Gadgetory

for $100 you can get a nano leaf ivy smarter kit this is a two bulb lighting kit that comes with apple homekit compatibility so you can turn the lights on and off using an app or by asking Siri to do it now it's a very cool looking kit obviously the bulbs are the same design that nano leaf is used for awhile now that's kind of geometrics jigsaw assembly it's 3d printed with the diodes on the outside very eye-catching and cool looking but the hub that controls the system is also pretty nifty it's a dodecahedron you'll plug it into your router and I wouldn't mind having the sitting out on the shelf beside it now a hundred bucks is not inexpensive for a two bulb smart lighting kit the closest comparison is probably the philips hue non color-changing white light only starter kit that has two bulbs works with apple homekit comes with the hub same basic thing but that cost eighty it's available whether this is worth an extra twenty bucks over that I think the bulb and the hub both look a lot better and there's also a neat dimming trick you can do with these that involves manually flicking the switch a couple of times to lock in a load dimming setting that's a handy way of getting the light down low if you don't enter sewn-on you another nice thing about this kit is that it's compatible third-party bulbs that might not work as well with other systems the obvious examples are the Cree connected LED and the GE Link LED here they both are with the Nano leaf ivy bulb I've got all three pairs with that Nana leave hub if I ask Siri to turn all the lights on they all come on together can also see them in the app and dim them up and down as you need very handy now the whole gist of home kid is that any home kit compatible smart home gadgets should all work together and that's the case with this app you can open the Natalie FAP and see other home care gadgets and control them it still feels a bit limited for my taste so you can't set a timer for instance if I want the lights to turn off slowly over 45 minutes or if I want to set the lights to wake me up at 7 a.m. I can't do that in the app still I think that the Natalie smarter kit is a nice addition to the home kit lineup of products and something to keep an eye on is home kit continues to expand you