Ikea’s smart button leaks with a tease of scenes to come

Ikea’s Shortcut Button for controlling smart home scenes. | Image: Ikea of Sweden, via FCC

Ikea’s working on a new Shortcut Button that can activate a “scene” in homes that are fitted with the company’s smart products, according to a new Federal Communications Commission filing. A scene is typically defined as a set of event-driven (leaving home, having dinner, etc.) commands that are issued simultaneously to multiple smart home devices. The Tradfri Shortcut Button was first spotted by Swedish site Teknikveckan, which speculates that it might be possible to add different pictograms behind the button’s plastic door to better identify its function.

A single press of the discrete button activates a scene linked to it through the Ikea Home smart app, as described in an accompanying user guide. The Ikea button will last an...

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