various sizes available from 60 cm to 140 cm.

KADRILJ Electric Blinds

Using the included remote control, you can adjust your blinds without having to get up from your desk. The sheer material reduces reflections of the light on your screen. Various sizes available from 60 cm to 140 cm.

Smart Blinds: Operation and Customization

The blinds come together with a rechargeable battery, so no need to wire into the mains electricity. The blinds can be used together with the included remote control or with the IKEA TRÅDFRI app (available to install on iOS or Android), via the TRÅDFRI gateway (sold separately). Multiple blinds can also be operated using a single remote control (once paired) or via the TRÅDFRI app. If the battery runs out and you need to pull the blind, you can carefully pull down the blind by hand.

The Zigbee repeater is a necessary part to help operate the blind (it will not work otherwise). It helps the signal communication between the blind and the remote control. It is a must to get the wireless function working correctly.

Package includes: 1 remote control, 1 rechargeable battery, 1 battery charger and 1 signal repeater.

Pairing Additional Blinds: Each individual blind is already paired. To pair additional blinds, hold the remote control close to the blind's battery lid at the same time as you press and hold the small button on the remote control (next to the battery on the inside of the remoted). Press and hold for 10 seconds.

Control Range: The remote control can steer the blinds from a 10 metre distance. Using the TRÅDFRI gateway and IKEA TRÅDFRI app you can control the blinds from anywhere as long as you have an internet connection.

Customize the Scenes According to Your Needs

Are you planning a movie night or an unforgettable birthday? How about a candlelight dinner? Don't do everything yourself - rely on your Smart Home! In the IKEA Home smart app, it can program how the blinds and lighting will behave. When it's time to spend time together, all you need to do is one command for magic to happen!

Benefits of the solution:

• Possibility of free programming of roller shutters.
• Activation of programs with one button or voice command.

Program the Blinds as You Want

To take care of the constant rhythm of the day and falling asleep, just select the appropriate hours in the application. Thanks to this, you can be sure that the blinds will lower or raise at the indicated times, and you will get up easier or fall asleep faster. What's more, you can also adjust their operation to the weather outside! Even if you forgot to close them, your Smart Home will remember it.

Benefits of the solution:

• Programming roller shutters depending on the time of the day.
• Programming roller shutters depending on the weather.
• Possibility of a separate program for the time of absence or holidays.

Product Overview

FYRTUR Block-out Roller Blinds

KADRILJ Roller Blinds

IKEA Home smart App

Download IKEA Home smart from Google Play or App store to connect your IKEA Smart lighting product to TRÅDFRI gateway. Works with Android (KitKat 4.4 or above) or iOS 9 above.