Christmas is fast approaching. So, it’s time to start decorating your living space to better reflect the warm atmosphere of the New Year’s Eve celebrations. Fun and easy to install, connected decorative accessories allow you to configure smart solutions to enhance your home in this special period of magic and illuminations.
Whether it is to control the lighting of colored garlands and surprise your guests or to illuminate your tree from a smartphone, there are many applications. Enough to give free rein to your imagination and make your home shine with a thousand lights.
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Connected Tree Twinkly Light Tree
Whoever says Christmas necessarily says Christmas tree. And the latter can also be a connected object. In any case, this is the proposal formulated by the Twinkly brand with the Light Tree. Three meters high, usable indoors and outdoors and with a palette of 16 million colours, this smart object offers the possibility of creating impressive light animations thanks to its 450 LEDs that can be controlled via a dedicated app, available at smartphones, but also using Google Assistant and Amazon-Alexa. The projected light is bright and the colors intense. In addition, this tree, which can be connected via Bluetooth and wirelessis capable of synchronizing its light effects with music thanks to the Twinkly Music Dongle.
The Twinkly Light Tree is available on Amazon.
Philips Hue Festavia Garland
Designed to decorate Christmas trees or any other place in the house, this connected garland, 20 meters long and made up of 250 small LEDs, offers a personalized lighting experience. Thus, it is possible to control the light intensity of the mini-LEDs, change their colors or schedule their activation remotely through the Hue application (available on iOS and Android). By responding to your voice, Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant can take care of lighting it for you.
This product also allows you to create colorful animations with brilliant effects. Also, like all Hue products, Festavia’s garlands are compatible with other Philips Hue lamps and lighting can be synced to music, using Spotify or Samsung SmartThings. Results: The lupiottes start blinking and change color depending on the playlist.
Konyks Priska Duo Easy smart plug
If you still have to plug in your old light fixtures and want to be in control of your lighting, you can also plug them into a smart plug. The advantage is being able to program the time slot of the lighting through the application. In its catalogue, the Konyks brand offers this double plug called Priska Duo Easy. It allows you to connect and manage two devices independently, with different schedules possible.
It connects via Bluetooth and Wi-Fi to a smartphone or tablet to provide a way to manage it even in the event of an internet outage. Voice control via Alexa, Google Home or Siri Shortcuts is possible. The advantages of Priska Duo Easy: extremely simple setup in a few seconds and integrated power consumption monitoring to know if your device is consuming energy to save money at the right time.
Philips Hue LightStrip LED Strip
The ideal product to put your living room in the colors of Christmas. This LED strip, which can be connected via Wi-Fi and ZigBee, stands out for its flexibility: two meters long, it can be extended up to 10 meters thanks to the addition of extensions that are sold separately, and can also be shortened. cutting it with scissors where indicated. With its palette of 16 million colors and the possibility of playing with different white temperatures, the possibilities offered by this LED strip are numerous.
true source of light This product offers intense light without consuming too much electricity. Easy to install and configure, the Hue application, which allows you to control the bulbs (intensity, colors, etc.) on site or remotely, as well as the programming of preset environments, is ergonomic and intuitive. LightStrip is also compatible with Alexa and Google Assistant for added convenience.
Google Nest Smart Doorbell
jingle bells Where All I want for Christmas from Mariah Carey? Whatever you choose, play Christmas tunes every time you visit with the Google Nest Connected ringtone. This offers the possibility of downloading, in the Google Home application to configure and configure it, ringtones inspired by the end of the year celebrations. A fun and welcome function to immerse yourself in a festive atmosphere.
The Google Nest turns out to be a very good connected doorbell to replace your doorbell. Wired or battery operated, this doorbell allows you to receive your visitor’s indication and image on your smartphone, tablet or even on the connected display. It offers very good detection of scenes (people, animals, vehicles, etc.) and faces. Video quality is also satisfactory even at night.
Nanoleaf Essentials LED Strip
Bet on a colorful Christmas atmosphere with Nanoleaf Essentials. With a maximum brightness of 2,200 lumens, this two-meter connected strip equipped with LEDs offers very good quality lighting, in white or in multiple colours. Thanks to the Nanoleaf app, you can create light animations including special Christmas lighting, control the intensity and color of the LEDs, or even set the different ranges of activity for the Essentials treadmill. With Bluetooth connectivity, pairing is quick and easy. Its adhesive strip allows it to be fixed everywhere.
Source: BFM TV
