Samsung Smart Bulb

[Automate]

Right after LG announces their Smart Bulb http://cocoontech.com/forums/topic/26332-lgs-smart-bulb-with-wifi-and-bluetooth/
Samsung announces their Bluetooth / Zigbee version http://www.engadget.com/2014/03/27/samsungs-first-smart-bulb-is-bluetooth-only-and-lasts-10-years/
 

Though it got beat to the punch by arch-competitor LG, Samsung has just released its debut smart LED bulb, literally called the "Smart Bulb." It looks nothing like the multi-tiered model we saw at the FCC, but retains the Bluetooth-only spec -- unlike the WiFi-based Philips Hue and LG's WiFi/Bluetooth Smart Lamp. That'll give you direct control of up to 64 bulbs via a smartphone app, similar to how theLumen bulb works. However, you'll need a ZigBee Bluetooth hub for home automation, and there's no word yet if that'll be included. The bulb will dim down to ten percent power with a color range between warm and cool white, meaning the disco-like tricks of the Philips and Lumen models are out. There's no word yet on the price, but Samsung said the Smart Bulb would last a prodigious 15,000 hours or around 10 years under normal usage. Given that, if it's in the same $32 range as LG's bulb, we think we can swing it.

 

 

[az1324]

Also a new Philips HUE white only bulb.  We need a smart bulb list like the ipad wall mount list.

 

[ano]

Yeah, and its about as "smart" as my can opener. You instruct it to go "on" and it goes on. You instruct it to go "off" it goes off. Wow, that must take massive computing power. Although smarter that Justin Bieber or Lindsay Lohan, I'd probably agree.

 

[gatchel]

Does that mean all of the other bulbs are dumb? And hey...by the way...my can opener is pretty awesome, It can even open beer bottles.
 
 
But seriously. I'm surprised to see them using zigbee. Isn't Z-wave more common in a residential environment.

 

[ano]

But seriously. I'm surprised to see them using zigbee. Isn't Z-wave more common in a residential environment.

Zigbee chips are far cheaper than Z-Wave, and Z-Wave chips are only available from two manufacturers, which charge a premium. There ia no advantage to Z-Wave for this application. ZigBee is a more logical choice.

 

[gatchel]

Zigbee chips are far cheaper than Z-Wave, and Z-Wave chips are only available from two manufacturers, which charge a premium. There ia no advantage to Z-Wave for this application. ZigBee is a more logical choice.

 
Got it. I was just going by what I see in the big stores, mostly Z-wave so far.