IKEA Home smart (TRÅDFRI) Reviews

Disappointing

Courseview

I basically use the remote control to turn them on/off, because the app rarely connects to the gateway the first time. Because this was an ikea product, I was hopeful, but it was not worth what I pai, simply for the lack of reliability. And it does not consistently work with Alexa.

Apple HomeKit

loungezere

The IKEA TRÅDFRI worked just once with Apple HomeKit and when I had to reset the app it hasn’t worked since. I love IKEA products but I have yet to find any useful information or help with HomeKit integration. The hub just will not connect to iPhone or iPad via HomeKit and I have tried everything I could think of after each update with no luck. Still sticking with TRÅDFRI hopefully they can sort it out.

Getting Better, but not 5 Star

followyurheart

Works about 60% of the time, the other 40% it can’t connect to the Gateway. Luckily it all connects to Google Home, so I’m good either way.

Need more features via software.

Moe796

Can we have some more features? How about cycling an option to cycle with the sun? Kind of like a sun lamp. How about a gradual dimming feature. Not just the “rise and shine” How about also allowing Apple home kit to control the color of the lighting by voice? I think there’s a lot you include feature wise that would only involve software updates.

Stop giving blanket responses

Bye bye iPhone camera app

It’s disrespectful to your users. You clearly have issues with your app, and you’re not addressing any of them here, or anywhere. Please respond as human beings. It keeps loosing contact with HomeKit. The only way to reconnect is to reset the whole system and re-pair every unit one by one, twice. Once for TRÅDFRI and once for HomeKit. With 20 units it’s not fun the twentieth time around. If power fails, get ready to reset and start reconnecting, naming lamps and making groups. As a stand-alone app, it’s just not usable as a system with more than one room. Is there any plans on making anything close to HomeKit features natively? Like an on/off switch for leaving the house? Or scenes for all rooms at once? There is new hardware coming out, but no innovation with the app since it was released. What the heck is going on over there? Has IKEA left the software to bare minimum maintenance? Are there any plans at all?

Constantly has issues

Btagg3

I’ve really wanted these to work but they have been more of a headache than anything. I choose to go with this set up based on cost but now after all of the time, frustration and energy I’ve spent it would have been a lot more advantageous to go with Philips Hue or some other set up. This DOES NOT work with home kit! Do not invest in this!!

Latest update lost connection with HomeKit and Ikea App

kaceybab

Latest update quit working with HomeKit. Tried resetting and won’t connect. After most recent update lights won’t even connect to Tradfri Ikea app at all. Do not buy and I do not recommend. Waste of money.

Deceptive Product

TekuGai

Purchased the light bulb because it touted the wireless color changing capabilities, both the in store display and on the box. Brought it home to find out you needed to also buy the gateway for the color changing. Wasn’t clear and/or obvious in the store or in the instructions.

Works well!

batsai

This app is simple and easy to use once set up. I can't say the same for the pairing process of the bulbs and remotes, but that's not a fault of the app. The only thing missing is HomeKit support which I understand is coming- once that comes, this will be a 5 star app!

A bit of a pain to setup, but works great after that

keeper5689

It takes a while to setup and get everything to pair correctly (3-4 tries per item), but once everything is connected, it works well. Would like to see it add HomeKit compatibility, but that's not a deal-breaker for me. The setup does require a different controller for each set of lights you connect if you want to control them separately (one for living room, one for bedroom, etc). A previous reviewer mentioned that they couldn't pair their lights The to the gateway. I ran into this problem at first, but figured out that you have to connect the remote to the gateway first, before you can connect the lights. The setup wizard skipped that when I first tried to set it up but the Help section sent me in the right direction. I also had to reset the gateway before I could get the remote to successfully pair. Just keep trying. Hope this helps!

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