Lifx, one of many original smart lighting brands, is launching a Matter-enabled good mirror, its first US in-wall dimmer, and a less expensive line of bulbs and lightweight strips beginning at round $12. The corporate, which introduced the brand new merchandise at CES this week, says it plans to improve its complete present era of units to assist Matter-over-Thread along with Wi-Fi later this yr.
The brand new Lifx SuperColor mirror options entrance and backlighting with Make-up Examine and Anti-Fog modes. It comes with three configurable buttons that allow you to management different good residence units immediately from the mirror. It helps Matter, so you possibly can join it to Apple Residence, Amazon Alexa, Google Residence, and different platforms.
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The 36-by-22-inch mirror may be mounted horizontally or vertically, helps hardwiring or plug-in set up, and provides individually controllable entrance and backlighting with full-color results just like Lifx’s Lunar lamp and ceiling gentle. Pricing hasn’t been introduced, however Lifx says it’s going to launch in Q2 2026.
The $30 Lifx Good Dimmer can be coming in Q2 and is an in-wall, paddle-style swap with 4 customizable buttons, a gradient gentle bar, and Matter assist. Every button may be configured with single, double, or long-press gestures to set off different Lifx lights or good residence scenes by way of a appropriate Matter platform.
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Along with customary LED, incandescent, and halogen lightbulbs, the swap also can management Matter-compatible dimmable good bulbs — which means you don’t have to decide on between good switches and good dimmable colour lighting. It requires a impartial wire and is appropriate with three-way setups.
In the identical vein as its foremost competitor, Philips Hue, Lifx is launching a lower-cost line of its good lights.
The On a regular basis line joins its premium SuperColor line and retains the model’s 90 CRI colour accuracy, however with decrease RGB output than the premium choices, in keeping with Mark Hollands, Lifx’s chief know-how officer.
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The primary merchandise within the line are the On a regular basis Bulb (A19), which is an 800-lumen, full-color, and tunable white bulb, providing a 2,700-to-6,500-Kelvin vary. The bulbs can be found now at Amazon and Lifx.com for $24 for a two-pack.
A 20-foot On a regular basis Lightstrip with 24 addressable zones is coming this month for $39.99. The strip’s controller additionally features a configurable four-button controller that may set off scenes on any Matter-compatible platform.
All the brand new merchandise and Lifx’s present line assist Matter-over-Wi-Fi, however later this yr, an OTA replace will allow the choice to change to Thread, because of a dual-protocol chip. Thread is likely one of the networking protocols Matter makes use of.
“Wi-Fi is the bottom widespread denominator for connectivity … [Thread] continues to be constructing momentum.”
Lifx says it hopes this can make it simple for purchasers to purchase and arrange units, whereas giving them the choice to change to Thread later in the event that they determine they want the protocol’s broader mesh protection or need to cut back congestion on their Wi-Fi community.
“Wi-Fi is the bottom widespread denominator for connectivity, and whereas Thread has made progress in standardization and reliability, it’s nonetheless constructing momentum,” says Hollands. Providing each implies that clients should purchase and arrange the product with out a Thread community and transfer to Thread later if they need its advantages.
