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IKEA has launched an affordable smart home sensor. Ikea has designed the home experience brilliantly. Now we go one step further and propose a new way to manage your home. We designed our smart home experience using decades of experience and hundreds of user studies.
They said they will work to lower the barrier to entry for users who find smart homes difficult. To create a smart home for everyone, we are developing new devices that can be easily applied in everyday life. The three devices announced this time are basic sensors that allow you to build a smart home inexpensively.
PARASOL door and window sensorscan discreetly detect whether a door has been opened. VALLHORN wireless motion sensorIt detects movement and can turn on the lights and adjust their color and intensity. BADRING water leak sensorWhen it detects water, it notifies the user through a smartphone or built-in notification.
Like Ikea, it’s cheap. PARASOL is 9.99 euros (about 15,000 won), VALLHORN is 7.99 euros (about 11,000 won), and BADRING is 9.99 euros (about 15,000 won). If imported into Korea, the price may rise slightly. It is scheduled to be sold from January 2024, and the water leak sensor is said to be sold from April.
Rather than competing with top tech companies like Samsung and LG, IKEA is working to improve simple living experiences. You can control various environments using the smart home app and hub DIRIGERA released last year. You can control the brightness and color of lights or use power controls to turn various electronic devices on and off at set times. You can also open smart blinds. The DIRIGERA hub is priced at 79,900 won, and the Trodfree LED bulb is priced at 16,900 won.
When will smart homes become a universal experience? Although the keyword IoT has been on the rise for a long time, smart homes do not seem to have come close yet. In order for the utility of a smart home to increase, the house must be large or complex activities must be automated. A large newly built space will likely be equipped with a smart home itself, and a small built space will require too much investment to equip a smart home. .
IKEA has always been good at solving these problems. We have provided designs that anyone can appropriately enjoy. Can a service really improve the user experience and lead a new lifestyle?
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