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If you’ve been using Ikea smart home gadgets with a Samsung setup, things are about to get a lot smoother. Samsung has announced that its SmartThings platform now supports 25 Ikea Matter-over-Thread smart home devices.
Matter is a universal smart home connectivity standard designed to make devices from different brands work together seamlessly. Previously, connecting Ikea devices to SmartThings required both an Ikea smart home hub and a SmartThings hub. So, that extra step is no longer required.
Which Ikea devices now work with Samsung SmartThings?
The 25 supported devices cover a solid range of home automation needs. You’re looking at smart bulbs, plugs, a scroll wheel remote, temperature and humidity sensors, air quality sensors, motion sensors, door sensors, and water leak sensors.
A standout addition is the scroll wheel remote, which lets you fine-tune brightness and color temperature on connected lighting. Blind control via the remote is also coming later this year, though only lighting is supported right now.
Samsung and Ikea ran multiple validation rounds before launch to ensure stable connectivity, with a dedicated experience built into the SmartThings app.
What can you actually do with Ikea devices on SmartThings?
You can use Ikea door sensors with SmartThings Family Care to keep an eye on elderly relatives living alone. Air quality and temperature sensors feed into a Sleep environment report with actionable suggestions. You can also set routines that trigger your air conditioner’s dehumidification mode when humidity rises.
However, Ikea’s Matter devices have had persistent problems since launch, including ghosting issues where devices vanish from the network entirely. Matter was supposed to eliminate the need for this kind of intensive platform-specific work.
The fact that Samsung had to build custom integrations just to make things reliable raises real questions about how well Matter is actually delivering on its promise. Nevertheless, for anyone who wants a smart home without spending a fortune, this partnership is an affordable solution for users.
