Smart lights and other products to give this Christmas

¿Te estás perdiendo nuestras recomendaciones para esta Navidad? Lo dudo, porque estamos elaborando algunas de las guías más interesantes acerca de los productos que hemos ido analizando en Actualidad Gadget y que son los que mejores características nos han ofrecido y por tanto, te recomendamos. Te recomendamos que te pases primero por nuestro headphone compilation and also for our compilation of smart speakers, and now We continue with the home automation, connected home and smart lighting products that we liked the most during this year 2019 so that you always get the Christmas gifts right, don't miss it.

Philips Hue lighting products

We have had many of these products in our home, Philips Hue is one of the most popular ranges of smart lighting products that we will find on the market. They are highly compatible with the vast majority of configurations and especially compatible with both Amazon Alexa and Google Home and Apple HomeKit. Their products are generally the easiest to connect, and also now the vast majority are compatible with Bluetooth, which makes us ignore their "connection bridge", although it will be necessary to make the most of its functions.

I definitely recommend that you first go through the purchase of the usual Philips Hue "Starter Kit" with which we will already have the connection bridge. Another detail is that with this bridge we can control the lights and switches even without having WiFi. Be that as it may, if we take advantage of good offers, the ideal is to first get a "Starter Kit", that is, one that includes both the bridge and some lights, so we can begin to familiarize ourselves with the system. Personally, I have been using all Philips Hue lighting in my house for a year and it is the one that has offered me the best result.

Lifx LED strips and panels

lifx is one of the brands that offers the highest quality and compatibility with various systems such as Amazon Alexa, Apple HomeKit and Google Home, And it is that although we find many products that offer a very high relation between quality and price, we are trying precisely that they are compatible with the main connected home systems, so that you do not have any type of limitation, since they are to be given away, we must expand the range as much as possible. Be that as it may lifx It has a conglomerate of products that do not require any type of connection bridge and that makes them very interesting, from light bulbs to LED strips passing through panels.

In our case we recommend Lifx Beam panels and their LED strips, since their setup is extremely fast and they offer powerful and quality lighting. In addition, it has an added value such as its own application that allows us to even generate environments with interactive colors that change, they are extremely interesting. Honestly, the Lifx Beam, despite being a bit expensive, offer an incredible result and versatility that will be quite fun, especially in the rooms of the youngest, you can see it in our analysis.

KADRILJ smart blinds and curtains from IKEA

Ikea has been integrating with various connected home firms for a long time, it could not be for less if we consider that it is one of the most important sellers of furniture and home products in the world. Very recently the KADRILJ product range arrived in Spain and as it could not be otherwise, we analyzed it for you, IKEA's smart blind works perfectly with Google Home right now, but it has promised to update to integrate with Amazon Alexa and Apple HomeKit in the future as well, and we trust it.

This blind is minimalist, of medium quality and quite easy to install. It also has a remote control that will allow us to make it work regardless of whether it is linked to a connected home system or not. Of course, it should be noted that we are going to need a bridge from the IKEA TRADFRI range so that it can work at 100% of its capacities, and this can be an impediment, although it is also a good excuse to start in this world, which we warn is quite addictive and you will end up succumbing sooner or later.

SYMFONISK speakers by IKEA

Other product from IKEA and that we are going to include in this guide are its speakers, it is true that they are not the most "intelligent" of those that we find in the market, in fact we have left them out of our smart speaker guide, but the ease that we have to connect them, the fact that they are a collaboration with Sonos so the audio is fantastic and above all the possibility of getting them at any center IKEA. Among its characteristics we must highlight above all that they have Spotify Connect and AirPlay 2 and up to a dozen streaming music providers like Apple Music and Amazon Music.

We have tested both and we have on the one hand the lamp, which unfortunately does not allow us to manage its light, and on the other the speaker which is the simplest and most efficient. It already depends on the needs of each user and what they prefer in each condition. I personally recommend them if you are furnishing your IKEA home because they fit perfectly with your furniture.

Amazon Echo Show 5, with screen and cheap

We have one of the most versatile products Also on the market in its sector, we have a five-inch screen and a speaker on the back that could become a good alternative when managing all our smart products at home thanks to the compatibility with Alexa.

It is also one of the products that has generated the most expectation for the majority of users and that we have analyzed, so we leave you our video at the top so that you can have your own conclusions about it and decide whether or not it is really worth buying a product with these characteristics or giving it away this Christmas.


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