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A few, like the Lifx and Lifx White 800 LEDs, use built-in Wi-Fi radios or perhaps Bluetooth - this lets them communicate directly with your phone or tablet, eliminating the need for a hub or control device. Our first connected lighting option is to go right for the bulbs themselves and swap them out with smart versions that have wireless communication capabilities packed inside.
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The $40 Lifx White 800 LED - just screw it in, download the app, and start automating. To that end, let's take a look at our smart lighting options, and sort out the pros and cons of each. For better or worse, we'll document the whole process, and hopefully help you with your own smart home upgrades and buying decisions along the way. It's a real-world setting where we can dive into these sorts of challenges in the same way you would if you were getting started with smart home tech. The bad news is that those options mean we have a lot to sort out in order to figure out what the best plan of attack is.īut that's sort of the whole point of the CNET Smart Home. The good news is that we have plenty of options at this point, from color-changing Philips Hue LED bulbs to automated switches and sockets from names like Lutron and Insteon. It's a 5,800-square-foot home with a huge variety of lighting fixtures and switches, and putting together a connected lighting system that'll service everything in the best and smartest way possible is a pretty daunting task. That's the challenge we're facing right now with the CNET Smart Home, the living lab where we'll be testing, exploring and building the connected home of the future. But what if you're looking to automate a whole home's worth of lights? Automating a single lamp isn't too tricky - just swap the bulb out for a smart light with built-in Wi-Fi like the Lifx White 800, or plug your lamp into a smart plug like the Belkin WeMo Switch. Note: If internet fails, Schedule, Away and Timer mode will continue to run as programmed.Smart home lighting has plenty of appeal, from the convenience of lights that come on automatically when you arrive home after work, to the security of lights that cycle on and off to simulate occupancy while you're away on vacation. As the following example shown, we set a timer to automatically turn off the smart device after 30 minutes. Set a countdown timer, toggle on or off the smart device then tap START. Lanuch the Tapo app, go to the Home page, tap the device to enter its device status page, then tap the icon to set a countdown timer.Ģ. Here we take Tapo smart plug as an example.ġ. You can stop the away mode anytime.įollow the instructions below to set a countdown timer to automatically turn the smart device on or off after a certain amount of time. Select the start time and end time then tap START, and this smart device will be randomly turned on and off. Lanuch the Tapo app, go to the Home page, tap the device to enter its device status page, then tap the icon to set up Away mode.Ģ. Here we take Tapo smart plug as an example.įollow the instructions below to set a period of time during which the smart device will be randomly turned on and off. : Schedule is paused.įollow the instructions below to set schedules when to automatically turn on and off your smart device at sunrise/sunset or a custom time. Lanuch the Tapo app, go to the Home page, tap the device to enter its device status page, then tap the icon to create a schedule.Ģ. Tap + to add schedules and you can also pause the schedule manually anytime. Timer: Set a countdown timer to automatically turn the smart device on or off after a certain amount of time.įollow the instructions below to set schedules when to automatically turn on and off your smart device. Away Mode: Set a period of time during which the smart device will be randomly turned on and off to make it look like you’re home. Schedule: Use schedules to set your smart device to automatically turn on and off.
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After successfully adding your Tapo smart device to your home network, you can make full use of the smart device to make your home smart.
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