Q&A: SmartThings and Nanoleaf on How We Maintain Sensible Properties Easy

The popcorn’s prepared, and everybody’s gathered across the TV. It’s film evening, however tonight you’re taking it to the following stage. 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 proper backdrop to household enjoyable and an evening of immersion.

That’s solely the start of how Nanoleaf works with SmartThings. Devoted to remodeling dwelling 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 significantly better. 

To share extra about our partnership—and educate our customers about Matter—we hosted a stay Twitter Q&A with Nanoleaf’s CEO, Gimmy Chu. Take a look at the highlights under, or hold studying for the complete dialog.

The Highlights

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

Nanoleaf: The SmartThings app allows you to simply management your Nanoleaf lights, change their colour and even set schedules! For instance, you’ll be able to 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 vitality, and the LED Bulbs assist to save lots of over 29,000 gallons of water over a utilization span of 10 years.

SmartThings: The place does Nanoleaf see good dwelling expertise heading within the subsequent 5-10 years?

Nanoleaf: The way forward for the good dwelling will evolve with extra highly effective automations that merely work, with none handbook controls wanted. Nanoleaf’s upcoming Sense+ Controls line creates a hands-free lighting expertise together 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 soar proper in. What are Nanoleaf lights and what makes them a Sensible Dwelling sport changer? 

Nanoleaf: We create good lighting to customise your house. Our mild panels and light-weight bars are fully modular with 16M+ colour choices, providing you with the liberty to personalize your lighting precisely the way you need it. We additionally lately launched our Necessities Matter-certified line of Bulbs and Lightstrips to make good dwelling controls and automations way more seamless.

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

Nanoleaf: The SmartThings app allows you to simply management your Nanoleaf lights, change their colour and even set schedules! For instance, you’ll be able to 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 have now a query for you. What are some advantages of utilizing Nanoleaf with the SmartThings app?

SmartThings: We would like 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 front room lights to activate at 10pm each evening earlier than bedtime to suggest somebody is dwelling. 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 dwelling 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 residing.

SmartThings: Sustainability is vastly necessary 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 an ordinary for all companies. Our Necessities merchandise are manufactured utilizing photo voltaic vitality, and the LED Bulbs assist to save lots of over 29,000 gallons of water over a utilization span of 10 years.

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

Now, let’s chat about Matter! How has Nanoleaf lately made an effort to work with all Matter-certified units, and why is that so necessary?

Nanoleaf: Nanoleaf’s new Necessities Matter Bulbs & Lightstrips are the primary Matter-certified lighting accessible to clients right now. Constructing this new basis with Matter will make good residing 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 dwelling house owners? 

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 accessible inside our ecosystem, like Nanoleaf, to simplify the good dwelling. The mixing of Matter permits our companions, together with Samsung’s Galaxy units, TVs and Household Hub home equipment, to have probably the most versatile connectivity choices by way of the SmartThings app. You possibly can be taught extra about that right here: https://smartthings.com/matter

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

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

The place does SmartThings see the good dwelling house heading within the subsequent 5-10 years?

SmartThings: Sensible Properties have gone from a distinct segment market to an on a regular basis expertise, with most houses having between 5-7 related units. It’s so necessary 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 residing.

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