Wyze
Wyze announced on Tuesday the long-awaited color of the Wyze bulb, a welcome counterpart to $ 8 Wyze lamp. Despite adding color-changing features, the new LED costs almost the same as the white light Wyze lamp. Bulb Color Wyze is available for pre-order now in a pack of four for $ 35 (after the pre-order period, it increases to $ 40). The individual lamps are not yet on sale, but the price reaches $ 8.75 each when ordering and $ 10 each after.
The Seattle-based startup is known for offering affordable household products, ranging from security cameras for thermostats and more. Last year, Wyze was especially busy, adding Wyze Cam v3, the Wyze Cam Outdoor, a Wyze Thermostat, a Wyze Video Doorbell, Wyze noise-canceling headphones, the Wyze Vacuum robot, the Wyze Sprinkler Controller it is a Wyze home monitoring service.
But Wyze has taken a while to launch additional lighting products. This is especially true considering the success of the Wyze lamp, which won the CNET Editors’ Choice award for its strong performance, excellent value and optional voice control with Alexa and Google Assistant speakers and smart monitors.
Wyze Bulb Color has the same Alexa and Google Assistant features, Wi-Fi connectivity, dimmability and white light color temperature settings as Wyze Bulb. But this product has a maximum output of 1,100 lumens compared to the 800 lumens of the Wyze Bulb. That’s roughly the difference between a 75W and 60W incandescent bulb in terms of brightness.
Among the most affordable smart color-changing lamps Available now, Cree maximum 60W replacement LED connected is our current favorite. Like Wyze Bulb Color, Cree’s LED works over Wi-Fi or Bluetooth, so there is no hub. But at 800 lumens and $ 10 per lamp, the Cree lamp is a little more expensive, and at least as far as Wyze’s specifications say, it doesn’t look as bright. We will have to test Wyze’s new color change lamp for ourselves to see how it performs in relation to the competition in practice.
Wyze Bulb Color works in the Wyze app, which has a simple interface, easy programming (although I want them to introduce a sunrise / sunset feature) and optional integration with other Wyze products.
The pre-order period for Wyze Bulb Color ends on March 9th. Thereafter, four packages will continue to cost Wyze’s Cam Plus subscribers $ 35, but will jump to $ 40 if you are not a subscriber. Since Cam Plus is an optional subscription service for Wyze security camera customers, it is strange that the LED price is linked to Cam Plus. Regardless, the $ 5 increase will bring the normal retail price in line with Cree Connected’s $ 10 per lamp.
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