IKEA announced its new smart sensors a couple of months ago, and as promised, they are now available in its stores so you can start expanding your home automation system at home with new smart functions. Do you want to know if you have left the living room window open? Now you will know its status at all times.
IKEA door sensor
One of the sensors that has arrived in the catalog is the PARASOL. This is a pair of sensors that you will place on a door or window, and that will allow you to know exactly if it is open or closed. The senser works with one AAA battery, so it is extremely easy to maintain, only needing the brand's DIRIGERA hub to be able to access it from our mobile phone.
The hub is only necessary if you want to receive notifications when someone opens the door or window, but if what you want is for a light bulb to turn on when a door is opened (in a dressing room, for example), all you have to do is link both devices with the connect button and nothing else.
It has a fantastic price of $9,99, and can be purchased now on the IKEA website and in physical stores.
Motion sensor
The other sensor that has reached the stores is VALLHORN, wireless motion sensor that detects when someone passes through the area it is monitoring. At the time of detection, you can send a command to a device, allowing you to turn on an IKEA smart light (up to a total of 10 lights at the same time).
It can be configured in day or night mode, and also define a waiting time of 1 or 5 minutes with which to give the instruction to turn off the light, so it is perfect for a passage area, regardless of whether it is indoors or outdoors. , since it has IP44 certification.
With a price of $9,99 It is another magnificent option to continue configuring a very complete home automation system.
The third missing sensor
Another of the sensors that will arrive in stores will be a water sensor that will detect leaks, but as we already knew, this will not arrive until April, so we will have to continue waiting for its arrival.
Is it necessary to buy the Hub?
As we have already mentioned, the new devices can be paired with the official IKEA smart lights without the need for the DIRIGERA bridge, but if you are thinking of linking devices with voice assistants, being able to control them through your mobile and perform more complex tasks around For home automation, you have no choice but to buy this element, since it will be essential to provide internet connection to the rest of the devices.
Source: IKEA