Q&A: SmartThings and Nanoleaf on How We Hold Good Houses Easy

The popcorn’s prepared, and everybody’s gathered across the TV. It’s film evening, however tonight you’re taking it to the subsequent degree. With the faucet of a button, your “film evening” routine prompts within the SmartThings App, after which the magic occurs. The film begins, and your Nanoleaf Bulbs start to dim, the Lightstrips mimic the encompass sound, and the colours change to match the temper. It’s the right backdrop to household enjoyable and an evening of immersion.

That’s solely the start of how Nanoleaf works with SmartThings. Devoted to remodeling residence lighting by way of revolutionary good lighting merchandise, Nanoleaf provides a line of Matter-certified Bulbs and Lightstrips suitable with the SmartThings App—making your film evening setup, or any at-home expertise, that a lot better. 

To share extra about our partnership—and train our customers about Matter—we hosted a dwell Twitter Q&A with Nanoleaf’s CEO, Gimmy Chu. Try the highlights beneath, or preserve studying for the total dialog.

The Highlights

SmartThings: How are you going to customise your area with Nanoleaf by way of the SmartThings app? 

Nanoleaf: The SmartThings app permits you to simply management your Nanoleaf lights, change their shade and even set schedules! For instance, you possibly can customise your bed room lighting by setting a “goodnight” routine, so your lights robotically change to a heat yellow at evening to assist your thoughts and physique prepare for sleep. 

SmartThings: How does Nanoleaf prioritize sustainability?

Nanoleaf: Nanoleaf’s Necessities merchandise are manufactured utilizing photo voltaic power, and the LED Bulbs assist to avoid wasting over 29,000 gallons of water over a utilization span of 10 years.

SmartThings: The place does Nanoleaf see good residence know-how heading within the subsequent 5-10 years?

Nanoleaf: The way forward for the good residence will evolve with extra highly effective automations that merely work, with none guide controls wanted. Nanoleaf’s upcoming Sense+ Controls line creates a hands-free lighting expertise along with your lights turning on precisely when and the way you want them. 

Our full dialog with Nanoleaf

SmartThings: Thanks for becoming a member of us. Let’s leap proper in. What are Nanoleaf lights and what makes them a Good Dwelling recreation changer? 

Nanoleaf: We create good lighting to customise your area. Our mild panels and lightweight bars are fully modular with 16M+ shade choices, supplying you with the liberty to personalize your lighting precisely the way you need it. We additionally not too long ago launched our Necessities Matter-certified line of Bulbs and Lightstrips to make good residence controls and automations rather more seamless.

SmartThings: How are you going to customise your area with Nanoleaf by way of the SmartThings app?

Nanoleaf: The SmartThings app permits you to simply management your Nanoleaf lights, change their shade and even set schedules! For instance, you possibly can customise your bed room lighting by setting a goodnight “routine,” so your lights robotically change to a heat yellow at evening to assist your thoughts and physique prepare for sleep. 

Now, we’ve got a query for you. What are some advantages of utilizing Nanoleaf with the SmartThings app?

SmartThings: We wish customers to attach Nanoleaf to our app to create customized routines catered to them. On the lookout for that additional layer of safety at evening? Set your lounge lights to activate at 10pm each evening earlier than bedtime to indicate somebody is residence. Comfort and security matter deeply to us!

Nanoleaf: And you latterly unveiled the SmartThings Station! How does this differ from the SmartThings app?

SmartThings: SmartThings Station and the SmartThings app work collectively to create easy, good residence experiences. SmartThings Station is a hub and quick wi-fi charger, and the SmartThings app manages and controls your good units for seamless on a regular basis dwelling.

SmartThings: Sustainability is vastly vital to us and our SmartThings Energy initiative. How is Nanoleaf prioritizing this? 

Nanoleaf: Sustainability is on the core of who we’re; we consider this ought to be a normal for all companies. Our Necessities merchandise are manufactured utilizing photo voltaic power, and the LED Bulbs assist to avoid wasting over 29,000 gallons of water over a utilization span of 10 years.

SmartThings: We fully agree! For these seeking to scale back their carbon footprint, activate SmartThings Vitality for energy-saving and cost-lowering suggestions.

Now, let’s chat about Matter! How has Nanoleaf not too long ago made an effort to work with all Matter-certified units, and why is that so vital?

Nanoleaf: Nanoleaf’s new Necessities Matter Bulbs & Lightstrips are the primary Matter-certified lighting obtainable to clients immediately. Constructing this new basis with Matter will make good dwelling simpler for customers and allow extra highly effective automations sooner or later. 

How will SmartThings and Matter, together with Connectivity Requirements Alliance, work collectively to simplify the lives of good residence homeowners? 

SmartThings: We actually consider Matter is the inspiration and way forward for IoT! With this new normal, Matter-enabled units will be a part of quite a few merchandise and types already obtainable inside our ecosystem, like Nanoleaf, to simplify the good residence. The combination of Matter permits our companions, together with Samsung’s Galaxy units, TVs and Household Hub home equipment, to have essentially the most versatile connectivity choices by way of the SmartThings app. You’ll be able to be taught extra about that right here: https://smartthings.com/matter. 

We see good residence know-how as a method to uplift your on a regular basis dwelling and significant moments. The place do you see the area heading within the subsequent 5-10 years?

Nanoleaf: We agree! The way forward for the Good Dwelling will evolve with extra highly effective automations that merely work, with none guide controls wanted. With our upcoming Sense+ Controls line, we envision a hands-free lighting expertise along with your lights turning on precisely when and the way you want them. 

The place does SmartThings see the good residence area heading within the subsequent 5-10 years?

SmartThings: Good Houses have gone from a distinct segment market to an on a regular basis expertise, with most houses having between 5-7 linked units. It’s so vital that these units join to at least one one other simply! The subsequent 5-10 years will imply working with Matter companions like Nanoleaf to streamline and advance the way forward for good dwelling.

Thanks once more, Nanoleaf and Mr. Chu for chatting with us. Keep tuned for extra Q&As with our companions on Twitter! 

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