Smart Lighting

Welcome to the Smart Lights collection at Box. Smart Lights are one of the best ways to impress guests and add convenience to your home. Philips Hue are the most popular Smart Lights manufacturer. Philips Hue make colour changing light bulbs, smart lamp, smart bulbs and wireless light bulbs. The Philips hue lights are controlled via the Philips hue app or voice controlled with a smart speaker. Smart bulbs are one of the easier ways to start a smart home journey due to their ease of use. Smart strip lights and panels are also available from other manufacturers such as Nanoleaf and TP-Link. Buy a smart LED bulb from Box today!

Smart Lights Explained

Smart lights are probably the smart home product people most want to show off to guests. Making the lights flash different colours and come on at scheduled times really impress people. The way the smart lights work is by connecting to your wireless router, usually via a hub. You can then control the smart lights through the manufactures App, usually on your phone or tablet. You can then log in to the App and turn your lights on from anywhere in the world (provided you are connected to the internet). You can add more bulbs to get a full smart lighting setup.

Smart Lights Uses

The uses and versatility of smart lights give users tons of customization possibilities. Here are some of best ways to utilize smart lights, as recommended by Box:

When travelling

One of the issue when travelling is leaving your home unoccupied for long periods of time. By utilizing smart lights, you can schedule lights to come on and turn off at certain times. This can give you the appearance of being in and deter potential criminals.

Scenario lights

You can combine your smart lights with other smart home products in interesting and amazing ways. For example, you could create a scene for your smart lights to dim when you want to watch a movie. Scenes are created through the App by saying what you would like your lights to do.

Colour changing

One of the best ways to wow guests is by changing the colours of the bulbs. Create pre-generated schedule where the lights simultaneously change colour to give it a great effect or ask guests what colour they want to see!

Lighting pathways

We have all had scenarios in a dark hallway or room where the light is minimal. You can use the smart strip lights to lay down a pathway of light to guide you along. You can activate these lights manually or schedule them to come on at certain times.

Key Terms Explained

Dimmable

Smart lights that are dimmable allow the light to have different colour shades to give the effect of dimming.

Fitting

Fitting refers to the connection that plugs into the socket. Typical sizes are B22, E14 & GU10. You can also get standalone fitting which doesn’t plug into a socket and freestands.

Scheduling

Using your smart lights to schedule when they turn on. For example, you could schedule the porch light to turn on when sunsets and turn off when sun rises.

Multi-coloured bulb

A bulb which can change into millions of different colours by using the app

Works with

Works with is the term used to describe when a smart light works with a voice assistant speaker such as Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant or Apple HomeKit. The voice assistants can be used to control lights by saying phrases such as ‘Alexa, turn on the living room lights’ ‘Hey Google, turn on the bedroom lights’ or ‘Siri, turn on my porch light’.

IFTTT

IFTTT (if this then that) is a software application that allows you to combine smart home items. For example, you could use IFTTT to say ‘when my smart alarm is triggered, turn all my hall lights red. IFTTT follows the formula of ‘if this happens, then do this’.