IKEA’s Smarter, Stylish Gear
IKEA’s latest smart‑home push is becoming genuinely usable: WIRED found the new devices are inexpensive, stylistically simple, work across Android and iOS, and use Matter so they integrate with other systems (wired.com). At the same time IKEA’s spring new‑products page is live and Gear Patrol highlights the revived Dyvlinge swivel chair — now offered in beige, black, green and orange — giving an affordable way to refresh a living room without hiring a designer ( ).
IKEA is doing something it rarely pulls off in one season: selling you the gadget and the living room update at the same time. Its new United States product pages now put a $99.99 smart lamp and a $199 swivel chair in the same stream of “new” arrivals. (ikea.com) The smart-home half of that push started in November 2025, when IKEA said it was rebuilding its system around 21 Matter-compatible products. Matter is the common language backed by Amazon, Apple, and Google, so a bulb from one brand can talk to a hub or app from another brand instead of getting trapped in one company’s walled garden. (ikea.com) IKEA says the new range centers on three basic jobs: lighting, sensors, and controls. In plain terms, that means bulbs that change brightness or color, sensors that notice motion or leaks, and remotes or plugs that make ordinary devices act smarter. (ikea.com) The company kept its existing Dirigera hub in the mix instead of forcing customers to start over. IKEA says Dirigera can act as a Matter controller for products from other brands and as a bridge that helps older non-Matter IKEA gear work with Matter platforms too. (ikea.com) Early 2026 is when the prices started to look very IKEA. The Verge reported last month that IKEA’s new Matter-compatible bulbs reached United States stores starting at $5.99 for a basic adjustable-white model. (theverge.com) A hands-on report published April 8 said the new Kajplats bulb line runs from about $6 for a 450-lumen white bulb to $13 for an 1,100-lumen color bulb, and that IKEA still sells the Dirigera hub for about $110. The same review said setup worked through both the IKEA app and Apple Home, which is the kind of boring success story smart homes usually fail to deliver. (dnyuz.com) On the furniture side, IKEA’s spring catalog is leaning hard on revival pieces, and the Dyvlinge chair is the clearest example. The current United States listing shows the beige Dyvlinge swivel chair at $199, and IKEA says it began life in the 1967 catalog under the name Mila. (ikea.com) The reissue is not a museum copy. IKEA says the new Nytillverkad version uses a five-leg base instead of the old four-leg base to reduce tipping risk, while keeping the wide seat, reclined back, and swivel that made the original feel relaxed. (ikea.com) Gear Patrol highlighted the part that makes this chair travel online: color. Its April 8 roundup says the Dyvlinge now comes in beige, black, green, and orange, with a wide-wale corduroy-style Kelinge fabric that makes the 1960s shape feel intentional instead of thrift-store accidental. (gearpatrol.com) Put those two launches together and the strategy looks unusually coherent for IKEA in 2026. The company is not trying to sell a futuristic house; it is selling a cheaper bulb, a simpler hub, and one distinctive chair that can change a room faster than a full remodel. (ikea.com, ikea.com, gearpatrol.com)
