Ikea smart buttons, those that the company launched not long ago and that are used to make use of those actions that can involve a single device or several through the use of scenes, start offering support for Apple HomeKit. So the users who opted for the technology of the apple brand are in luck.
Ikea expands its support for HomeKit
The Ikea connected home products They have been one of the preferred options for many users for a long time. First of all because they are products with a very good value for money, especially if you compare them with other renowned proposals, such as Philips smart lights. Also, if the price is good, so is the build quality. It is not that they are the best of the best, but they are certainly above proposals from brands that you barely know and offer mainly very low-quality plastic or components such as LEDs of dubious quality.
The big problem is that they don't always offer the same type of support from the beginning for the different home automation systems most common that can be found in homes. These that coincide with the proposals of Google, Amazon and Apple. It is for this last company and its users for whom the following news represents an important step forward.
Family Ikea Tradfri smart buttons began to add support for HomeKit. At the moment it is not something that is available to all users, but progressively the respective updates will be skipping so that you can use your previously created scenes with these Ikea buttons.
And yes, even if you have the option to use Siri, being able to do it also through a button will recognize that it is much more comfortable in certain situations. Because if the rest of the family or roommates are sleeping, then it's better to press than to have to say "Hey Siri,..."
In addition, as we already said, you will not only be able to control a single device that you already have in your home with HomeKit. Also you can control several thanks to the scenes that you can also assign to these buttons. So you think how comfortable it must be to press and have the room go into cinema mode or directly turn off all the lights and have it placed at the entrance of the house. A simple way to perform an action that all of us who usually have smart bulbs have suffered and ended up resorting to something similar with “Hey Siri, turn off all the lights”.
How to update Ikea buttons with HomeKit
If the arrival of HomeKit support for these Ikea buttons is great news, the negative part is not that it is taking place progressively. It is a matter of days or weeks that everyone can enjoy it, the problem is that to do it and have the option of update the firmware it is essential to have the Tradfri bridge. If it is not, you will not be able to update the software of any of the Ikea devices.
Luckily, the positive part is that this bridge is not as expensive as other alternatives such as Philips Hue among others could be. So it's not a big drama to have to get one either.