The multinational corporation giant GE has a big name. Even if you do n’t know this big company, no one does not know its founder Edison.
As a company with a wide business scope and many fields of involvement, GE has not fallen behind in the field of smart homes.
In 2013, GE began the exploration of smart furniture, earlier than most smart home companies on the market today. It was just that the sensors, temperature regulators and other smart home products they made were received by users many vomits , and GE was obvious after that More cautious, the steps are not big, and the new products that have been pushed have begun to focus on the lighting field. In the kitchen, living room, and bedroom, we provide users with more intelligent lights that can control color temperature, brightness, scene, and temperature. Color-changing light bulbs and motion sensor light switches have become their main products.
GE’s recently launched new products are also part of this lighting system .
The biggest feature of the new smart switches and dimmers is that they do not require a neutral line to complete the connection. From the samples they showed at CES in 2020, the new product is also very compatible with older homes without neutral wires. In other words, if the user lives in an old-fashioned house, then these new products can also be perfectly compatible without having to change houses.
GeneralElectrical lighting estimates that up to 40% of homes in the United States fall into this category.
After connecting the new smart switch, you can complete remote scheduling through GE’s application. You can control the lighting changes and control the switch by yourself. At the same time, Alexa and Google Assistant previously supported by GE are still online. Does not require you to install extra hub hardware , You can experience the joy of controlling the lights with sound in the unit corridor when you were a kid.
Apple’s HomeKit platform and C by GE smart bulbs can still be used with it, but the light switch control of its product line is still not supported. A GE spokesman said: “We will continue to work more closely with Apple.”
The new dimmer has two configurations, one can control the color and brightness of the bulb, and the other can only adjust the brightness. The new dimmer has a battery life of two years, with magnetic back plate , after use, you can fix it on the metal base or table leg of the table lamp, saving space and more convenient Found.
In addition to the two new products, the most important thing is that GE has opened the C by GE application to third-party smart home manufacturers. In the future, other smart home products may also be managed and controlled by this app. Although this is a bright future where we can’t see hope for the time being, we still need to wait for the further maturity of the smart home ecology.
GE Speaker Indicating , in this project, they will put privacy and security issues first.
This project is still in its infancy, but we are already looking for partners. The products they produce can provide better comfort and safety … We hope to share more with the outside world in the first quarter of this year. Partner-related details.