Ikea Smartshades are here! Well “here” as in some European stores with broader availability expected February 2nd — hopefully that includes the US, although prior reports indicated our availability would come later in the spring. In any event, we now know sizes, prices, and mechanics.
There are two lines of grey Ikea smart shades, one more opaque (FYRTUR) and one more translucent (KADRILJ). They range in price from 99 – 155 Euro ($113 – $181), which comes in way, way lower than most (all?) existing wireless shades brands (hello Lutron) with broad availability.
They’re powered by a USB-rechargeable battery pack, which will hopefully last many months, and a wireless puck is used for control. Given the documented interaction with the TRADFRI gateway (and smartphone control), we can assume this is a Zigbee solution… that will work independently or in conjunction with Ikea’s Hue-esque smart lighting. Further, integration with Alexa, Google Assistant, and Apple HomeKit (!) is confirmed.
Some product details:
Listed European sizes:
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Hopefully these sell well (I so, so want)... which will lead to more color options. Although I will make grey work. Exciting times.
Electric shades are a cool idea, but only if they have a built-in solar panel to recharge the batteries. Otherwise changing or recharging batteries is a massive PITA.
If it's rechargeable by USB you can always get a cheap solar charger to put in the window. I have one I got for $5 on that Wish website that works well enough to charge my cell phone about 20% per hour in full sunlight, I'm sure that's more than enough to charge this