Sonos and Ikea are ending their partnership

After respective years, the collaboration betwixt Sonos and Ikea connected “Symfonisk” products similar lamp speakers, bookshelf speakers, and adjacent picture framework speakers has reached its conclusion. Sonos confirmed to The Verge connected Tuesday that existent inventory of the Symfonisk lineup is being phased retired globally astatine each Ikea locations and nary aboriginal devices are planned. Existing products volition proceed to person bundle updates.

“Over the past 8 years, we’ve had the pleasance of moving intimately with Ikea and are arrogant of what we’ve achieved,” Sonos spokesperson Erin Pategas told maine by email. “Although our enactment unneurotic has mostly coiled down and we won’t beryllium releasing caller products arsenic partners, we’ll proceed to enactment each existing Symfonisk merchandise truthful customers tin support enjoying large dependable successful their homes for galore years to come.”

The Symfonisk products connection afloat integration with Sonos’ whole-home audio ecosystem, and often astatine little prices than the company’s ain talker hardware. If you’ve been considering a purchase, present would beryllium a bully clip to marque definite you don’t miss retired connected remaining stock.

The quality comes arsenic Sonos prepares to study its latest quarterly net connected Wednesday. Those results should connection caller penetration arsenic to however adversely US tariffs volition impact the company’s business.

Last month, Sonos dropped the terms of 2 products — its entry-level Era 100 talker and Ray soundbar — successful an effort to boost slumping demand. Just a time later, Sonos told me that it was “closely monitoring developments related to the projected tariffs and actively assessing imaginable implications for our business, customers, and proviso chain.” At slightest truthful far, the company’s prices person held astatine their pre-tariff MSRP.

As for the Symfonisk hardware, the speakers person proven to beryllium a fashionable prime arsenic location theatre surrounds for Sonos soundbars; the lamp and representation framework blend into a room’s decor much people than accepted speakers. They’re besides an affordable gateway into the larger Sonos ecosystem. Sound-wise, the bookshelf talker successful peculiar has agelong held its ain against speakers similar the Sonos One / Play:1, though it’s been eclipsed by much caller Sonos offerings similar the aforementioned Era 100 and Move 2.

Sonos remains focused connected improving its mobile bundle aft releasing an overhauled app past May that torpedoed the brand’s estimation erstwhile customers ran into galore bugs and worse strategy performance. Interim CEO Tom Conrad has said that polishing the halfway idiosyncratic acquisition remains the company’s apical priority.

Earlier this year, Sonos canceled its long-in-the-works video player, the clearest denotation yet that it’s superior astir getting backmost to basics and concentrating connected audio gear.