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GE smart light bulbs includes Amazon Alexa and HomeKit support in early 2018

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Building a smart home is a difficult affair, with a ton of options available to add voice-control and automation to your lights, window coverings, thermostats and more. GE wants to simplify your options (with its own branded products, of course). And it is bringing some new smart ceiling fixtures, wall switches, and lights to market in 2018.

The C by GE series of connected lighting now includes which it company calls the industry’s 1st voice-integrated ceiling fixtures that hide all the smarts in a flush mount or recessed can option. There is a smart wall switch, too, which can give voice-control to your connected lights. Turn them on or turn off, dimming them, or changing the temperature of the lights. There is no need for a separate GE hub. Either, and there is a built-in antenna to make sure you can access it. Even if someone accidentally turns the switch manually.

If Amazon Alexa devices are your thing, you can now use it with GE’s Sol Lighting extensions. You can synchronize with other Alexa devices around your home (via Amazon’s ESP feature) When managing your lights and turning on Spotify or SiriusXM applications. The feature will also be available in Canada. Lastly, GE brings Apple HomeKit compatibility to C-Life & (temperature shifting) C-Sleep smart bulbs via the C-Reach bridge. It lets you use Siri on an iPhone or iPad, at home or away, to create lighting scenes and set up automation.

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