A teaser video reveals the launch window for the upcoming speaker collaboration between furniture maker Ikea and wireless audio specialist Sonos-- the SYMFONISK speaker line is set for an August 2019 release.
Announces way back in December 2017, the SYMFONISK range promises to integrate with both Sonos wireless speakers and Ikea Home Smart devices, such as the Trådfri range of lights, dimmers and switchers. The two companies further detailed the collaboration on June 2018, with the presentation of a prototype unit complete with brackets for mounting beneath an Ikea cabinet or use as a shelf.
“You need to take up space to make sound,” Sonos product manager Sara Morris says in the video. “And it’s only by working with Ikea, we can tuck that sound into the furniture in hidden ways, that we could really stop people thinking about the speaker, and start thinking about the sound.”
Sonos is not the only audio company working with Ikea-- the Swedish company is also collaborating with Sonance to create outdoor, ceiling and in-wall architectural speakers compatible with the Sonos Amp.