Ikea launches its first smart LED strip at the right price
by Wes Davis from The Verge - All Posts on (#6G7AC)
The Ormanas RGB LED smart light strip looks like it has the right balance of features. | Images: Ikea Ikea launched the Ormanas, its first smart RGB LED light strip, in the Netherlands. The news comes by way of Dutch tech site Tweakers, which notes that the Ormanas is a four-meter, or roughly 13-foot, dimmable Zigbee affair for 29.99 (about $32) that works with the company's Dirigera smart hub. The light strip is only available in the Netherlands for now, but Ikea typically starts its rollouts there before bringing products to the US and beyond.
The strip is simple and, judging from the images on Ikea's site, won't have individually addressable LEDs like some of the fancier strips on the market - which means the whole strip will show only a single color at a time. Still, it supports multiple control methods like the Ikea Home app and...