So-called smart home systems and smart home devices are increasingly becoming part of everyday life. These include the so-called smart light bulbs, which are among the most popular smart product families.
Xiaomi has been paying huge attention to this area for years category, the company quickly recognised that smart home solutions are the future. The company's official Hungarian offering includes a number of such devices. In this article, we'll take a look at what makes a light bulb smart, and what benefits such a device offers.
Clever?
Like any smart home solution, a light bulb becomes smart by supporting a variety of wireless technologies to connect to other devices. This allows it to be controlled remotely from a mobile phone or computer using a dedicated app.
It can also be integrated into a larger system, linked into automated processes and interact with other elements of the ecosystem. Let's look at these in a little more detail!
Governance
In Xiaomi's case, the way it works is that once the light bulb is connected to the local network, the Mi Home, the company's proprietary app, recognises the product and then allows you to change various settings in software. That is, it can be changed via the phone, for example, and if the device allows it, such as the Mi Smart LED Bulb Essential, you can even change the colour or colour temperature.
So you can even ask him to change the tones one after the other, which can really liven up a party.
Remote control
The best thing is that you can do it remotely, and even turn off the light bulb from your workplace. This also means, of course, that you can check the current status of your device through the app.
Automated processes
Xiaomi smart bulbs can be integrated into various automated processes. So you can tell them to automatically turn down their brightness to minimum after 10pm, switch to a warm tone and switch off at midnight. Perhaps even better, it can work with other machines and change its operation depending on what happens to them.
So if, for example, you can set the smart light bulb to turn on automatically when the motion sensor is triggered. Or if the sensor detects that there is not enough light, the smart bulb should turn on by itself, but if it is bright outside, it should turn off by itself.
Lifespan
It's fair to ask whether such extra features are not at the expense of durability. Well, Xiaomi products certainly don't have to worry about that. The aforementioned Mi Smart LED Bulb Essential has a lifespan of 25,000 hours, which means a lifespan of 20-23 years of operation with average use.
Price
Smart light bulbs are absolutely in the affordable category, as the prices are a few thousand forints range. So practically anyone can afford them.
