Ikea is set to drop more than 20 new smart products in its most open and easy-to-use range yet.
After years of exploring and learning how smart products can improve everyday life, the Swedish furniure retailer is taking the biggest step to creating products that integrate easily into the home — and ensure price isn't a barrier.
Now, all products are built to work with Matter, the universal smart home standard, which allows devices from different brands to work together seamlessly, offering greater flexibility across platforms.
The aim is not to add technology for its own sake, claims Ikea, but to make products that adapt to people and their everyday challenges, all while making homes more supportive and adaptable for everyday life.
'Until now, smart home technology hasn’t been easy enough to use for most people — or affordable enough for many to consider,' says David Granath, range manager at Ikea of Sweden. 'Bringing Matter to our products means we are taking a big step in the right direction, offering compatibility across brands, and lowering the threshold for people to get started.'
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So, what's new?
One milestone is that Dirigera, the smart home hub from Ikea, is now a Matter Controller. This means it can manage Matter-enabled devices from other brands, and it ensures that existing Ikea smart products will also be compatible with platforms using the Matter standard.
Making sound more visible
While the new smart products will launch in January 2026, Ikea is also making huge leaps in sound, and there are some exciting launches to look forward to this year.
Launching in July: The new Nattbad Bluetooth speaker has a slight retro aesthetic and comes in yellow, pink and black, offering a fun, low-price entry point into sound at home.
In October, Blomprakt – a dual purpose table speaker with integrated light – will be released. The Bluetooth speakers are built to work out of the box, with features like easy multi-speaker setup and Spotify Tap, requiring no deep technical knowledge to get started.
Also launching in January 2026 is a design collaboration with Swedish designer Tekla Severin, commonly known as Teklan, who is known for her expressive use of colour. The Ikea x Teklan collection invites more personality into home electronics.
'We understand how people want to furnish with sound in a way that adds atmosphere and feels natural in the home,' says David. 'Those learnings continue to guide us as we bring the worlds of home furnishing and sound closer together.
'Our aim is to make sound accessible, functional, and enjoyable — without adding complexity. That’s what sets us apart, and that’s what we’ll keep building on as we shape the next chapter of what sound can be in the home.'
