How Can I Control My Lights When Away From Home?

Depending on your smart home platform and ecosystem, apps can be used to control your light bulbs, switches, or hubs.

Popular apps that can be used to control smart lights away from home include, in no particular order:

1. Philips Hue App.
2. Smart Life.
3. Apple Home.
4. Yonomi.
5. Samsung SmartThings.
6. Belkin Wemo.
7. Wink.
8. Google Home.

Can you control your lights away from home?

If you just want to control the lights while you are home, the remote and dimmer is all you’ll need. If you’d like to add the ability to control things away from home, you’ll need to add a link to the Internet, which can be Lutron’s own Smart Bridge ($119.95) or a Wink Hub ($40.36 on Amazon).

Can you control smart lights without WiFi?

You need a Bluetooth enabled smart devices such as your phone or tablet. To control your smart bulb without WiFi, you simply turn on the light switch, open the Bluetooth app of the bulb, and the bulb automatically “found.” You then press ‘add device,’ ‘connect’ or ‘pair’ on the app.

Can I control smart bulb from anywhere?

The Smart LED Bulb replaces your existing bulbs enabling you to control, schedule and fully dim them from anywhere using the Smart Life App or connected to Wi-Fi.

How do I connect to Hue remotely?

Philips Hue bridge

1. In Hue Essentials go to the devices tab at the bottom.
2. Select your Philips Hue bridge.
3. Tap Away from Home.
4. Tap the button Sign in and sign in with your Philips Hue account.
5. After signing in, Hue Essentials will open again.

Can I control my lights from my phone?

The Wemo WiFi Light Switch uses your existing home WiFi network to provide wireless control of your lights from anywhere in the world. No subscription or hub is required: simply install the light switch and start controlling your lights from your phone or tablet.

Can Google control lights?

You can control over 50,000 smart home devices including TVs, remote controls, lights, appliances, plugs, thermostats and more using your Google Nest or Home speaker or display. To get started, you’ll first need to set up your device in the Google Home app.

How can I control my house lights with my iPhone?

In the Home app, select Add Accessory. Scan the HomeKit or QR code that came with your lights and follow the on-screen instructions. Make sure Siri is active on your iPhone, and use voice commands to control your lights. Say, “Hey Siri,” and then “Turn on the lights.”

Can Alexa control lights without internet?

Actions Available with Local Voice Control
If your Echo with a built-in smart home hub is not connected to the Internet, you can use your voice to: Control compatible smart home devices, including switches, lights, and plugs, that are connected directly to your Echo device.

Can you use Hue lights without internet?

For the record, yes, Philips Hue works without WiFi. However, you will need to be at least connected to the same router that the Philips Hue is connected to in order for it to work properly. Either that or you need to have generation 3 or newer bulbs in order to connect via Bluetooth.

How do I setup a smart home without internet?

All you have to do is plug in the Z-Wave or Zigbee stick into the Hubitat to have your devices connected for complete local access. Other smart home hub options include Wink and SmartThings. These too can offer the same level of local connectivity without needing the internet.

Can you control C by GE away from home?

Control your C by GE bulbs over Wi-Fi or through a voice assistant. C by GE bulbs work fine over Bluetooth without a hub, but the C-Reach allows you to control them even when you‘re away from home. You also gain access to voice controls through either Alexa or Google Assistant.

Can you control WiZ lights away from home?

Turn your lights on in your home from your office and vice versa. You can even control your WiZ locations from as far away as the moon. As long as you’ve got internet access, you can do what you want to do with your lights – even when you’re not physically there.

What does the C by GE app do?

Activate temperature away from home
By grouping the CYNC Smart Thermostat and Ceiling Fan Smart Switch together in the Cync App, you can get temperature control from anywhere—so with one touch, you can save energy while you’re at work or make sure your home is the perfect temperature when you get home.

Do Hue lights work remotely?

Although not enabled by default, you can quickly, and easily, set up your Philips Hue smart lighting system so that your lights can be controlled when away from home. This feature is something you can set up to control every bulb, just as you would at home, when no longer connected to your Wi-Fi network.

How do I control Hue lights without WIFI?

This works by issuing commands from Hue’s servers to your Hue bridge (via the internet), hence this won’t work if your house’s internet is down. Use the Hue app if your router is also down. If just your internet is down, you can use the Hue app just fine to control your smart bulbs.

Can multiple users control Philips hue?

Can I control my Philips Hue lights from multiple devices? Yes. Simply download the Philips Hue app on each device and connect it to the Hue Bridge that you want to control. Each Hue system can be controlled by up to 10 devices.

How do you turn a light on and off without a switch?

There are 3 options to deal with it:

1. Dig into your walls and run a wall switch. This is a lot of mess, time, and cost.
2. Install another pull-chain fixture.
3. Install a radio controlled on/off switch and put the control on a wall bracket where you’d want the switch to be.

Does the clapper actually work?

Smart home tech isn’t for everyone, but I found that unlike so much other smart tech, The Clapper works right out of the box. You plug it into an outlet and plug your objects of choice in, and then it works. A red light switches on to confirm a clap was heard, so you can see if it’s working, no guesswork necessary.

How do I make Google control lights?

Set up and link your light bulb

1. Plug in your bulb in the same room as your Google Nest or Home speaker or display.
2. Set up your speaker or display, if you haven’t already done so.
3. Open the Google Home app .
4. At the top left, tap Add Set up device.
5. Select the light bulb you’d like to set up.
6. Where is this device?

Can you group lights in Google Home?

Grouping Lights With Google Home App
If you click the toggle at the top right of the screen, it will bring you to “device setting”. Slide until you see “Groups”. Click on groups and create a “new device group”. Choose a group name- For instance “office lights”.