No more Sonos audio products at Ikea: companies end their collaboration
Ikea and Sonos are going their separate ways. However, existing Sonos audio products such as Ikea's Symfonisk range will continue to receive software updates.
Symfonisk floor lamps as loudspeakers with Sonos technology
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In recent years, Ikea has launched various audio products based on technology from US manufacturer Sonos. However, this cooperation has now come to an end, according to a Sonos spokesperson. The current products, such as the Symfonisk range, are currently being sold off and will soon disappear from the various furniture stores. No new products of this kind are planned, but the Sonos speakers previously sold by Ikea will continue to be supplied with software updates.
Ikea has integrated Sonos technology into a floor lamp, for example, which also functions as a speaker. Ikea's Symfonisk sound picture frame is practically a flat WLAN speaker with Sonos technology that produces images as well as sound. Ikea came up with the housing design itself, while the sound electronics come from Sonos.
Sonos promises support for Ikea's Symfonisk
Such products will disappear from the Ikea catalog. "Over the past eight years, we've had the pleasure of working closely with Ikea and are proud of what we've accomplished," Sonos spokesperson Erin Pategas told The Verge. "Although our collaboration has largely ended and we will no longer be releasing new products as a partner, we will continue to support all existing Symfonisk products so that our customers can continue to enjoy great sound in their homes for years to come."
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Ikea has not relied solely on Sonos for audio technology. For example, Ikea's Vappeby, a Bluetooth speaker with light for 50 euros, does not use Sonos technology and is not compatible with the more expensive Symfonisk speakers. Vappeby can therefore also not be integrated into the multi-room system of your own smart home.
The termination of the collaboration with Ikea means that Sonos has lost a source of income. Observers are eagerly awaiting the effects on the new quarterly figures that the audio specialist intends to present today, Wednesday. It should then also become clear how the latest tariff policy of the new US government under Donald Trump will affect business. So far, Sonos has not increased its recommended retail prices due to the new import tariffs.
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