IKEA FYRTUR Blackout Roller BlindApple Home
There is not enough model-specific evidence to draw a supported connection. Read the evidence and limits below.
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DiscontinuedIKEA FYRTUR Blackout Roller Blind
Recorded as full because the product still works as documented — and, unusually for a withdrawn product, IKEA has also written down what it owes owners. Its support policy commits to software support for at least five years after purchase and says the blind keeps working afterwards, naming blinds specifically and stating that raising and lowering them over your own network needs no internet connection. There is still no support-end DATE to publish, because the five years run from each owner's purchase rather than from a launch or a withdrawal, so the date differs for every owner. Read the commitment with the withdrawal in mind: for a product IKEA no longer sells, plenty of owners are already past five years from their receipt. IKEA did not replace this product — it left the category. The support page says so in one sentence, 'We no longer sell smart blinds in our range', and the practical consequences follow from that rather than from anything about the blind itself. There is no successor to upgrade to, IKEA's current blackout range is entirely non-smart, and because the fabric cannot be cut, a blind that no longer fits a window cannot be adapted to another one. What still works is more than owners might fear: the blind is a certified Zigbee 3.0 device, the bundled remote needs no hub or account, and IKEA continues to run a support page and sell the DIRIGERA hub it describes as a Matter bridge for its Home smart range. IKEA has also put in writing what most makers leave unsaid — software support for at least five years from purchase, and a statement that the blind keeps working after that support ends, with raising and lowering over your own network needing no internet. Read that against the withdrawal, though: the five years run from your receipt, not from the day IKEA left the category, so many owners of a blind this old are already past it. What the guarantee is really worth here is the second half rather than the first — not more updates, but the promise that the blind does not go dark when they stop. The honest gap is what IKEA never published. Its smart blinds pages name no ecosystem at all, not Alexa, not Apple Home, not Google, not SmartThings, so every one of those cells is recorded as unknown rather than filled in from the general capabilities of the hub. Owners running these blinds through a Zigbee coordinator or a Matter bridge today are relying on the radio being standard, which it is, and not on a compatibility promise, which was never made.
Compatibility at a glance
Does it work with your platform?
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A connection can work while individual controls or automations remain unconfirmed. Read the connection details ↓
Protocols: ZIGBEE[3]
Before you buy
What do you need to make it work?
Not for the remote, yes for anything else. IKEA's support page describes the two control routes plainly: 'You can steer the blinds with the included remote control or via the IKEA Home smart app (available to install on iOS or Android), via the TRADFRI gateway (sold separately).' So the blind and its bundled remote are a self-contained pair out of the box, and the app, schedules and any wider smart-home use require a gateway IKEA sold separately. A signal repeater is also part of the picture — IKEA ships one in the box and its support page calls the repeater 'a necessary part' of the remote-control setup. For an owner today the more relevant hub is the newer DIRIGERA, which IKEA describes as 'a Matter bridge' such that 'all products in the IKEA Home smart system can use the hub as a bridge into a Matter system'.[1][9]
IKEA names no ecosystem at all on its smart blinds support page — the only control routes it documents are the bundled remote and the IKEA Home smart app via a TRADFRI gateway. A route plausibly exists today through DIRIGERA, which IKEA describes as a Matter bridge for its Home smart range, but IKEA has published nothing tying this blind to Apple Home specifically, so the cell stays unknown rather than being assembled from two separate statements.[5]
IKEA FYRTUR Blackout Roller BlindGoogle Home
There is not enough model-specific evidence to draw a supported connection. Read the evidence and limits below.
Same silence, same reasoning. No IKEA page verified here connects this blind to Google Home.[5]
IKEA FYRTUR Blackout Roller BlindAmazon Alexa
There is not enough model-specific evidence to draw a supported connection. Read the evidence and limits below.
Same silence. IKEA's blinds support page documents the remote and the app and names no voice assistant; the DIRIGERA-as-Matter-bridge statement is about the IKEA Home smart system in general, not about this blind. Recorded as unknown.[5]
IKEA FYRTUR Blackout Roller BlindSmartThings
There is not enough model-specific evidence to draw a supported connection. Read the evidence and limits below.
Not established, because the IKEA page behind this answer never discusses platforms at all. What it describes is IKEA's own route — 'You need the TRÅDFRI gateway (sold separately) to use the IKEA Home smart app' — plus one passing line that controls away from home depend on the supplier, mentioning HomeKit. There is no compatibility list here to read SmartThings' absence against, and SmartThings appears nowhere on the page. That is silence rather than a denial, so the answer stays unknown until someone publishes one.[5][10]
IKEA FYRTUR Blackout Roller BlindHome Assistant
There is not enough model-specific evidence to draw a supported connection. Read the evidence and limits below.
Neither party documents this pairing in a form this catalogue will record. IKEA names no third-party platform for the blind, and while the blind is a certified Zigbee 3.0 device and therefore the kind of thing a Zigbee coordinator can adopt, that is a general property of the radio rather than a published integration claim. Recorded as unknown.[5]
Equipment that adds features
One device can provide more than one role. These are setup requirements, not a shopping list of separate purchases.
What could you do with this?
Put its functions to use.
Start with a documented control or event. The selected connection shows what is confirmed for that platform.
Documented device function
Open/close
The device supports this control.
Compare its platform availability in the table below.
Setup and sources
Device documentation: [1]
Apple Home · Inconclusive
Open/close
This device supports open/close.
- Control
- Inconclusive
- Automation
- —
Setup: See the equipment information above.
Setup and sources
IKEA names no ecosystem at all on its smart blinds support page — the only control routes it documents are the bundled remote and the IKEA Home smart app via a TRADFRI gateway. A route plausibly exists today through DIRIGERA, which IKEA describes as a Matter bridge for its Home smart range, but IKEA has published nothing tying this blind to Apple Home specifically, so the cell stays unknown rather than being assembled from two separate statements.
Connection documentation: [5]
Device documentation: [1]
ikea.com · checked 2026-08-01
Google Home · Inconclusive
Open/close
This device supports open/close.
- Control
- Inconclusive
- Automation
- —
Setup: See the equipment information above.
Alexa · Inconclusive
Open/close
This device supports open/close.
- Control
- Inconclusive
- Automation
- —
Setup: See the equipment information above.
Setup and sources
Same silence. IKEA's blinds support page documents the remote and the app and names no voice assistant; the DIRIGERA-as-Matter-bridge statement is about the IKEA Home smart system in general, not about this blind. Recorded as unknown.
Connection documentation: [5]
Device documentation: [1]
ikea.com · checked 2026-08-01
SmartThings · Inconclusive
Open/close
This device supports open/close.
- Control
- Inconclusive
- Automation
- —
Setup: See the equipment information above.
Setup and sources
Not established, because the IKEA page behind this answer never discusses platforms at all. What it describes is IKEA's own route — 'You need the TRÅDFRI gateway (sold separately) to use the IKEA Home smart app' — plus one passing line that controls away from home depend on the supplier, mentioning HomeKit. There is no compatibility list here to read SmartThings' absence against, and SmartThings appears nowhere on the page. That is silence rather than a denial, so the answer stays unknown until someone publishes one.
Connection documentation: [5] [10]
Device documentation: [1]
ikea.com · checked 2026-09-19
Home Assistant · Inconclusive
Open/close
This device supports open/close.
- Control
- Inconclusive
- Automation
- —
Setup: See the equipment information above.
Setup and sources
Neither party documents this pairing in a form this catalogue will record. IKEA names no third-party platform for the blind, and while the blind is a certified Zigbee 3.0 device and therefore the kind of thing a Zigbee coordinator can adopt, that is a general property of the radio rather than a published integration claim. Recorded as unknown.
Connection documentation: [5]
Device documentation: [1]
ikea.com · checked 2026-08-01
A documented control or event is one part of a setup. It does not by itself establish a complete automation.
The functions, side by side
What can you use, and where?[1]
A platform connection does not confirm every function. Controls and reported events are shown separately from what an automation can use.
- Controls
- 1 documented
- Reported events
- None documented by the vendor
Compare all five platforms. On a narrow screen, scroll the table sideways.
| Device function | Apple HomeInconclusive[5] | Google HomeInconclusive[5] | AlexaInconclusive[5] | SmartThingsInconclusive[5][10] | Home AssistantInconclusive[5] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open/closeDevice control | Control Inconclusive | Control Inconclusive | Control Inconclusive | Control Inconclusive | Control Inconclusive |
Automation availability for this model is not established.
✓ Documented for this connection. × A stated limit. ◐ A partial function. ? Not established. A listed device function does not establish a complete routine, its other equipment or any plan requirements.
Setup and sources
Apple Home
IKEA names no ecosystem at all on its smart blinds support page — the only control routes it documents are the bundled remote and the IKEA Home smart app via a TRADFRI gateway. A route plausibly exists today through DIRIGERA, which IKEA describes as a Matter bridge for its Home smart range, but IKEA has published nothing tying this blind to Apple Home specifically, so the cell stays unknown rather than being assembled from two separate statements.[5]
Google Home
Same silence, same reasoning. No IKEA page verified here connects this blind to Google Home.[5]
Alexa
Same silence. IKEA's blinds support page documents the remote and the app and names no voice assistant; the DIRIGERA-as-Matter-bridge statement is about the IKEA Home smart system in general, not about this blind. Recorded as unknown.[5]
SmartThings
Not established, because the IKEA page behind this answer never discusses platforms at all. What it describes is IKEA's own route — 'You need the TRÅDFRI gateway (sold separately) to use the IKEA Home smart app' — plus one passing line that controls away from home depend on the supplier, mentioning HomeKit. There is no compatibility list here to read SmartThings' absence against, and SmartThings appears nowhere on the page. That is silence rather than a denial, so the answer stays unknown until someone publishes one.[5][10]
Home Assistant
Neither party documents this pairing in a form this catalogue will record. IKEA names no third-party platform for the blind, and while the blind is a certified Zigbee 3.0 device and therefore the kind of thing a Zigbee coordinator can adopt, that is a general property of the radio rather than a published integration claim. Recorded as unknown.[5]
Device documentation: [1]
Listed device functions are established from vendor documentation. An ability missing here is unestablished, not necessarily absent.
Connection details and setup sources
| Ecosystem | Support | The catch |
|---|---|---|
| Apple Home | InconclusiveWe researched this and the evidence doesn't settle it — the catch explains why[5] | IKEA names no ecosystem at all on its smart blinds support page — the only control routes it documents are the bundled remote and the IKEA Home smart app via a TRADFRI gateway. A route plausibly exists today through DIRIGERA, which IKEA describes as a Matter bridge for its Home smart range, but IKEA has published nothing tying this blind to Apple Home specifically, so the cell stays unknown rather than being assembled from two separate statements. |
| Amazon Alexa | InconclusiveWe researched this and the evidence doesn't settle it — the catch explains why[5] | Same silence. IKEA's blinds support page documents the remote and the app and names no voice assistant; the DIRIGERA-as-Matter-bridge statement is about the IKEA Home smart system in general, not about this blind. Recorded as unknown. |
| Google Home | InconclusiveWe researched this and the evidence doesn't settle it — the catch explains why[5] | Same silence, same reasoning. No IKEA page verified here connects this blind to Google Home. |
| SmartThings | InconclusiveWe researched this and the evidence doesn't settle it — the catch explains why[5][10] | Not established, because the IKEA page behind this answer never discusses platforms at all. What it describes is IKEA's own route — 'You need the TRÅDFRI gateway (sold separately) to use the IKEA Home smart app' — plus one passing line that controls away from home depend on the supplier, mentioning HomeKit. There is no compatibility list here to read SmartThings' absence against, and SmartThings appears nowhere on the page. That is silence rather than a denial, so the answer stays unknown until someone publishes one. |
| Home Assistant | InconclusiveWe researched this and the evidence doesn't settle it — the catch explains why[5] | Neither party documents this pairing in a form this catalogue will record. IKEA names no third-party platform for the blind, and while the blind is a certified Zigbee 3.0 device and therefore the kind of thing a Zigbee coordinator can adopt, that is a general property of the radio rather than a published integration claim. Recorded as unknown. |
? Inconclusive means we researched that ecosystem and the evidence doesn’t settle it — the catch says why, and the sources are listed below. It is a statement about the available evidence, never a verdict on the product. A Setup Check researches your exact setup where the official sources don’t answer.
Plans and ongoing costs[1][9]
✓ Works without a subscription: Yes.
Vendor account required: No — no vendor account is involved.[1][11]
No subscription is referenced on IKEA's smart blinds support page or on its still-live product pages. The remote works with no account at all, and the IKEA Home smart app is free.
Maintenance and offline use[1][4]
- Batteries: rechargeable battery pack (included, with charger), stated to last 4–6 months of daily use and to recharge in 4–5 hours; separate battery for the remote, stated to last about 2 years of daily use
- Works without the internet: Yes — the core function runs on the device or your home network. A vendor cloud may still be involved in remote access.[7][8][12]
- IKEA's product page lists what comes in the box: '1 battery for remote control, 1 rechargeable battery pack, 1 charger battery pack and 1 signal repeater. Remote control included.' On how long that lasts, IKEA's support page answers with ranges rather than one figure: the rechargeable pack runs 4–6 months on daily use and takes 4–5 hours to recharge, and the remote's own battery lasts roughly 2 years on daily use. The range is left as a range here rather than reduced to a single number, because picking one would state something IKEA did not. For a secondhand blind, treat the pack as a consumable of unknown remaining life and plan on recharging it two or three times a year. Two practical constraints from IKEA's own support answers: the blind cannot be cut to fit a window, so the size ordered is the size forever — IKEA's answer to that question instead points to the several sizes the range came in — and the smart blinds are not for bathroom or outdoor use, though they are fine in 'all other indoor areas of the home'. The remote reaches about 10 metres and can drive up to 10 blinds. The support page defers warranty length to the product information page rather than stating it, so no warranty figure is recorded here.
- Security updates: IKEA states its security-update commitment for this model as a period rather than a date: software support for at least five years after purchase — IKEA's stated policy for its smart products as a class, counting from each owner's purchase date rather than from a launch or withdrawal date, so no single end date exists for this model; the same policy commits to a minimum of three years after purchase for the DIRIGERA hub and TRÅDFRI gateway this blind needs for app control (the document this comes from names no country, so which markets it legally covers is not stated). That is a floor measured from a starting point the manufacturer sets — a launch or a purchase — rather than a fixed end date, so it cannot be placed on a calendar here. We record the commitment as the manufacturer states it, in our words, rather than converting it into a date it did not give. This is a published commitment, not a gap in our research.[8][12]
Who it's for
Nobody can buy this new from IKEA, so the record exists for the people who already own one and for anyone weighing a secondhand unit. For a current owner the useful facts are that the hardware is standard Zigbee 3.0 rather than anything proprietary, that the remote keeps working with no hub and no account, and that a DIRIGERA hub is IKEA's own route from its Zigbee range into a Matter system. For someone considering a used one, the risks are ordinary rather than dramatic: no warranty from IKEA on a resale, a rechargeable battery pack of unknown remaining life and no published runtime figure to judge it against, a size that cannot be altered because the fabric cannot be cut, and no vendor roadmap of any kind behind it.
Sources & method
Numbered sources below back the facts marked with the matching number above. This is a research profile: compiled from manufacturer documentation, certification registries, and published testing — we state facts, not verdicts, and we have not physically tested this unit. How we work →
12 numbered sources· read them in the source's own words
- [1] IKEA US customer service, Smart Blinds Product Support & FAQs — Read on the maker's own site, verified 2026-08-01Backs: Product identity, Required hub or bridge, Subscription, Batteries, Works without the internet, Installation, Power source, Capabilities, Service status, Vendor account required
- [2] IKEA Sweden knowledge base article on replacements for the smart roller blinds, plus the redirect behaviour of the withdrawn IKEA US and IKEA Canada FYRTUR product pages — Read on the maker's own site, verified 2026-08-01Backs: Market availability, Research status, Price
- [3] Connectivity Standards Alliance certified-product registry, FYRTUR/KADRILJ Wireless roller blind. Zigbee certificate ZIG21128ZB330988-24, the number this entry's note records. — Checked a certification register, verified 2026-08-01Backs: Protocols
- [4] IKEA Morocco product page, FYRTUR block-out roller blind (80x195 cm) — Read on the maker's own site, verified 2026-08-01Backs: Batteries, Works without the internet, Product identity
- [5] IKEA US customer service, Smart Blinds Product Support & FAQs — read for the ecosystems it does not name — Read on the maker's own site, verified 2026-08-01Backs: Apple Home compatibility, Amazon Alexa compatibility, Google Home compatibility, SmartThings compatibility, Home Assistant compatibility
- [6] IKEA blinds support page, re-read 2026-08-18 — describes remote control and that a gateway is needed for app control, but states nothing about operation without an internet connection. ⊕ Worth naming for next time: IKEA's smart-product support policy DOES carry that statement, and it is the source six other IKEA records use for whether the product still works without the internet — this record does not cite it, and this re-read covers only what a record already cites. — Read on the maker's own site, verified 2026-08-18
- [7] IKEA US, 'Product support policy for smart products from IKEA', read 2026-08-21 — 'We have designed them to function even without an internet connection or the need for a remote server.' IKEA states this as product policy about its smart products as a class, not as marketing about one feature. — Read on the maker's own site, verified 2026-08-21Backs: Works without the internet
- [8] IKEA US, 'Product support policy for smart products from IKEA' (www.ikea.com/us/en/customer-service/privacy-security/product-support-policy-for-smart-products-from-ikea-pub0d314780/), re-read 2026-09-18. Recorded as published, and these are the sentences this record had never taken off the page: software support for IKEA's smart products is committed for 'at least five years after purchase', and for the DIRIGERA hub and the TRÅDFRI gateway for a 'minimum of three years after purchase' — both windows measured from the purchase date rather than from launch or from withdrawal. On what happens afterwards: 'You can continue to use your smart products from IKEA even after the end of our software support', and 'you will still be able to turn your lights on and off, take your blinds up and down and use the hub / gateway on your local network even without an internet connection.' The policy names DIRIGERA, the TRÅDFRI gateway and SYMFONISK speakers, and speaks of smart products controllable through the IKEA Home smart app as a class. The page carries no last-updated date. — Read on the maker's own site, verified 2026-09-18Backs: Security-update support period, Service status, Works without the internet
- [9] IKEA US smart blinds support page (www.ikea.com/us/en/customer-service/product-support/blinds/), re-read 2026-09-18. Unchanged and re-confirmed: 'We no longer sell smart blinds in our range.' The control routes are still the bundled remote and the IKEA Home smart app via a TRÅDFRI gateway sold separately, with the signal repeater a required part of the setup. The page names the smart blind models as FYRTUR, KADRILJ, TREDANSEN and PRAKTLYSING. On cutting, the answer is that they cannot be cut and the range instead came in different sizes; on siting, not for bathroom or outdoor use but fine in 'all other indoor areas of the home'; warranty is deferred to the product information page. ⊕ NEW ON THIS READ, and the record previously said this did not exist: IKEA publishes battery figures. The rechargeable pack takes 4–5 hours to recharge and 'lasts 4-6 months with daily use', and the remote's battery lasts approximately 2 years with daily use. Also recorded: the remote reaches up to 10 metres and controls up to 10 blinds. The page states no price, no subscription, no fee and no account requirement, and it names no ecosystem, voice assistant or smart-home platform of any kind — not Alexa, Google Home, Apple Home, HomeKit, SmartThings, Matter or Home Assistant. — Read on the maker's own site, verified 2026-09-18Backs: Price, Subscription, Market availability, Batteries, Required hub or bridge, Product identity, Research status
- [10] IKEA's blinds product-support page, www.ikea.com/us/en/customer-service/product-support/blinds/, re-read 2026-09-19. The page carries no compatibility list and no works-with section. Verbatim, the only two lines that touch platforms at all: 'You need the TRÅDFRI gateway (sold separately) to use the IKEA Home smart app' and 'Some app/HomeKit suppliers offer controls away from home.' SmartThings, Alexa, Google, Matter and Home Assistant do not appear on the page. — Read on the maker's own site, verified 2026-09-19Backs: SmartThings compatibility
- [11] IKEA's smart-blinds product-support page, https://www.ikea.com/us/en/customer-service/product-support/blinds/, read in full 2026-09-20 and searched term by term for account wording. The only account text on the page is site chrome that appears on every IKEA page — "Hej! Log in or sign up" and a "Join IKEA Family" promotion. Nothing on the page ties an account to operating a blind. What it says about operating them: "You can steer the blinds with the included remote control or via the IKEA Home smart app" · "To steer 1 single blind with the remote control, you don't need to pair." · "1 single remote control (once paired to multiple blinds) can steer up to 10 blinds." · "A remote can control the blinds from a distance of 10 meters." · "You need the TRÅDFRI gateway (sold separately) to use the IKEA Home smart app." FYRTUR is listed in the comparison table as "Roller blind" and "Block-out blind". No subscription or fee is mentioned anywhere on the page. — Read the original source directly, verified 2026-09-20Backs: Vendor account required
- [12] IKEA's US 'Product support policy for smart products from IKEA', read in full on 2026-09-29. Verbatim: "We have designed them to function even without an internet connection or the need for a remote server." · "We will offer support on smart products from IKEA for at least five years after purchase, if paired with DIRIGERA hub or TRÅDFRI gateway" · "We will offer support for a minimum of three years after purchase, to ensure the hub / gateway:" · "Yes! You can continue to use your smart products from IKEA even after the end of our software support. For example, you will still be able to turn your lights on and off, take your blinds up and down and use the hub / gateway on your local network even without an internet connection." — Read the original source directly, verified 2026-09-29Backs: Security-update support period, Service status, Works without the internet
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