title: "Samsung makes IKEA smart home setup way less leceh for SmartThings users" excerpt: "Samsung has simplified SmartThings support for IKEA’s new Matter-over-Thread" devices, cutting out the extra hub and making setup much easier. category: esports date: '2026-04-22T20:01:57+08:00' author: Aimirul tags:
- Samsung
- IKEA
- SmartThings
- smart home
- Matter
- Malaysia featured: false coverImage: /images/esports/samsung-makes-ikea-smart-home-setup-way-less-leceh-for-smartthings-users.jpg
Samsung has rolled out a useful quality-of-life upgrade for anyone trying to mix IKEA’s newer smart home gear with the SmartThings ecosystem. If you were put off by the setup headache before, this is the kind of fix that should have been there from day one.
The big change is simple. IKEA’s latest smart home range can now connect directly to a SmartThings hub, instead of forcing users to juggle both a SmartThings hub and IKEA’s own smart home hub at the same time. For normal people setting up lights, plugs, or sensors at home, that means fewer steps, less troubleshooting, and way less chance of giving up halfway.
This update covers all 25 of IKEA’s newer Matter-over-Thread products. That lineup includes the usual practical stuff people actually buy, like switches, sensors, light bulbs, and smart plugs. IKEA has been pushing these as affordable smart home options, but the setup experience was one of the main things holding the lineup back.
Earlier this year, users were getting increasingly annoyed with IKEA’s refreshed smart home products because getting them onto a smart home network was more troublesome than expected. According to Samsung, that pain point showed up across ecosystems, not just in one setup. So while this announcement is specifically about SmartThings, it also feels like Samsung responding to a very real complaint people had with the new IKEA range.
For SmartThings users, the upgrade is not just about getting devices online faster. Samsung says IKEA’s smart home products can also be used to control Samsung appliances, including TVs, air conditioners, and washing machines. So if you want a cheaper button, switch, or sensor to trigger something in your Samsung-heavy setup, there is now a more straightforward path to doing that.
For Malaysia and the wider SEA market, this matters more than it might seem at first glance. IKEA is already a familiar name here, and its appeal has always been pretty obvious: stylish-enough home gear at prices that do not instantly destroy your wallet. That same logic applies to smart home products too. If Malaysian buyers can pair more affordable IKEA devices with a SmartThings setup without buying extra hardware, that lowers the barrier to entry quite a bit.
It is also a nice fit for the kind of homes a lot of people here actually live in. Not everyone is building some ultra-premium smart home from scratch. A lot of users just want a few smart bulbs, a motion sensor, or a plug they can automate for everyday convenience. If Samsung can make IKEA’s newer devices feel plug-and-play inside SmartThings, that makes the whole ecosystem more realistic for students, young working adults, and families who want to start small.
This does not suddenly turn smart homes into a no-brainer for everyone, but it does remove one of the most irritating parts of the process. And honestly, that is the kind of update people care about most. Better standards like Matter and Thread are great on paper, but if setup still feels messy, normal users do not care. They just want things to connect and work.
For SmartThings users in Malaysia, especially those already using Samsung appliances or planning an IKEA run anyway, this is one of those small updates that could make a big difference in real life.
Source: Android Authority
