The blinds can be operated using a remote control, the IKEA Home smart app, or even voice commands when integrated with smart home systems like Google Assistant or Amazon Alexa.

For far too long, automated shades have been a luxury that only a rare few have enjoyed. Even with DIY home automation tech becoming more and more common, installing blinds that will open or close ...

We’ve previously covered how cool automatic blinds are. And we know the Amazon Echo is pretty awesome. This hack puts them together to use an Alexa voice command to open and close your blinds ...