LIFX smart LED bulb adds another member to smart home appliances

When Nest, a smart home device manufacturer acquired by Google, and HomeKit, a smart home platform launched by Apple, a smart home appliance application war has quietly begun, both sides are actively seeking smart home appliance developers to join their own camp. Google and Nest recently launched the WorksWithNest program, providing software development kits (SDK)To jointly create intelligent household devices. Nest's partners are quite influential, except for Mercedes-Benz (Mercedes-Benz)Whirlpool (Whirpool)In addition to the factory, it is the recent acquisition of Sequoia (SequoiaCapital) LIFX, a US $12 million financing intelligent LED bulb start-up company, has a topic. LIFX intelligent LED bulb PhotoCredit: LIFXLabs LIFX intelligent LED bulb combines Nest's safety protection and automatic constant temperature application to add comfort and safety to home life. For example, if NestProtect detects smoke or excessive carbon monoxide, the LIFX smart LED bulb will flash red light warning; When the owner is traveling or on a business trip, the LIFX bulb will light up from time to time, instead of switching at a fixed time every day, so as to pretend that there are people in the house. In addition, the characteristics of LIFX intelligent LED bulbs are often compared with Philips's Hue networked intelligent LED bulbs. LIFX, like Hue, uses smartphones to download applications, which can control light bulb switches, brightness, color and situation conversion through wireless networks. The difference is that Hue needs to install a ZigBee bridge to connect to the home router, so that the device and the bulb are transmitted through the mesh network; LIFX is directly through Wi- Fi, you can use the smart phone remote control. Hue networking intelligent LED bulb headquarter LIFX intelligent LED bulb headquarter, according to CNET anatomy LIFX and Hue two intelligent LED bulbs, it can be clearly seen that Hue uses two blue, four red and five lime green LED; The number of LEDs used by LIFX is three times that of Hue, but its power and light efficiency are better. Both must be equipped with radiators to increase the weight of the bulb, so LIFX weighs 288g and the diameter of the bulb is 6. 5 cm, high 13. The 5cm size is slightly larger and is not suitable for small lamps. LIFX marks have a service life of up to 40 thousand hours, lighting output capacity of 1, 017lm, and Hue's service life of 1. 50 thousand hours seems slightly better than 600lm of lighting output. However, if the LIFX17W bulb and the Hue9W bulb are actually compared, the luminous efficiency of the two is almost the same, both are about 60lm per watt, and LIFX is slightly better. However, this is because it is a mixed color LED, that is, using different colors of LED to mix the color of the light, the light quality is good, however, the overall efficiency is not higher than that of the mainstream white LED bulbs and yellow LED bulbs in the general market. Therefore, this value is not satisfactory, but for main lighting, with the intelligent networking function to control, is already a good option. The industry is generally optimistic about the future smart LED bulb market, and the number of manufacturers investing in development is also increasing. The operation of intelligent LED bulbs is simple and convenient, and the price is closer to the people than other intelligent household appliances. The consumer acceptance is also higher than that of ordinary higher-priced intelligent household appliances, which can be regarded as an entry-level product of intelligent household appliances, future development is quite promising. Driven by Nest and Apple HomeKit, I believe more manufacturers will join the battlefield in the future to provide various solutions and platforms to expand the market visibility of this industry.