IKEA continues its push into the smart home category with a new line of Matter-compatible products, set to launch in January. The ready-to-assemble furniture conglomerate has been testing the waters with smart home products for a while now, but this is its largest release in the space yet.<br /> Beyond stating consumers could expect 20 new products running the open source Matter standard, zero specifics were provided on which items will launch next year. "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," said David Granath, range manager at IKEA.<br /> In the meantime, IKEA is teasing two new Bluetooth speakers that will launch later this [...]
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IKEA has teamed up with Swedish designer Tekla Evelina Severin on a new line of products dubbed the Teklan collection. The collaboration includes three new standalone Bluetooth speakers and two lamp s [...]