Ikea updated its Home Smart mobile app this week with a new dynamic lighting feature that automatically adjusts the color temperature and brightness of its smart lights throughout the day. It's similar to the natural light scene that Philips Hue introduced in late 2022 and is designed to provide warmer lighting in the morning and evening and cooler tones during the day.
Because the feature is tied specifically to Ikea's Home smart app, it is only compatible with lighting products connected to Ikea's Matter-ready Dirigera smart home hub, launching in the second half of 2022 came to the market. This includes products like the Sonos-compatible Symfonisk speaker lamp. However, it is unknown whether the feature will work with third-party smart lights via Matter The edge has reached out to Ikea to confirm whether it is compatible with the Adaptive Lighting feature in Apple's Home app.