Smart products seemed like a product that would come in a sci-fi based future. However thanks to brands such as Ledvance we are able to provide easy setup smart lighting and accessories to residential properties in 2021. We are seeing a huge increase in the number of customers wanting to integrate smart home functions in their residential home. This is where we come in, as specialist lighting professionals as well as designers, we can help make sure you get the right product and brand. So in this post, we are going to explore all the possibilities from the LEDvance range and what technology from Ledvance you should choose when considering upgrading your home to smart.
Let's kick things off with a brief background about Ledvance as a brand. Originally OSRAM supplying all types of lighting since 1919 most recently creating a branch off-brand called Ledvance in 2016 creating high quality LED lighting. With an incredible history of reliability and innovative lighting inventions, we already know this is a brand we can trust for all homes.
In the past few years, Ledvance has launched a huge range of Smart+ lamps that come in a wide variety of shapes, smart luminaires and products for indoor and outdoor use or plugs for integrating conventional light sources. All of the products available for residential and garden areas can be controlled by voice command or via the smartphone app allowing a suitable solution for a wide range of requirements. The Ledvance range is easily the most diverse and has a combination of the highest quality mixed with innovation, reliability, user-friendliness and most importantly all their range is easy to install.
Not only are they great value for money compared to its rival brands such as Philips Hue, but it also contains all of the same technology and even greater guarantee. But remember folks when looking for lighting cheap is not always the best, so we must warn you that looking at cheap smart products from China or unknown brands, these will have limited technology. no updates, no guarantee and be made of cheap parts which may cause long term harm to your light fittings. So stick to the long-standing reliable brands such as Ledvance, Osram, Crompton, Calex and Philips.
Let's take a look into why the Ledvance technology is great.
Firstly Voice control via Alexa, Siri or Google Assistant
You can easily and conveniently control Ledvance SMART+ by voice using all smart devices, Google Assistant, Amazon Echo or Apple Siri. This not only keeps your hands free but also has a touch of magic
Ledvance has 3 compatible options on how to connect your devices.
Ledvance ZigBee smart lighting can be integrated into existing or preferred independent, compatible smart home systems, allowing control via an app or smart speakers such as Amazon Echo or Google Nest. The compatible gateways include Philips Hue Bridge, Deutsche Telekom QIVICON, Schwaiger Gateway, Samsung SmartThings or SMART HOME by hornbach. No external gateway is necessary if the device is controlled via Alexa with Amazon Echo Plus, Echo Show (2nd generation) or Echo Studio since these devices have already integrated a ZigBee gateway.
Thanks to the latest ZigBee 3.0 technology a high-security standard is guaranteed and allows control on the go. In addition, the Ledvance smart range enables the easy creation of different light scenarios – dimmed, from warm to cool white and multicolour for choosing from 16 million colours. Complex functions such as wake-up light or home presence simulation complement the reliable, smart lighting solutions with ZigBee technology.
The Ledvance Bluetooth range of products can be set up easily in less than one minute and no gateway is required. It allows lighting products to be controlled by all smart home systems either via the LEDVANCE SMART+ app for Android and iOS, the Apple Home app or voice control via smart speakers such as Apple HomePod or Amazon Echo. The Bluetooth products from LEDVANCE can also be integrated into a Bluetooth mesh network. Users of the LEDVANCE SMART+ app thus benefit from the new Bluetooth 5 standard. For example, if there are several LEDVANCE Bluetooth mesh devices, users can extend the control range of the smartphone to control the lights in another room, on the next floor or even in the garden – without getting up from the couch.
The Ledvance Wifi range. The big advantage of WiFi products over previous smart systems is that you no longer need an additional gateway to integrate your light sources similar to bluetooth technology. You can just use your own router which is installed anyway.
The Ledvance smart wifi range is by far their most diverse with a huge range of products to choose from. Ledvance WiFi products in combination with the LEDVANCE SMART+ WiFi app is the perfect solution for anyone who wants to use the fascinating possibilities of smart lighting very simply and intuitively.
The LEDVANCE SMART+ WiFi products can also be controlled via compatible speakers such as Google Nest and Amazon Alexa.
Overall our favourite system goes to the Bluetooth range, with the fastest setup technology available to you as soon as you take the product out of the box, it has the benefit of no dropout when the Wifi may be down, and it does not need any additional gateways like the Zigbee range does. Bluetooth technology also allows you to create a bigger range for your products i.e a longer row of lights down your garden without any drop out due to the Bluetooth mesh network.
So what is available to you?
A selection of smart lamps, LED Strip lighting, accessories, smart plug and other amazing smart products can be found via our website. www.theledspecialist.co.uk.