Sonos and Ikea team up to make smart speakers that hide away in your home

Sonos and Ikea have teamed up to create speakers they claim takes the best of both companies. The new Symfonisk range puts Sonos smart speakers into Ikea furnishings, allowing them to be placed around the home in ways that allow them to disappear. They arrive in August and are cheaper than the companies other new speakers, despite including most of the same technologies. The new table lamp combines light and sound and costs €179, and the bookshelf speaker – which can be tucked away or on display,set on a bracket to allow it to work as a shelf or hooked onto a kitchen rail – costs €99.95 We'll tell you what's true. You can form your own view.