Tag: Lighting
Bluetooth Takes Next Big Step in Becoming a Home-Automation ‘Standard’
Bluetooth Mesh vies to become next big home-automation standard with new Smart Home SIG and application-layer development, backed by Xiaomi, Alibaba and 60 other IoT companies.
Why Ring Acquired Mr. Beams: New Ring Smart Lighting System at CES 2019
Ring Smart Lighting system launches at CES 2019 one year after the acquisition of Mr. Beams, maker of quasi-connected outdoor lighting products that Ring is IoT-enabling. Why the proprietary RF and bridge?
Dumb Old Low-Voltage Landscape Lights? New Ring Transformer Makes Them Smart
Launched at CES 2019, Ring’s new low-voltage transformer adds IoT to old landscape lighting for control via home-automation app.
CES 2019: Wi-Fi Looked Like a Home-Automation ‘Standard’
Even the most faithful Z-Wave, ZigBee and BLE adopters went W-Fi with new home-automation devices at CES 2019. Adios IoT hubs?