IKEA Home smart 1

Inter IKEA Systems B.V

About this app

It’s easy with the IKEA Home smart 1 app and TRÅDFRI gateway. Use one setting for early morning lighting and music, another for late evenings and a third for cooking or working at home.

You can dim, turn off, turn on, change colours and switch from warm to cold light. Raise or lower blinds. Turn on your music – then turn it up, turn it down or pause it. And you can even control your air purifier to improve the air quality at home.

With the IKEA Home smart 1 app, you can connect to Amazon Alexa or Google Home and control it all with your voice.

What you’ll get with the IKEA Home smart 1 app and TRÅDFRI gateway:
• The ability to control your lights and blinds from the app
• The ability to turn audio on and off, pause it and control volume
• Customisable settings, including changing the position of blinds, light colours and choosing warm or cold light
• Timers with morning and evening options
• The ability to turn your air purifier on and off, and set it to a fan speed that suits the needs of your home

Ratings and reviews

It has never worked effectively. The hub doesn't lose connection constantly anymore, but now the app fails to connect Every. Single. Time. I have saved the IP, serial and security code to my phone so that I can re-register any time I need to adjust lighting. Without the remote, they are impossible to use with the app alone. I will be throwing them in the garbage soon, I suggest you do the same. Forget about Google Assistant working … Update: It's all in the garbage a long time ago.

The app works great with the Trådfri lights and plugs. There are a few things I would like to see changed, but overall it's a solid app. I'd like to be able to add the gateway to a new phone without having to scan the qr code on the back of the device. It would also be nice to group devices in more than one room. I want to have the porch light and garage lights in the rooms "Front Porch" & "Garage" & also have them in a group named "Front". Overall, we LOVE the app & Trådfri lights & plugs.

When we bought the system, we found the price just manageable enough for our use because we could use our phones to control it instead of buying a remote control. Of course, we bought the gateway. As it turns out, this app does not let you control the lights unless you also have a remote control. It seems that the app control the remote that in turn controls the lights... since we now need the remote controller, there is not much need for the app anymore.

What’s new

Bug fixes and performance improvements.