Over the past few years a swath of self-styled ‘smart lights’ have pushed into the market. The likes of Philips Hue and Kickstarter fueled LIFX. Aka connected lightbulbs that can be controlled via an ...

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Using voice commands via the Amazon Echo's Alexa voice assistant or your smartphone to turn on your Philips smart light bulbs is convenient, but even better is just walking into a room and ta-daa!

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Neil Joseph was sitting at his desk in the Tesla Motors's Silicon Valley office a little over a year ago, when something started to bother him. The wide-open office was flooded with sunlight, yet the ...

Sengled, the smart lighting company that’s hedged its protocol bets by making Zigbee, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth smart bulbs, has announced a slew of new products at CES 2022. The most intriguing is the ...

You can control your connected lighting by app, from your smartwatch, by voice, and even by a good old-fashioned button, but Philips' latest addition to Hue only cares when you're around. The Hue ...

PureEdge’s color light bulb supports the WiZ smart home standard and features a bevy of extras, but it’s triple the price of nearly identical bulbs from competitors. PureEdge makes a variety of ...

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Ikea just announced a set of smart home sensors: a door and window sensor named Parasoll, a motion sensor called Vallhorn, and a water leakage sensor called Badring. These are set to be globally ...