Ikea is entering home automation market with Zigbee devices
I love what Ikea did for the lightbulb market, so if they can replicate that success with a line of Zigbee devices. I’m all for it, as long as they are HAC agnostic, and will play nice with any Zigbee compatible network.
Ikea’s current smart home lineup is limited to a handful of lighting products. Nothing so special about that. But the way Ikea has so far approached its Trådfri LEDs illustrates exactly how the furniture behemoth can light a path toward a generation of products that finally fulfill the smart home’s potential. They’re cheap. They’re easy. And most importantly, they’ll soon speak HomeKit, Alexa, and Google Assistant with equal fluency.