In addition to our growing range of smart products, you can actually add other electrical devices to DIRIGERA thanks to a wireless outlet. You put it between the wall socket, and for example the coffee machine or the iron, which then becomes a part of your smart home. “The whole idea with DIRIGERA has been to create a simple system to both install and use. We have more than 75 years of experience in creating a better everyday life at home, and now we have made it smarter by adding technology.”
DIRIGERA Hub for smart products, white smart
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505.034.14With more than one smart product from IKEA, the DIRIGERA hub, together with the IKEA Home smart app, brings the most benefits to your smart home. Improving the IQ of your home makes life itself smoother.
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- Works with IKEA Home smart.
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DIRIGERA Hub for smart products, white smart
DIRIGERA hub is the heart of a smart home as it enables you to connect and control your smart products in the IKEA Home smart app.
Picture yourself being able to wake up, dim the lights, raise your blinds, and listen to some music - all without having to get out of bed (or having to rewire your home).
You can easily keep an eye on your home even when you're away using the IKEA Home smart app, for example to check if the coffee machine is switched off and to turn lights on or off.
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.
Ratings and reviews
requires access to routerAshIt requires to be plugged in to a router to work at all; if you can't do that then this is an expensive paperweight. This should really be advertised clearly.
I wouldn’t wish this product my worst enemy MartinWarning for anyone connecting their lights to the Dirigera hub and their phone, I’ve spent hours trying to connect my smart lights and bulbs and nothing is working. It’s a know issue that IKEA’s smart light technology is buggy. DO NOT BUY until ikea sorts this out.
The software is still buggy and nothing is connectingMartinIt’s a known issue that ikea’s smart home system is still buggy and not reliable. I’ve tried connecting two devices and they both failed, no matter how many fixes and factory resets I’ve tried.
stopped working after a yearSohmI bought it last year, and suddenly stopped working recently, nothing can turn it on. I have tried to trouble shoot every solution, and it will not start back up.
Prior to this, it would stop working sporadically, would not work for a day or two and then come back. This time it hasn't. It feels like this was the product to be upsold to customers once you started in the ikea smart home system.
This product should be much more reliable, considering that it is essential making the rest of my smart products function. I have an entire smart home with 10 bulbs, door sensors, automations, curtains, plugs wired to this. It's an utter shame, if I knew it was going to be this bad, I would of found another smart home ecosystem to use. Now i'm stuck buying more of these.
the worstStephancan't even pair 1 bulb. and yes the Hub is on the most recent firmware
Centrepiece for the Ikea Smart HomeJoshuaWorks great so far. All devices stay connected and this device disappears in the background. Wish there was a way to turn off the status and network LEDs for using in dark rooms.
IKEA smart home hubAqeelWorks with IKEA sensors but doesn’t work well with 3rd party Zigbee sensors. Matter and thread support is limited. Matter devices sharing doesn’t work properly.
Still works greatGregoryI've been using this hub with several devices (bulbs, plugs and remotes) for a couple months with no issues. Everything is responsive, and it's simple to manage devices.
I especially like the apple home integration, which lets me control my devices from my phone's control centre, siri, and apple's Home app. This is definitely a step up from ikea's previous smart hub model.
Hard to figure outDwyneThis is not a simple thing to set up if you want the advertised integration to HomeKit. I’m two weeks in and it is still stand alone. If you are looking to integrate ikea smart products it’s ok, but I still have two I cannot get tied in. The frustration is the lack of good directions even in the online e manual for some situations
Worked until they updated the firmware...now nothingRyanWorked really well with Apple Homekit until this weekend. Updated the firmware and it no longer works. Tried for hours to get it to connect. Nothing. Pile of junk now.
Ikea removes featuresEmmarGoogle home integration no longer available in Ikea Home Smart app version 1.58.0.
Not cool Ikea, especially with this price point and the the good to know on product page:
'If you want to use a voice assistant, you can connect to Amazon Alexa, Apple Home, or Google Home through integrations in the IKEA Home smart app.'
good productBenitaeasy setup!
Good hub good price PaulI bought this to automate the blinds we bought from IKEA. It works flawlessly. And was quite easy to set up.
Always utterly slow to connect, when it does, compared to every other IoTAlexandreI'm using this with an air quality sensor, a remote, a dozen window & door sensors, half a dozen bulbs and water leak sensors.
The initial setup was ok and worked for a while.
But now, even though I receive notifications, I can't connect to the hub and even after re-adding it locally, the remote access is failing and the local one is horribly unreliable.
I'm a network professional and every other services work (Unifi, Hilo, Robot Vacuums, etc.) within 2 seconds.
Meanwhile, Dirigera, when it works, takes over 10 seconds to even show the tiles.
With door and window sensors or water leak sensors, which are security measures, it's unacceptable to have something stop working out of the blue like this.
Also full support still lacking for Matter.
Very disappointed as it was alright and functional for a few months but now is acting up even after reboot, firmware updates and re-joining it.
And I don't think a full reset and re-adding 2 dozens devices is a solution respectful of my time!
Works with Tredansen / Alexa but not well with IKEA remotesAnonymous reviewerThe Tredansen blinds can connect with only one device, so you can pair them with the remote button provided, or the Digirea hub. However, if you pair the Tredansen blinds and the remotes with Dirigera, the remotes become erratic. You really want to be able to open and close blinds with a button within reach, and not be totally reliant on the IKEA app or Alexa to operate them.
Amazon Alexa works fine with the Dirigera hub.
I think the Dirigera hub is a work in progress and not ready for prime time.
Works for my purposes (lighting) but was challenging to set upMarshallI bought this in Mar 2025 to replace an older Tradfri gateway that I was using to control lighting in multiple rooms. The Tradfri worked perfectly but I wanted to add some other Smart Home products that the Tradfri cannot work with.
Dirigera was easy to install but I found the product pairing instructions confusing. After viewing a few instructional videos online, I was able to connect my lighting products reasonably quickly.
So far I have used Dirigera to control older Tradfri colour-changing bulbs and remote switches in multiple rooms using IKEA's Home Smart app on iPhone. Dirigera works well for that. The only drawback I've experienced is using the older Tradfri remote switches, which dim and brighten the lights in increments instead of the smooth transition produced using the Tradfri gateway. Perhaps that would not occur if I replaced the switches with newer Styrbar switches.
I deducted one star from my rating because of the challenging set-up and incremental dimming.
Partially works with 3rd party Zigbee; Matter/Home Assistant users beware!BrianFor those that are using third party Zigbee devices (looking at you, Home Assistant users), beware: your third party devices are NOT available via Matter integration. This really stings, as I bought this to replace a Sonoff device, and now I can't use most of my motion sensors.
I'm hoping this is a software thing and Ikea can fix this. I sincerely hope this was a case of "this was a missed requirement" and not "we're actively going to suppress Matter support for third party devices". Please add this, Ikea! Until that's supported, I wouldn't recommend this to those deep into home automation.
While not directly related to the device itself, a minor nitpick on the Home Smart app: the motion sensors don't show if they've detected motion in the app. It'd be nice to see the status to confirm they're working.
For the price, it'd be nice if this had PoE support. It's a bit pricey, but if it doesn't stop working randomly in 2 years then I'm willing to pay for quality.
Seems to workRobertWhy do we need yet another proprietary gateway? I already had a houseful of Alexa-enabled devices. It took a lot of trail an error to get this thing setup to connect our kitchen lights to Alexa. Not sure it was worth the effort.
Awesome!ChrisAwesome!
Good but not so good.MarcLove the product. The problem is that I can only control the setting at home within wifi range. Cannot monitor or change outside of the house.
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Connect and create some magic
You have surely asked yourself, a bit stressed and on your way from home, “did I really turn off the iron?” Or wished that the lights were on when you get home late? With DIRIGERA, our hub for smart products, you can easily connect and control everything from irons and lamps to air purifiers and speakers.
“But the real magic happens when you combine the different products to what we call a Scene. Then you get fantastic functions,” says Rebecca Töreman, who has worked with smart products at IKEA for several years. Her mornings now start softly with the help of a routine she has created herself in the app. “Just before I wake up, the blinds go up, my bed lights are slowly lit, and the speakers turn on my playlist with soft music. The air purifier has given me the best possible air during the night and goes from night mode to auto mode. I can’t imagine a better start of the day.”
For a smarter everyday life
Continues to develop
When you buy a piece of furniture or any other product from IKEA, you expect it to be fully developed. But we can reveal that DIRIGERA actually becomes better and better with time – without costing you anything extra. “We continue to update the app and develop new products and functions that you connect to your smart home – so you can have a little more magic in everyday life.”.
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The heart of a smart home
With DIRIGERA, our hub for smart products, you can easily connect and control everything from lamps and blinds to speakers and air purifiers directly from an app on your phone. It’s smart and smooth, but the real magic happens when you combine different products to a preset Scene. Then you can create your own routines that frame that perfect dinner party, help you unwind in the evening or wake you up with a pleasant light and soft music.