Apple or stirred LED smart lighting market

One year later, Apple's smart home finally opened its mystery. Apple's smart home products began to stir the market of LED intelligent lighting products. What impact will there be on the smart home and smart lighting market in the future?

On June 3, according to foreign media reports, the first batch of HomeKit smart home products, respectively, from five manufacturers, these products can be controlled by iPhone, iPad or iPodTouch LED lights, room temperature, fans and other home appliances. There are also recent claims that Apple is expected to add "Home" apps to iOS 9 to manage and control smart home devices that support the HomeKit framework.

According to Wang Tao, the CEO of the Mirage Smart, Apple’s appeal in the foreign market is almost monopolized, and its entry will certainly promote the development of the smart home market. “In the past, everyone wanted to be the only one. Some home appliance manufacturers had their own closed stuff many years ago. But now, everyone is aware of the need to professionally do professional things.” Wang Xi added that home appliance manufacturers are in the cloud, controlling The field is not professional enough. It is more unrealistic to integrate similar brands and must have a platform that is independent of the device itself. Therefore, it is impossible for the smart home field to be dominating, and even Apple is choosing to set its own power to improve its ecology.

After 1 year finally "falling"

The US technology blog 9to5Mac issued a statement saying that Apple employees are currently testing an iOS 9 system that includes a "Home" application. With "Home", users can not only set smart home products but also classify different products into different rooms and connect Apple TV. If so, this will better match Apple's HomeKit, a smart home platform launched last year.

As we all know, Apple's layout in the field of smart homes takes the form of platform and construction ecology. The purpose of launching HomeKit, a connection hub, was here. Before the first batch of smart devices supporting the platform was released, the smart home market did not increase rapidly due to the addition of Apple. However, it is undeniable that, with its brand advantage, Apple is more likely to authorize numerous third-party vendors to produce devices that meet their own compatibility requirements and safety standards. Once Apple's layout has begun to deepen, the appeal of the ecological chain will be a bright spot.

It is reported that the first batch of five products that support HomeKit, two of which have been listed, and the other three plans to start selling in the coming weeks. A few days ago, some analysts believe that the launch of the first HomeKit devices marked Apple’s gradual and clear planning for smart homes.

It is understood that Google recently released the operating system codenamed "Project Brilo" at the 2015 I/O Conference, aiming at the Internet of Things and smart home. Also released in the same period is the special language "Weave", which has features such as cross-platform support for developer APIs.

In fact, in addition to foreign giants Google, Apple, Samsung, domestic Internet companies Xiaomi, Jingdong, home appliance manufacturers Haier, Midea and others are involved in smart home. However, Wang Hao bluntly stated that the development of this industry at home and abroad “is unhealthy, but it is in the thriving development.” Apple's advancement is undoubtedly beneficial to boosting the development of the industry.

The integration of LED lighting and smart home-size manufacturer ecosystem

What is the ecological status of smart homes at home and abroad? Wang Xi believes that foreign development is relatively slow. For example, after Google acquired Nest, it engaged in a set of agreements, but in addition to Nest itself, no other mature products have emerged. After Apple introduced HomeKit, it only took a long time to launch its first products. On the other hand, there are many smart home platforms that have emerged in the country. Apart from BAT's layout, Jingdong is the most typical one. As a smart home manufacturer, Vision Smart mainly involves lighting and security. This leads to a problem. Where are the layout spaces of the small manufacturers compared with the big manufacturers who have taken the platform?

"Big companies make big ecosystems, and small companies do small ecosystems." Wang Hao said that in the past two years, with the deepening of the above-mentioned fields, the illusion is no longer a single product company. After the LED lighting industry became a brand, it began to export the technology to other manufacturers.

"From a technical point of view, HomeKit is a very high-level system. A domestic lighting manufacturer, if (product) wants to be controlled by it, HomeKit's support is impossible." Wang Hao added that through the open interface, Teng can be brought into a larger ecosystem together with its partners.

He added that the so-called "explosive funds" is actually a phenomenon that has been over-concerned. The smart home industry, whether large or small, is at the stage of the education market, and it is far less than the price. Smart home products at the moment may appear more often at exhibitions or in toys. Even if it is really necessary to set aside the market, the availability and stability of related products can withstand the long-term use of users, are still one of the factors that restrict the development of the industry. The second factor is that the product sales channels are not mature enough.

For LED lighting, Apple's smart home products provide a strong technical support for smart lighting technology, so that LED lighting and smart home can better integrate, from which we can see the future of smart lighting is not far away. From another point of view we can also see how urgent the LED business is for the smart lighting market. In the future LED market, smart lighting "cakes" will fall to the home? We will wait and see!