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We’re big fans of IKEA’s TRADFRI smart bulbs, not least because they’re very affordable. But IKEA’s range has lagged behind rivals such as Hue, and things hadn’t changed significantly since we comparedTRADFRI vs Huesome time ago. That’s about to change. There’s a brand new IKEA smart home app available for download today, and its brand new DIRIGERA smart home hub should appear in your local store in the next few days.
The new hub is compatible with your existing IKEA Home Smart purchases, but it’s your future smart home stuff that really matters here.
Why IKEA’s DIRIGERA is a big smart home deal
It’s not implemented just yet – the feature will come in a near-future firmware upgrade – but the DIRIGERA will supportMatter, the new smart home standard that aims to make everything much more interoperable. As someone who’s previously had to install obscure apps to get early-model TRADFRI bulbs to play nice with a Hue hub, that interoperability can’t come soon enough.
I haven’t had the opportunity to test the new hub but multiple reviews say that it and the new app work really well together, are easy to use and seem to be perfectly stable too. Migrating existing TRADFRI bulbs appears to be seamless, and the only real niggle appears to be that the new hub is more expensive than the old one – $69 / €59, which is about £51.
That said, it’s worth reading The Verge’sreviewin particular as there are some issues aroundSonosproducts: the new hub needs speakers runningSonos’s S2 operating system, which rules out the first-generation Play:5 smart speaker.
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