IKEA publicizes new Matter-compatible sensible residence merchandise

IKEA has formally introduced its vary of Matter-compatible sensible residence merchandise. The Swedish furnishings retailer is releasing 21 new objects below the tentpoles of lighting, sensors and management. IKEA teased these releases again in July.

A part of the roll out will embrace updates to present classes in an effort to work with Matter, an open supply sensible residence normal. “We’re upgrading our most-appreciated merchandise whereas additionally including new ones to unravel much more on a regular basis challenges,” Stjepan Begic, product developer at IKEA. “Our focus has been on protecting issues easy from setup to each day use, so it’s simple for individuals to start out, use and develop a sensible residence.”

As for the merchandise themselves, 11 come as a part of the KAJPLATS sensible bulb vary. They may have a mixture of sizes and shapes, together with dimming performance. Then there’s the 5 sensible sensors., beginning with an indoor and out of doors movement sensor referred to as MYGGSPRAY, which mechanically activates lights. Equally, there’s MYGGBETT, which sends a notification when a door or window will get opened or closed.

On the extra technical security aspect are sensors like TIMMERFLOTTE, which displays temerature and humidity. Then there’s ALPSTUGA, an air high quality sensor and KLIPPBOK, a water leakage sensor.

Ending the lineup is a variety of distant controls and one sensible plug, GRILLPLATS, which works with common lamps and home equipment to show them on and off, together with monitoring vitality use. Then there’s the 4 BILRESA merchandise, beginning with a twin button distant management that may flip lights on and off, modify the brightness, and create a preset scene. In the meantime, the distant management with a scroll wheel does related capabilities, together with dimming. Two kits of three controls every can be found for every sort.

IKEA does not embrace actual pricing or launch dates, noting that it would fluctuate market to market. In its July teaser, the corporate mentioned these merchandise could be accessible come January subsequent 12 months.

The brand new merchandise will additional bolster IKEA’s sensible residence lineup, which regularly alternates between cold and warm. For example, the corporate’s DIRIGERA smart hub debuted way back to 2022, however the Swedish furnishing big and Sonos dissolved their partnership earlier this 12 months, even though many customers (including us) discovered them to be an reasonably priced various to extra expensive Sonos-branded choices.

Replace Nov. 7 2025, 3:56PM ET: Added extra context, together with hyperlinks to protection of IKEA’s earlier forays into the sensible residence market.