The key to smart home technology success is simplicity: Plug in the connected gadget, enter Wi-Fi credentials, open an app and you’re done. Cree Inc.’s Connected LED 60W bulb certainly has the potential to be that simple. Unfortunately, it lacks built in Wi-Fi and, as a result has, to rely on a Z-Wave-based Wink Hub (it also supports ZigBee hubs). This presents a hurdle that, while surmountable, might defeat the less determined among us.
To be clear, I set out to review the new Cree Connected LED 60 watt (equivalent, it actually eats just 11.5 watts) bulb, not Wink, but since you can’t use one without the other, what follows is also a reckoning for a smart hub. Read more...
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