Samsung Brings Ikea Smart Home Support to Its Platform, With One Important Caveat - CNET

Our gifting experts are obsessively searching for holiday gifts that are unique, thoughtful and suitable for any budget. Our expert, award-winning staff selects the products we cover and rigorously researches and tests our top picks. If you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. If you have the right Samsung hub, you can now get Ikea's low-cost devices without needing any expensive add-ons. Senior Editor / Home Security and Smart Home Senior Editor / Home Security and Smart Home SmartThings now has new compatibility with Ikea, but you’ll still need the right hub. Ikea’s new 2026 smart home and home security devices quickly earned several spots on my recommendation lists, thanks to their high affordability (many around $10) and full compatibility with the cross-brand smart home standard Matter. The big caveat was that you needed a Matter hub, like an Apple TV or an Echo Show, to use the devices. Now that step has gotten easier with Samsung’s latest SmartThings expansion, announced on Tuesday. Previously, you needed Ikea’s own Dirigera hub, around $110, and a SmartThings hub from Samsung to get Ikea’s devices to work in the SmartThings app. Now you just need a compatible Sm