IKEA pronounces new Matter-compatible sensible house merchandise

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

A part of the roll out will embody updates to present classes with a purpose to work with Matter, an open supply sensible house normal. “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 protecting issues easy from setup to day by day use, so it’s simple for individuals to begin, use and develop a sensible house.”

As for the merchandise themselves, 11 come as a part of the KAJPLATS sensible bulb vary. They are going to 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 known 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 screens 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, modify 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 kind.

IKEA does not embody precise pricing or launch dates, noting that it would range market to market. In its July teaser, the corporate stated these merchandise could be accessible come January subsequent yr.

The brand new merchandise will additional bolster IKEA’s sensible house 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 large and Sonos dissolved their partnership earlier this yr, although many customers (including us) discovered them to be an inexpensive various to extra dear 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 house market.