How to connect your Ikea Trådfri lights to Google Home

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• Do I need the Sonos app to stream music to my SYMFONISK speaker, or can I use the IKEA Home smart app for that?
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• I already have a smart home system from another brand, can I use smart products from IKEA in that one?
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If you want to control the FYRTUR blind using smartphone, through voice command or set an automation to when the blind should be up , you’ll need TRÅDFRI Gateway . BUT they constantly drop off of the Zigbee network & the only way to get them back is to reset them. We are trying to use with the gateway - maybe just using the remotes is a better experience. Proceed with caution if you want to use within a Smart Home. The names of the "parts" and how they work are confusing in the instructions.

The blinds for the quad sliding doors however would only fit mounted outside the door frame. Must also purchase the IKEA TRADFRI gateway if you want use the IKEA home smart app and have access to firmware updates for the blinds. I added several false commands like "turn volume to 0" between the other commands (unfortunately, only with Google Home can't turn on/off devices after a certain period of time). At the end it returns with the volume at the default level. I use athom Homey and can get everything to happen at the same tim mostly.. If you've got to the point where your Trådfri bulbs are visible in the Trådfri app on your phone, then you're ready to get them connected inside the Google Home app too.

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I hope it is just a bug and it will be fixed sooner or later. Or it might be because i cut the power from my home a few times (its a new home and i changed the wiring so all the smart bulbs can have power 24/7. Today i could only close blinds with google home but i could not open them. When i ask google home to open them she will say that she will open them but noting will happen. Yesterday i installed 6 ikea fyrtur and added them to google home.

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The window is 150 cm and the blind is 140 cm . It was better if it was mounted just above the window, but the window opened inside and would have hit it. PS im from the Netherlands and my google home is installed on English as primary language and dutch as secondary language.

It worked for about a month and it was great, worked with the app and on a schedule, then suddenly stopped. Now, We can only use it manually and on occasion the remote will work. This relies on wifi but needs to be very close to the gateway to work. We tried adding the signal repeater and we’re never able to get it to pair.

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If you've happened upon this guide we're going to assume you've got at least one Google Home smart device already installed and enabled, but if not you're going to need the Google Home app as well. Welcome to the IKEA Home Smart sub (Formally TRÅDFRI Sub). --- This is the largest community of users for the IKEA product range, and has a wealth of knowledge and experience in all things Smart Home.

We want to change that by working to make recycled polyester products more affordable and accessible to the many people. The Fyrtur blinds will be available in the US on April 1. (Ikea hasn’t yet disclosed pricing, but they start at around $135 in a European listing.) While they’ll arrive 20 months or so after the Trådfri bulbs, they were already in the pipeline back in 2017. But rather than rush them out, Ikea took the time to apply lessons from its initial smart home outing. While the LED line has been a success—Block says sales have exceeded expectations, both in volume and variety of items customers have picked up—it wasn’t without early stumbles. Once pairing with the Signal Repeater is done, our final step is to pair the blind’s remote control with the blind itself.

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I keep trying to reset it hoping it will magically start working again. The blackout aspect is great though- Super dark. That may sound like a small annoyance, but they key to making the smart home work is to eliminate all inconveniences, or at least make sure that the benefits so strongly outweigh them that no one minds. By keeping it simple, and building slowly, Ikea can grab more and more territory in a smart home land grab that’s still fairly wide open. The blinds will work with all three voice assistants from day one.

The blind comes pre-paired with the remote control and the signal repeater. For the blinds wireless functions to work, the signal repeater needs to be plugged in to a power socket within 10 meters from the blind. I am satisfied with their quality , less with the Ikea app, which only works if it is connected to the same WiFi network as the blind. Now that most of my lightswitches are smart, blinds are the new goal for me. It's hard to jump in an experiment with something that pricey.

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For the price these blinds met my expectations and beyond. Easy to install using both sides of the mounting brackets. I’m having issues getting my other 2 larger blinds to sync to another remote but I’m sure it’s user error. I would love to see these blinds in a different polyester fabric design/color choice. “We’ve learned a lot from Sonos, how they’re set up in terms of helping customers when they’re dealing with network issues, or products that are related to a Sonos speaker,” says Block. While the Trådfri app is perfectly adequate for bulb control, the Google Home app is a little more intuitive, and it means you can use your Trådfri bulbs in combination with your other smart lights .

A new set of connected blinds shows that Ikea's approach to the smart home still makes perfect sense. Setup Tradfri Gateway – Plug the device into your router via included ethernet cable and power. Next download the free IKEA Home Smart app in the Apple App Store or Google Pay Store and follow the setup instructions.