Gadgetory

at $80 the Wemo dimmer is basically a fancier version of we Moe's original Wi-Fi light switch that adds in a couple of new tricks namely the ability to dial the light up and down as you see fit the switch itself uses a capacitive touch dimmer complete with indicator lights that show you the dimming level as you use it if you power the switch off they'll keep shining to show you what level the light will return to when you turn it on again there's also a multicolor light at the bottom that shines in the light changes the different colors tell you what's causing the light to change of course there are a lot of other ways to control this switch starting with the Wemo app itself along with toggling the light on and off or dimming it up and down right from your phone you can schedule automated lighting changes a light coming on at sunset for instance you can also set a custom action that will trigger whenever you long press on the dimmer for more than two seconds so in this case when I long press on the dimmer it'll turn on this lamp that's plugged into a Wemo mini smart switch other features in the app include the ability to set a quick timer that will gradually fade the lights out a nighttime mode that will limit the maximum brightness during evening hours so you don't get blinded during a midnight run to the bathroom and in a way mode that'll cycle your lights on and off to make it look like your home when you're actually not the dimmer works with a ton of third-party smart home products and services too you can sync it up with the Nest Learning Thermostat you can automate it on if and you can also dim it up and down using voice commands with Amazon's Alexa or the Google assistants soon you'll be able to control using Siri as well though you'll need to add the apple homekit compatible Wemo bridge and it arrives later this year still it's not perfect the biggest mess like the original Wemo light switch the Wemo dimmer won't work in three-way switch setups where you have multiple switches wired to the same light competitors like Lutron GE and i devices all offer smart switch solutions for 3-way setups but Belkin doesn't but still an $80 smart dimmer that works with just about everything and doesn't need a special hub is a pretty solid pitch it isn't perfect but the Wemo dimmer gets most of the little things right it's worth checking out