Since Apple announced its launch of HomeKit, a smart home platform, netizens have been eyeing their partners. As one of them, Philips naturally did not miss a good time to promote its Hue smart light bulb. As smart bulbs become popular in the smart home market, more and more manufacturers are also aiming at the development of the lighting industry. How to make the bulbs smart is seemingly ordinary and complicated.
It is said that smart home is a "profiteering" industry, a simple energy-saving lamp is only 10 yuan, but the implantation of wifi, RGB three-color bulbs make the value of dozens of times. Unlike smart sockets and smart cameras, the purchase of smart bulbs is mostly in the form of “packagesâ€. It is good to have 3 or 5 sets of discounts, but what about a bridge?
According to people's understanding of smart home products, whether it is a light bulb or a socket, as long as the remote control can be realized through wifi connection and mobile APP, what kind of light bulb is not possible? Smart light bulb + bridge is a popular way, but there are some The manufacturer introduced a smart light bulb that does not require a bridge. Two technologies, two sets of standards, the light bulb is "kidnapped" by the bridge.
Why do you need a bridge? From the perspective of communication, there are a limit on the number of terminal products that the wifi routers in your home can access, ranging from 16 to 128. Of course, the price of the router will be different. At home, at least 6 notebooks, mobile phones, wifi stereos, and TV boxes are used. If the home is connected to other smart devices, the burden on the router is also a great challenge.
If you add a bridge, you can greatly reduce the pressure on the router. Simply understand that if you need to connect 3 smart bulbs at home, the bridge is connected to the router, which is equivalent to occupying only one “placeâ€. If more smart bulbs are needed at home, connecting with the bridge will not affect other intelligence. equipment. 1:N implements the network extension function.
Shopping guide: If your home is relatively large, the number of smart devices that need to be connected is relatively large. The best way to buy a smart home with a bridge is to reduce the burden on your router and provide a more stable wireless signal.
Some people say that with a bridge, smart home products can't highlight "freedom" and play badly. Of course, the smart light bulb can also play well without a bridge. The premise is that your home can't be too big. After considering the load of the router, you can directly purchase the smart light directly connected to the wifi.
Smart light bulbs are directly connected to wifi, which is the mainstream connection method of traditional home smart hardware. The operation mode is also remote control through the mobile phone APP. The reason why the smart light bulb is expensive is its color changing function. The RGB three-color foundation can change more than tens of thousands of colors, and many colors cannot even be distinguished by the naked eye.
A smart light bulb that is not bound by a bridge seems to be free. In fact, the biggest problem it faces is how to maintain a stable signal transmission with the wireless router. In the absence of access terminal restrictions, the most important concern is that wifi has no dead angle coverage. In fact, the bridge not only plays the role of 1:N expansion, it can also play the role of the repeater, of course, the connected device intelligence is these smart products.
Although it is necessary to choose whether or not a bridge is needed according to the actual situation of the home, comprehensive consideration, in order to make these intelligent hardware wireless communication more stable, bridging is also an indispensable tool.
If you don't want to choose a smart light bulb with a bridge, the following content can be skipped automatically. The price of smart bulbs directly connected to wifi ranges from $30 to $90, depending on the brand and additional features.
The price difference of smart bulbs with bridges is also very large. The price of domestic yeelight single smart bulbs is about 200 yuan, Philips Hue set (3 bulbs + 1 bridge) is priced at 1698 yuan, and another single bulb is purchased. 498 yuan, domestic smart lights have an advantage in price, do not know whether it can maintain a high cost performance advantage.
There are also many bridges. The bridges like Philips Hue can only be connected via wired network, and the Belkin WeMo bridge is directly connected to the power supply, wireless network connection, and is not subject to environmental restrictions. The yeelight smart light bulb cooperated with Xiaomi, the bridge only Can borrow the millet route, and there is still room for improvement in compatibility.
All in all, from the current point of view, the smart light bulb is a product that is "kidnapped" by the bridge. The reason why it is still mainstream, but also considers the stability of network communication and the number of terminals connected to the home router; the bridge and network connection are also divided into wireless and wired. Two, as for the compatibility issue of wireless bridging, it is also worth considering carefully.
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