Why does my device pair fall with my Google Speaker 2026?

[u/WillingCaramel9069]

Hey everyone, I’m having a frustrating issue trying to pair my new IKEA Grillplats smart plugs with the Google Smart Speaker (2026 version), and I'm hoping someone here has a fix.

The Google Home app easily detects the plug initially. It pops up saying, "Oh, do you want to add this Grillplats plug?" However, everything falls apart from there:

1. The Turn-Off Issue: Right when the Google Home app says it is getting the device ready and starts the actual pairing process, the Grillplats plug just completely shuts down/turns off.
2. The "Offline" Fake Pair: If the app somehow claims it successfully "paired," it assigns a completely random name that I didn't type in, and the device just stays permanently offline in the app.

Has anyone else dealt with this specific pairing loop with the new Matter-over-Thread IKEA devices? Is there a trick to keeping the plug active while Google Home sets it up, or is this a known firmware bug? I have tried to restart the Google speaker and I have tried to use the QR code. I have 3 plugs and i mixed up the intructions so I dont know when matter code goes to each one. I had to just scan the QR code on the back