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  1. IKEA Home Smart
  2. Failures in ‎FYRTUR roller blinds
  3. Video recording in Austria
  4. Products
  5. References
IKEA
Basic information
Founded 1943
Legal Structure Private
Industry Retail, Furniture
Also known as
Official website https://ikea.com

IKEA designs and sells ready-to-assemble furniture, household goods, and various related services.

IKEA Home Smart

IKEA offers a line of Smart Home Devices under the Brand "Home Smart".

In May 2022 IKEA released a new Smart home hub announcing that it offers Matter integration.[1][2] But Matter was not yet implemented in the Hub. Instead it was delayed several times, missing advertised features. Finally in September 2024, 2 years after the release it was implemented.[3][4]

During that time it was not transparent to customers when/if Matter integration will be implemented. No apologies were made.

Failures in ‎FYRTUR roller blinds

A lot of users of FYRTUR roller blinds have Issues with them failing suddenly.[5][6][7]

IKEA has not acknowledged this issue openly.

Video recording in Austria

In Vienna, Austria, IKEA was fined for 1.5 million EUR for recording footage at the checkout counter, where both the customer's face, and their given payment PIN is visible, and kept for 72 hours on their branch at Westbahnhof.[8]

30 violations of data protection regulation were reported by investigators, of which 28 were confirmed in court.

Products

References

  1. ↑ "Smarthome-Hub Dirigera von Ikea mit TRÅDFRI und Matter demnächst im Verkauf" [Dirigera Smarthome-Hub from Ikea with TRÅDFRI and Matter on sale soon]. Heise (in Deutsch). 10 Oct 2022. Archived from the original on 9 Jul 2025. Retrieved 12 Apr 2025.
  2. ↑ "IKEA launches DIRIGERA hub and new IKEA Home smart app". IKEA. 25 May 2022. Archived from the original on 10 Jun 2025. Retrieved 12 Apr 2025.
  3. ↑ "IKEA Introduces Matter support for the DIRIGERA Hub – the next step in simplifying the smart home experience from IKEA". IKEA. 11 Sep 2024. Archived from the original on 21 Dec 2025. Retrieved 12 Apr 2025.
  4. ↑ "IKEA schließt seine Matter-Beta ab" [IKEA Matter is out of the beta stage]. www.ifun.de (in Deutsch). 9 Sep 2024. Archived from the original on 14 Jul 2025. Retrieved 12 Apr 2025.
  5. ↑ "2 of 8 Fyrtur blinds died". Reddit. Archived from the original on 7 Sep 2024. Retrieved 12 Apr 2025.
  6. ↑ "9 FYRTUR motors dead, cut to size--warranty coverage?". Reddit. Archived from the original on 5 Apr 2026. Retrieved 12 Apr 2025.
  7. ↑ "Fyrtur Blinds and IKEA support are garbage". Reddit. Archived from the original on 5 Apr 2026. Retrieved 12 Apr 2025.
  8. ↑ "Überwachungskamera filmte PIN-Eingabe: Wiener Ikea zu 1,5 Millionen Euro Strafe verurteilt". Der Standard. 2025-10-14. Archived from the original on 16 Oct 2025.
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