CEDIA Expo 2026 wrapped in Denver on September 4, and the products shown there will shape luxury home technology in Miami and across South Florida for the next several years. ioty's team was on the show floor for the industry's 36th annual event, and the headline news came from the brands at the core of how we build homes: Lutron, Ketra, Coastal Source, Sonos, and Savant. Here is what actually matters, translated out of trade-show language and into what it means for your next project.
What is CEDIA Expo, and why should a homeowner care?
CEDIA Expo is the largest annual gathering of the residential technology integration industry, where manufacturers like Lutron, Ketra, and Sonos launch new products and train the dealers who install them. This year's show ran September 1 to 4, 2026 at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver and brought together more than 300 exhibiting brands for education sessions, hands-on product labs, and industry awards. For a homeowner, the show matters less as spectacle and more as substance. It is where the professionals building your lighting, shading, and audio systems get trained on the newest hardware months before it reaches a showroom floor, which is exactly why ioty sends a team every year.
What did Lutron introduce at CEDIA Expo 2026?
Lutron's biggest news was Orluna, a craft-forward intelligent lighting line the company brought to North America at the show. It adds warm-to-cool color tuning, from 1,800K to 4,000K at CRI 90-plus, across downlights, monopoint and pendant cylinders, and a dedicated path light: the DE1 and DE2 downlights, CE1 and CE2 cylinders, and the PE1 path light, all compatible with HomeWorks and RadioRA 3. Lutron also introduced Palladiom Drapery, a motorized drapery track that pairs the slender look of a traditional rod with end treatments that include a finial set with Swarovski crystals, and Ethos, its first PVC-free polyester shade fabric, offered in four opacities (5%, 3%, 1%, and blackout) across eight colors. On the control side, Sunnata dimmers and switches can now run full scene control inside HomeWorks, and new Palladiom USB-C receptacles are designed to match the Palladiom keypad line. Orluna is listed as coming soon; Palladiom Drapery and Ethos are available to order now.
What's new for outdoor and waterfront lighting?
The standout announcement for South Florida is VIA, a new intelligent outdoor lighting platform built jointly by Coastal Source and Lutron through Lutron's Native by Design program. VIA is designed to make indoor and outdoor lighting behave as one connected system rather than two separately programmed ones. It pairs Lutron's Ketra tunable indoor lighting with Coastal Source's EVO and Niche outdoor fixtures, and adds new infrastructure including 1000 Series Bollards, PowerSource power distribution, and Uni-Connect cabling to simplify installation on pool decks, docks, and waterfront properties. At the show, Lutron and Coastal Source demonstrated it with Destination Outdoors, a live sequence that shifted a home's interior from day to evening with Ketra lighting and automated shading while Coastal Source fixtures brought the landscape to life outside. That indoor-to-outdoor transition is exactly the kind of thing that defines a well-designed Miami waterfront home. VIA opened pre-orders on August 18, 2026, with shipments scheduled for early October.
Did voice and AI control get an update at CEDIA too?
Yes. Sonos unveiled Sonos 27, a new operating system built around a dual-assistant approach: an in-house voice assistant called Sonos 27voice, tuned for music and mood, plus an open framework called Sonos 27mcp that lets third-party AI services plug into Sonos directly, with OpenAI's ChatGPT as the first launch partner for controlling playback. Lutron separately announced Sonos Voice Control for compatible Lutron lights, shades, and scenes, so a single "Hey Sonos" command can move between music and lighting in supported systems. The new app navigation and Sonos 27mcp begin an early-access rollout on September 8, 2026, alongside two new Ultra-Series products: a compact Beam Ultra soundbar with true 7.1.2 Dolby Atmos across nine drivers, and Ace Ultra over-ear headphones with adaptive noise cancellation, both reaching general availability September 29, 2026.
What did Savant show for AI and backup power?
Savant used the show to preview SavantOS 12, a unified software platform launching this fall that lays the groundwork for Savant AI, a subscription-based conversational assistant that can explain what a smart home can do and then set up and run those experiences on request. For South Florida, the more immediately useful news is on the power side. Savant is expanding its home battery line with Power Storage G2, which adds a UL9540A fire rating, an outdoor-ready heated battery cabinet, and a simplified universal enclosure, along with new software that turns Savant Power Storage into a large-format, twin-inverter backup system delivering clean, pure sine-wave power. In a market that plans around hurricane season and grid outages, whole-home battery backup that integrates with the rest of the system is worth designing in from the start rather than bolting on later.
Savant also expanded its GE Proseo line with the Proseo Flex range of dimmers, switches, and keypads that set up through Savant AI.
What about home theater and projection?
On the video side, JVC showed its new 8K D-ILA flagships, the DLA-NZ900 and DLA-NZ800, both driven by BLU-Escent laser light engines and aimed squarely at dedicated screening rooms. If a media room or cinema is on your project list, the jump in native contrast and 8K resolution is meaningful. We cover the picture-quality side in more depth in our guide to watching movies in true 4K Ultra HD with HDR, and how video and audio come together across a home on our whole-home AV page.
What does this mean for a South Florida homeowner planning a project now?
If you are planning a new build, renovation, or lighting upgrade in the next year, these announcements point in a consistent direction: deeper indoor-outdoor lighting integration, richer color tuning even in outdoor fixtures, voice and AI control that spans music and lighting, and backup power that is part of the system instead of a separate box in the garage. None of it changes the fundamentals of a well-executed project: proper pre-wire, a control system sized for the home, and a dealer who was in the room when these products were introduced. Our team came home from Denver already trained on Orluna, VIA, and Sunnata's new scene capability, well ahead of when they show up in a typical proposal. Planning the infrastructure early, during pre-wire, is what makes any of it possible without opening walls back up later.
Where can you see the new products in person?
New products on a trade-show floor are one thing; standing in a room while Ketra and Coastal Source shift a space from day to night is another. As Orluna, Palladiom Drapery, and VIA become available this fall, ioty will bring the new Lutron lighting and shading into our Design District and Doral showrooms, and the new Sonos and Savant systems into Doral, so clients can see and hear them in person before specifying them for a project. Reach out or stop by to see what is coming next.
Frequently asked questions
What is CEDIA Expo?
CEDIA Expo is the residential technology integration industry's largest annual trade show, where manufacturers like Lutron, Ketra, and Sonos launch new products and train the professional dealers who install and program them. ioty, a home technology integrator based in Doral, Miami, sends a team every year to train on new products before they reach clients.
When and where was CEDIA Expo 2026?
CEDIA Expo 2026 ran September 1 to 4, 2026, at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, marking the show's 36th year and bringing together more than 300 exhibiting brands.
What is Lutron's new Orluna line?
Orluna is a craft-forward intelligent lighting line that Lutron brought to North America at CEDIA Expo 2026, with warm-to-cool tuning across downlights, monopoint and pendant cylinders, and a path light. Lutron lists the Orluna fixtures as coming soon.
What is Coastal Source and Lutron's VIA platform?
VIA is an outdoor lighting platform jointly developed by Coastal Source and Lutron that connects Lutron's Ketra indoor lighting with Coastal Source's outdoor fixtures as one system. Pre-orders opened August 18, 2026, with shipments scheduled for early October.
Does the new Sonos update affect my existing Sonos system?
Sonos 27, the company's new operating system with its dual voice-assistant framework, is a software update that begins an early-access rollout on September 8, 2026, and is expected to reach existing compatible Sonos hardware rather than requiring new equipment for the core software features.
Can a smart home include whole-home battery backup for hurricane season?
Yes. Savant's Power Storage G2, previewed at CEDIA Expo 2026, adds a UL9540A fire rating and an outdoor-ready heated cabinet, with software that provides large-format, twin-inverter backup with clean sine-wave power. For South Florida homes that plan around outages, we design battery backup to integrate with the rest of the system.
Will these new products be available at ioty's showrooms?
Yes. As they ship this fall, ioty will feature the new Lutron lighting and shading at our Design District and Doral showrooms, and the new Sonos and Savant systems at our Doral showroom, so clients can experience them firsthand.
If you are planning a project in Miami or South Florida and want these capabilities designed in from the start, ioty can help. Visit our Doral showroom or contact ioty to see the newest Lutron, Ketra, Coastal Source, Sonos, and Savant technology as it arrives this fall.