# IKEA's Badkruka speaker wants your Spotify button

> IKEA's new boxy Bluetooth speaker leans on Spotify Tap, stereo pairing and a price that undercuts the usual suspects.
- Title: IKEA's Badkruka speaker wants your Spotify button · TechRadar
- Summary: IKEA's new boxy Bluetooth speaker leans on Spotify Tap, stereo pairing and a price that undercuts the usual suspects. IKEA keeps chipping at the budget…
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- Source: TechRadar — https://techradar.com/audio/wireless-bluetooth-speakers/ikeas-latest-boxy-bluetooth-speaker-comes-with-spotify-tap-stereo-pairing-and-a-temptingly-low-price
- Published: 2026-09-11T16:15:51+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: ikea, bluetooth speakers, spotify, audio, gadgets, technology
## IKEA builds another speaker
The Badkruka is IKEA's latest Bluetooth speaker, a small boxy unit that continues the flat-pack giant's long push into home audio.
## Spotify Tap, built in
One press picks your Spotify listening back up where you left it, so you never have to unlock a phone and hunt for a playlist.
## Buy two, get stereo
Two Badkrukas can be linked as a left and right pair, turning a pocket-sized box into something closer to a proper stereo setup.
## Priced to tempt
The pitch is the price. IKEA lands well under the audio brands that made these features standard, which is the whole reason to look.
## Black or pink, that's it
Two colorways only, both leaning into IKEA's plain-object look rather than trying to pass as hi-fi gear.

> The IKEA Badkruka comes in black or pink
## Key takeaway

IKEA keeps chipping at the budget Bluetooth speaker market by shipping the features people actually use, then pricing under the brands that invented them.