You play dismantling my experience playing Elgato smart lights for money?

Smart bulbs as one of the most representative of the Internet of things, can provide fully automated lighting experience. However, similar to the price of PHILPS Hue and other products more expensive, if necessary for the entire home environment, the cost is obviously too high. In this case, some other brands of smart bulbs are also listed, such as the Elgato Avea series, the price is about $40 (about 249 yuan) /. So, how is it used? Take a look at the trial experience.

Elgato Avea new E27/E26/A19 bulb, with a 7W 430 lumens brightness, compared to PHILPS Hue's lumen is a little darker, but still can illuminate the whole room 600. Currently, they only support iOS devices, the need to use iOS 7.1 and above devices, download applications can be used.

Through the application of iPhone and Elgato Avea, we will establish a connection at the same time, lighting, brightness and color (7 preset), timing startup or shutdown functions such as regulation, interestingly it also supports the function of simulating the real scene, such as Aurora, flame and so on, for the price of the smart bulb, can be said to be a rather high-end premium function.

However, the biggest drawback is that Elgato Avea scalability is limited and does not support the SmartThings, IFTTT and other mainstream smart Home Furnishing standard, but is compatible with Apple's HomeKit platform may be in the days after the. In addition, if your family's living area is very large (such as villas, etc.), Bluetooth connection may not be more extensive than WIFI.

Elgato said that the future of its smart bulb products will also support the Android system, but there is no specific plan. Generally speaking, the price of Elgato Avea cheaper than some of the PHILPS Hue, if you want to the entire home environment lighting are intelligent, then save the cost will be more objective. But obviously, the lack of automation platform compatibility is its biggest weakness, if the platform has not improved, is not a good choice.

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