IKEA's move into the smart home world has been a gradual one – it's pointless to pretend that its swathe of releases in late 2025 marked a huge strategic change. After all, it already had a bunch of switches, sensors and more. What really changed, though, was that all of its new launches could finally boast Matter-compatibility.
That's a notable upgrade that makes its new smart home devices far easier to control through other, non-IKEA apps and hubs, which is a noteworthy thing. Still, I'll hold my hand up and admit that I've not really become a smart home convert in recent years. It helps that I don't cover the area very often for T3, but I've also not seen compelling enough reasons to.
