One of the first smart device products we tested at GearBrain many years ago was smart blinds and shades. Many of them were devices that connected to a smart switch, such as a Lutron Caseta Smart ...

Blinds Direct supplies roller blinds with a choice between manual chain controller or remote control – with the latter providing the choice between using a remote control or the Home Kit smart app. In ...

The days of having to get up from your sofa to access appliances are long gone. You can control your heating, lighting and even washing machine from an app on your smartphone with the right products.

Too lazy to get up and close the drapes? Then you need Ikea’s new HomeKit-enabled blinds, Kadrilj and Fyrtur. These new powered blinds have already launched in Germany, and can be integrated with your ...

Three years ago we heard about SwitchBot Curtain, a system that allows users to open and close their curtains either on a programmed schedule or by remote control. Well, the SwitchBot company is now ...

Owners of IKEA smart blinds that would like to control their shades using an infrared remote control may be interested in a new project published to the Instructable’s website by member Replayreb. “I ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. It's easy to overlook the difference that a set of quality blinds can make in a room. Even less on the minds of most people are the benefits ...

Furniture retailer Ikea is set to add smart blinds to its list of connected home products, with two types hitting the German version of its online store. Kadrilj and Fyrtur are wireless, battery ...

I was dredging my brain for interesting topics to cover and this vertical blind hack popped into my head. The page isn’t the prettiest, but it’s the hack that counts. The mechanism is constructed from ...