Heres Ikeas brand-new smart lighting lineup

You can connect multiple Floalt panels together to form a grid of smart lights on your wall.

Swedish mega-retailer Ikea is setting its sights on the smart home witha new lineup of connected lighting productsyou can control from your phone. Click through for a closer look.

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With that starter kit, youll be able to control two lights using an app on your phone, or using that wireless remote.

Heres Ikeas brand-new smart lighting lineup

At the center of the lineup is a new standard-sized Trådfri smart LED. It features a built-in ZigBee radio thatll let it sync up with your home network for automated lighting changes and full dimming control on your phone.

Converted roughly, the Swedish price comes out to about $17/14/AU$22.

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It isnt totally clear how that dimming puck works, mind you. There arent any obvious buttons or controls on it — all we have to go on at this point are product shots like this one.

Ikeas also offering new app-enabled LED panels, like this 30 cm x 30 cm Floalt panel that you can mount to your wall or ceiling. The cost? About $91/72/AU$119.

Heres Ikeas brand-new smart lighting lineup

Each of those cabinet doors comes with the wireless remote.

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There are a few other bulbs in the Trådfri lineup, including this smaller E14 bulb. Theres also a clear-globed LED and a GU10 LED. All of them are expected to start hitting Ikea showfloors on March 31, though region-by-region pricing and availability are yet to be determined.

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Region-by-region availability isnt locked in yet, but the Swedish price per bulb comes out to about $23/18/AU$30, converted roughly.

You can also control Ikeas lights using this wireless remote accessory. Just tap to turn your lights on and off, dim them up and down, or change between color temperature sensors.

Another combo is a bulb that sells with an accompanying motion detector.

Stick that motion detector up on your wall, and itll tell the bulb to turn on whenever it sees you walking into the room.

You can also purchase Ikea furniture like this Bestå cabinet with app-enabled Surte LED panels built right in.

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You can also purchase a starter kit with the gateway hub that controls everything, a wireless remote, and two bulbs. The price comes out to about $85/68/AU$112.

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You can also pick up a bulb that comes packaged with this wireless dimming puck. You dont need the gateway to connect the two, but you will need it if you want to sync the dimmer up with multiple lights all at once.

Ikeas also selling cabinet doors with built-in LED panels.

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