IKEA Dirigera runs many smart home actions locally; no required account, keeping schedules working during internet outages.

While I waited for Ikea to figure out what was up, I tried some more creative troubleshooting in my home. The only ...

What if you could transform your home with smart devices that are both affordable and reliable, but with one glaring trade-off? In this guide, Smarter House explains how IKEA’s latest smart home ...

The Matter standard was created by the Connectivity Standards Alliance as a way of ensuring that any smart home device will work in any ecosystem. It’s supported by Apple, Amazon, Google, and Samsung, ...

Ikea will introduce more than 20 new smart home products in January 2026, all built to work with the Matter the universal smart home standard. Matter is designed to enable devices from different ...

We have all been at the point where certain home appliances start getting boring, whether it's their appearance or functionality, you can't help but feel something is missing. Smart home electronics ...

Not another damn light bulb. That’s what you might be thinking if you’ve been following smart-home tech for the past decade or, indeed, building out your own fortress of missed connections. The first ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. The new Energy Insights feature monitors real-time energy consumption, but only in Sweden. However, Ikea is ...

Smart home devices make a home look fancy and high-tech, much like the ultra-luxurious mansions of billionaires in movies. Because they give out an expensive vibe, some people think they come with a ...

Woman pairing a smart speaker with her smartphone - wichayada suwanachun/Shutterstock About 48% of U.S. households own a minimum of one smart home device, reveals Horowitz's State of Media, ...