IKEA broadcasts 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 gadgets below the tentpoles of lighting, sensors and management. IKEA teased these releases again in July.

A part of the roll out will embody updates to current classes with a view to work with Matter, an open supply sensible residence customary. “We’re upgrading our most-appreciated merchandise whereas additionally including new ones to resolve much more on a regular basis challenges,” Stjepan Begic, product developer at IKEA. “Our focus has been on retaining issues easy from setup to every day use, so it’s simple for folks to begin, use and develop a wise residence.”

As for the merchandise themselves, 11 come as a part of the KAJPLATS sensible bulb vary. They’ll have a mixture of sizes and styles, 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 routinely 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 spread 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 power use. Then there’s the 4 BILRESA merchandise, beginning with a twin button distant management that may flip lights on and off, alter the brightness, and create a preset scene. In the meantime, the distant management with a scroll wheel does comparable capabilities, together with dimming. Two kits of three controls every can be found for every sort.

IKEA would not embody precise pricing or launch dates, noting that it’d fluctuate market to market. In its July teaser, the corporate stated these merchandise can be out there come January subsequent yr.

The brand new merchandise will additional bolster IKEA’s sensible residence lineup, which regularly alternates between cold and hot. 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 yr, even if many customers (including us) discovered them to be an inexpensive 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.