IKEA Home Smart & HomePod Mini - A dream budget smart home?

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IKEA Home Smart + HomePod Mini = A dream budget HomeKit smart home?

One of the reasons Apple failed to secure a sizeable slice of the Smart Home market was because the original HomePod (2018) was just too expensive for many consumers. Yes, the speaker quality was, and is, exceptionally good, but Apple essentially priced themselves out of the market.

But now with the £99/$99 HomePod Mini coming to the market in 2020, it's now a very different ball game.

Whilst Apple has finally brought us an affordable smart home device fit for the mass market, there are far less HomeKit devices compared to their competitors and they are usually more expensive.

In this video, I review one of the budget HomeKit set ups - IKEA's Home Smart range.

IKEA Home Smart is one of the cheapest smart home set ups, with a wide array of compatible devices to choose from.

But, do you get what you pay for?

#IKEA #HomeSmart #SmartHome

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Timestamps!

00:00 Introduction
01:46 IKEA Home Smart Overview
02:26 Gateway & Steering Devices
03:52 IKEA Home Smart Devices - Lights & Smart Plugs
05:55 IKEA Home App & Apple Home
09:20 Pricing
10:36 Concluding Thoughts
12:36 Epilogue

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Links!

If you're interested in purchasing any of the devices featured in today's video, you can find them here:

IKEA Home App: 
https://amzn.to/2LxJk4S (UK)
https://amzn.to/2Op413T (US)

IKEA Home Smart Gateway: 
https://amzn.to/3p5fCC4 (UK)
https://amzn.to/372fAo0 (US) 

IKEA Remote (Steering Device):
https://amzn.to/3aOEWXU (UK)
https://amzn.to/2Z5HsTQ (US)

IKEA E27 Smart Bulb:
https://amzn.to/3oWVe5R (UK)
https://amzn.to/2Z50fPp (US)

IKEA Smart Plug:
https://amzn.to/39XGkbh (UK)
https://amzn.to/2OuB7j1 (US) 

IKEA Screw Fit to Bayonet Adaptor: https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/koppla-b... (UK)

^Update, as of 07/02/21, the links above are affiliate links. HeyTechi may receive a small amount of money if you make a purchase using this link, at no additional cost to you. 

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