# Samsung and IKEA simplify Matter smart home setup

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/samsung-and-ikea-simplify-matter-smart-home-setup/680736>\
**Category:** tech news\
**Created:** [April 22, 2026, 2:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/samsung-and-ikea-simplify-matter-smart-home-setup/680736 "2026-04-22T02:00:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![BobaMilk](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/bobamilk/32/31157_2.png) [@BobaMilk](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/BobaMilk)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2026, 2:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/samsung-and-ikea-simplify-matter-smart-home-setup/680736/1 "2026-04-22T02:00:34Z")

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Samsung SmartThings can now connect to 25 new IKEA Matter-over-Thread devices without the DIRIGERA hub, and the cheap bulbs start.

> **[Samsung SmartThings and IKEA launch direct Matter integration with $6 smart...](https://thenextweb.com/news/samsung-smartthings-ikea-matter-integration)**
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> 25 IKEA Matter-over-Thread devices now connect directly to SmartThings, with bulbs at $5.99. Samsung TVs already contain the Thread border routers to run them.

Here’s the image from the article:.

[![](https://media.thenextweb.com/2026/04/samsung-smartthings-ikea-matter-integration.avif) ](https://media.thenextweb.com/2026/04/samsung-smartthings-ikea-matter-integration.avif)

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**Author:** ![sarah\_connor](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/sarah_connor/32/31258_2.png) [@sarah\_connor](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sarah_connor)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2026, 3:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/samsung-and-ikea-simplify-matter-smart-home-setup/680736/2 "2026-04-22T03:28:26Z")

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Look — skipping the extra hub is nice, but it also means your TV just became part of your home’s infrastructure whether you meant it to or not. I’d still want a clear way to see what’s acting as the Thread border router and how fast Samsung pushes security updates when something in that stack gets popped.

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**Author:** ![Quelly](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/quelly/32/31386_2.png) [@Quelly](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Quelly)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2026, 5:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/samsung-and-ikea-simplify-matter-smart-home-setup/680736/3 "2026-04-22T05:35:12Z")

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The “TV as border router” part that gets me is uptime/latency, not just security. TVs reboot for updates, crash, or get turned off at the wall.