Sonos and Ikea Have Stopped Making Speakers Together

Sonos is refocusing on the core of its business after a tumultuous 12 months, including the disastrous rollout of its buggy app in May 2024. Part of that refocus appears to be the end of its partnership with Ikea where it had inventive ways of hiding speaker tech in everyday furniture items.

The Symfonisk range sold by Ikea was made in tandem with Sonos and appeared to work well for both brands since it was introduced in 2019. The two companies made products such as speakers built into lamps and picture frames, as well as speakers designed specifically to sit on bookshelves. PCMag gave two of these products four star reviews, citing stylish designs and strong audio performance.

Sonos confirmed the news to The Verge saying it won’t make any future products in its Symfonisk lineup. Ikea will continue to sell through the existing stock, but it doesn’t have any plans to produce any further products. If you’ve been eyeing a Symfonisk speaker, you’ll want to act quickly to ensure you can buy it.

A spokesperson from Sonos told The Verge, “Although our work together has largely wound down and we won’t be releasing new products as partners, we’ll continue to support every existing Symfonisk product so customers can keep enjoying great sound in their homes for many years to come.”

Sonos is historically good at supporting its products for the long term. Until 2020, the brand continued to give software support to every speaker it had ever released, including one model from 2006. Technical limitations meant the brand sunset some products.

This suggests the Symfonisk range will continue to see updates for a long time. There’s no firm date on when support will end, but given the brand’s history we’d expect at least the next five years to see continued support.

It’s unclear if Ikea will now move toward partnering with a different brand to offer speaker technology in furniture items. PCMag has asked Ikea for comment to see if the brand has any further plans for its tech integration.

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