Samsung has extended SmartThings support to IKEA’s Matter-over-Thread devices, covering air quality sensors, remote controls, smart lights, and smart plugs from the Swedish furniture brand’s connected home range.
The two companies conducted multiple rounds of validation before the rollout, with Samsung building dedicated integrations and a tailored user experience within the SmartThings app to improve connectivity stability across IKEA’s supported hardware.
That level of platform-specific work stands in contrast to what Matter is supposed to deliver, as the smart home standard was designed to eliminate the need for manufacturer-by-manufacturer integration by offering universal compatibility across different ecosystems.
IKEA’s Matter devices have a documented history of connectivity difficulties, with users reporting persistent problems connecting the company’s hardware to home networks since the brand adopted the standard across its smart home product lines.
Those difficulties illustrate a broader gap between Matter’s stated ambitions and its real-world performance, as the standard has struggled to deliver the frictionless cross-platform experience it originally promised to both manufacturers and consumers looking for a unified smart home solution.
Samsung and IKEA’s closer alignment on SmartThings also signals a wider industry shift toward platform holders taking a more hands-on role in validating third-party Matter devices, rather than relying on the standard alone to guarantee compatibility across brands and product categories.
That hands-on approach extends to how the integration surfaces within the SmartThings app itself, where Samsung has implemented a dedicated interface for IKEA devices to reduce friction for users managing the brand’s hardware alongside other connected products in the same environment.
The SmartThings and IKEA integration follows Samsung’s recent addition of Siri voice command support to the platform, continuing a period of steady expansion as SmartThings works to position itself as one of the more broadly compatible smart home hubs available to consumers across different device ecosystems.
The integration is available now and covers IKEA’s current range, with the SmartThings app receiving the dedicated IKEA user experience as part of the same update that brought the expanded device support to the platform.
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