Smart Home Product Guide

All about the Hub

The DIRIGERA Hub is the heart of a smart home. It enables you to connect and control your smart products via the IKEA Home Smart app.

Picture yourself being able to dim the lights, raise the blinds, listen to music, make a coffee - all without having to get out of bed. Plus, no need to re-wire your home!

The technology behind DIRIGERA

DIRIGERA Hub is built with Matter technology, a connectivity standard used in smart homes and smart products, which IKEA has been involved in developing. Matter is IP-based and builds reliable, secure Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystems. 

Matter is developed to support many different product types and use cases, ensuring reliability, security, and compatibility. This allows you to buy the products you want knowing it will connect with what you already have at home.

The integrated Zigbee technology enables instant response times and an ultra-stable connection.

Good to know:

• DIRIGERA Hub requires a Wi-Fi network and connects to your router with the cable provided. 
• You can connect unlimited smart devices to the DIRIGERA Hub. 
• DIRIGERA Hub offers easy migration. You can bulk reset and add devices to help with migration off our older version, Trådfri Gateway.
• We continuously update the DIRIGERA hub for free with new and improved features for an even more fun and convenient way to use your smart home.
• All our smart products work independently. Adding them to the hub opens up new ways to control and customise your home – with extra functions and features when you combine two or more products.

The IKEA Home Smart app is the heart of your smart home

With the IKEA Home Smart app downloaded on your phone or tablet, alongside the DIRIGERA Hub, you can easily manage your smart home by browsing through the different tabs.

The app allows you and everyone in your home to do tasks like checking if the lights were left on in the hallway, what level the air purifier is running on, and the name of the song that's playing in the bedroom speaker. 

Navigating the app

Start with the 'home' tab - intuitive and easy to personalise with different colours and icons. From the home screen, you can create 'rooms' so that the app mirrors your home and can give you an overview of everything that's happening in your home. 

In the 'all products' tab, you can see a total list of your smart products grouped by category. Here, you can move products from one 'room' to another, turn them on/off, and see if they need to be recharged or have the batteries replaced. 

In 'scenes' you can create and run scenes and schedule timers. And in 'settings' you have quick access to How-Tos and support (if you need it!). 

Good to know:

• Connect IKEA Home Smart app with your voice assistant and control your home with our voice. Compatible with Google Home, Apple Home, and Amazon Alexa.
• Both smart products and the app will receive updates and continuously get even smarter – at no cost.
• Find the perfect combination of cosy mood lighting alongside your favourite romantic playlist? Or want all the lights and plugs to turn off when you leave the house? Save it as a 'scene' in the app!
• Trigger scenes with schedules or manually through one of our shortcut buttons. 

Remote Controls

Use a remote to control either one product or groups of several products at the same time. With a shortcut button, you can combine and control groups of different products, in a ‘scene’. The remotes are also easy to use for your friends and family when they come to visit. We even have splashproof remotes suitable for wet areas such as kitchen, bathroom or laundry area.

The app

Like mentioned in Step 2, the app gives you full access and control of all your smart products, organised in ‘rooms’. You add the rooms you want, and personalise them with a name and colour. In this way, the app reflects your home, making it fast and simple to see and control what’s going on.

Motion

Automatic control triggered by motion makes the home feel safer and more comfortable. Use it to turn the lights on in dark spaces, such as the walk to the bathroom in the night, or in places where your hands are often full, like near the front door, in the stairways, storage, or laundry areas. It’s also an idea for the wardrobe, turning the built-in lights on when you open it.

Voice

Control your smart products with your voice. Super convenient if both hands are occupied with something else or the room is dark. Works with Alexa, Google Assistant and Siri through integrations in the IKEA Home smart app.