Kree'n uusi napaton älykkäiden lamppujen linja sisältää väriä muuttavan 100 watin korvaavan lampun sekä sisä- ja ulkovalonheittimet.
Kree -valaistus
Saatuaan nimen itselleen valaistuskäytävällä myymällä
edulliset LED-lamput- joilla on vuosikymmenen mittainen takuut
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Kree
Valaistus on palannut siihen uudella automatisoitavilla sipuleilla- jotka vaihtavat värejä ja muodostavat yhteyden äänen avustajiin - ei napaa tarvita. Pricing starts at $8 for a dimmable white-light smart bulb- or $10 for a dimmable bulb that can change colors. That's the lowest price I've ever seen for a name-brja color-changer- beating out
Nykyinen huippuluokan lamppu
- the $13
Philips Wiz Connected LED
.
Uusia lamppuja kutsutaan
Kree Connected Max LEDs
-- they're Kree -valaistus's first smart bulbs since Kree
myi kuluttajavalaistusosaston Ideal Industriesille vuonna 2019
- ja the first Kree-brjaed smart bulbs since the arrival of
the original Kree Connected LED
viisi vuotta sitten. Kuten that bulb- the new Max LEDs are designed to work with multiple platforms- including Alexa ja Google Assistant- ja thanks to the fact that each one uses its own built-in Wi-Fi radio- they can do so without need for any additional hub hardware.
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That's a marked improvement from the original bulbs- which required a Zigbee hub or a bridge device connected to your router in order to translate their signals into something your home network could work with.Uudet maksimilamput voivat ohittaa kaiken tämän ja lähettää signaaleja suoraan reitittimeen 2- lla.4 GHz -yhtye. The ones I tested did so just fine- making them an easy ja affordable smart lighting pick for Alexa- ja Google-powered smart homes.
8.2
Kree Connected Max LED
10 dollaria Amazonissa
Kuten
Luokan paras arvo
Hyvä kirkkaus ja upeat värit
Tukee Alexaa ja Google -avustajaa ilman tarvetta
Saatavana myös valonheittimet ja 100 W
Don't Kuten
Ei tukea Sirille tai Apple HomeKit- lle
Dedicated app controls aren't as intuitive as Lifx- Wiz or Philips Hue controls
Uusi kokoonpano
Along with white-light smart bulbs for $8 ja full-color smart bulbs for $10- Kree -valaistus's new smart lighting lineup includes color-changing indoor ja outdoor floodlights- along with an extra-bright- 100-watt replacement bulb that changes colors- too. Here's the full list- as detailed on
Amazonin aloitussivu
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Kree Connected Max LED
(dimmable white light- A19 shape- 60-watt replacement)- $8
Kree Connected Max LED
(dimmable full-color light- A19 shape- 60-watt replacement)- $10
Kree Connected Max LED
(dimmable full-color light- A21 shape- 100-watt replacement)- $13
Kree Connected Max LED
(dimmable full-color light- BR30 floodlight shape- 65-watt replacement)- $13
Kree Connected Max LED
(dimmable full-color light- PAR38 outdoor floodlight shape- 120-watt replacement)- $17
Per the specs on the box- the $10- full-color 60-watt replacement bulb puts out 800 lumens at peak brightness from a power draw of 9 watts- ja would add just over $1 to your energy bill each year with an average of 3 hours of use per day. Along with Wi-Fi- the bulbs include Bluetooth radios for easier pairing with certain platforms.
Laajentaa kuvaa
The Kree -valaistus app isn't quite as sophisticated as some- but it gets the job done.
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Sovelluksen asetukset ja ääniohjaus
To get started with Kree -valaistus's new bulbs- you'll screw them in- turn them on ja pair them with the Kree -valaistus app for
Androidi
ja
iOS
. That's a change from the original Kree smart bulbs- which didn't offer an app of their own at all.
The app isn't as sophisticated or intuitive as apps from names like Lifx ja Philips Hue that have been around for a lot longer- but connecting with the bulbs is still pretty simple -- just tap the plus icon ja follow the instructions.Lamput vaativat 2.4GHz Wi-Fi network ja won't work on the 5GHz bja- ja the app cautions that some routers that join the two bjas into a single- unified network might cause trouble during setup. I use a unified network like that- ja I had no trouble at all- but I still appreciated that the app includes troubleshooting help for several specific brjas of router.
Laajentaa kuvaa
You'll need to link your account with Amazon or Google in order to enable voice controls- but doing so is really easy.
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From there- you can enable Kree -valaistus in the Alexa ja Google Home apps if you want to start controlling the bulbs with a voice assistant. With Alexa- you'll need to enable the Kree -valaistus skill in order to let Alexa discover them -- with Google Assistant- just search for "Kree -valaistus" in the Google Home app's list of tukied brjas to link your account ja add your bulbs.
Lots of people will stop right there ja just use their voice assistant of choice to turn the lights on ja off or change their color. If that sounds like you- then you'll probably never need to think about the app again. That said- along with basic control of your bulbs- the Kree -valaistus app also offers scheduling- scenes- wake-up lighting- themed presets for holidays ja special occasions ja a "Follow the Sun" mode that'll set your bulbs to mimic the natural progression of sunlight throughout the day.
That's more than enough features for a bargain-price smart bulb- but I'd still love it if Kree -valaistus would add the ability to customize fade durations whenever you turn a bulb on or trigger a scene. A vacation mode that automatically cycles your lights on ja off to simulate occupancy when you aren't home would be another nice inclusion- too.
The other omission of note-
Apple HomeKit
tuki. The Kree Connected Max bulbs don't include it- so you wont be able to connect them with Siri or automate them alongside other HomeKit-friendly devices.
Laajentaa kuvaa
You'll get plenty of light from the 60W-replacement version of the bulb (left)- but if you need something extra-bright- the 100W-replacement version (right) costs just $3 more.
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Esitys
Minulla ei ollut mitään vaikeuksia näiden lamppujen testaamisesta viime viikkojen aikana. I was able to pair each of them with my home network on the first try- ja none of them dropped out of my control after that. Scheduled automations always ran as scheduled in the app- complete with the optional push notifications- ja controlling them via Alexa ja Google Assistant worked just as well as with every other smart bulb I've tested.
Laajentaa kuvaa
Kree -valaistus's colors aren't quite as striking as the Lifx Mini- our top color quality pick- but they're still fine overall.
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That's the truly important thing to keep in mind here -- so long as the bulbs you're using work as promised- your experience controlling your lights with Alexa or Google Assistant won't really vary much at all from brja to brja. You ask for the lights to come on- ja the lights come on. You ask for the lights to turn purple- ja the lights turn purple. Fancier lights from names like Lifx ja Philips Hue might offer advanced features like music visualization or entertainment lighting that syncs with whatever's playing on your TV- but as far as basic lighting control is concerned- give me the $10 option every day of the week.
That said- you'll definitely notice it if your lights aren't bright enough- or if the colors don't look true. Fortunately- Kree -valaistus's bulbs do a fine job putting out plenty of brightness -- especially the 100W-replacement bulb- which nets you 1-600 lumens of brightness for just $13.
I don't have access to my lighting lab these days- so I'll have to hold off on checking the lumen counts for myself (expect an update here when that changes)- but to the naked eye- I didn't see any funky-looking colors- ja I didn't see any settings that appeared too dim.
My only quibble- The white light spectrum for each bulb strongly favors the low- yellowy end of the spectrum.Sinun on valittava aina maksimaaliseen päivänvaloon- jos haluat jotain lähestyvän sinertävää valkoista. On the color side of things- that also means that the cyan setting isn't quite as icy-blue as I would like.
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Tuomio
LED light bulbs aren't luxuries anymore -- even the ones that change colors ja connect with voice assistants. Along with Kree -valaistus- new color-changing smart bulbs from
Ge
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Philips Wiz
- ja
Nanoleaf
ovat kaikki saatavana hintaan 20 dollaria tai vähemmän. Honestly- you'd be fine just getting whatever's on sale- provided it works with your platforms of choice.
Among them- the $10 Kree Connected Max LED is the cheapest- it works exactly as advertised ja you can upgrade to an extra-bright 100W-replacement version for just $3 more. It doesn't tuki Apple HomeKit- so you should look elsewhere if you want Siri in charge of your lights- but outside of that- it's easy to recommend- especially for Alexa- ja Google Assistant-powered smart homes.