{"id":340090,"date":"2017-05-04T23:20:38","date_gmt":"2017-05-04T15:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2017\/05\/04\/ge-c-life-sleep-light-bulbs-gaining-homekit\/"},"modified":"2017-05-04T23:20:38","modified_gmt":"2017-05-04T15:20:38","slug":"c-by-ge-smart-led-light-bulbs-will-support-homekit-this-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/c-by-ge-smart-led-light-bulbs-will-support-homekit-this-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;C by GE&#8217; Smart LED Light Bulbs Will Support HomeKit This Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[unable to retrieve full-text content]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GE today <a href=\"http:\/\/pressroom.gelighting.com\/news\/let-there-be-a-voice-for-that-light-ge-illuminates-voice-driven-experiences-at-home\">announced<\/a> that its connected LED light bulbs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbyge.com\/products\/c-life\">C-Life<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbyge.com\/products\/c-sleep\">C-Sleep<\/a> will gain Apple HomeKit compatibility this summer.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.macrumors.com\/article-new\/2017\/05\/c-by-ge-bulbs-800x654.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"654\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-563630\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A new C-Reach hub with HomeKit support will allow homeowners to turn on and off their &#8220;C by GE&#8221; lights, dim them, and control bulbs individually or in groups by rooms with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/roundup\/siri\/\">Siri<\/a> voice commands. The lights also should be able to be controlled with the Home app on an iPhone, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/roundup\/ipad\/\">iPad<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/roundup\/ipod-touch\/\">iPod touch<\/a> running <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/roundup\/ios-10\/\">iOS 10<\/a> or later.<\/p>\n<p>GE said the C-Reach hub will sell for less than &#36;50 and will be available at a discount when bundled with some lights, according to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2017\/5\/4\/15519772\/ge-sol-lamp-alexa-price-availability-announced\">The Verge<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>GE describes the C-Life as an &#8220;everyday&#8221; light bulb that provides &#8220;optimal daytime light,&#8221; while the C-Sleep light bulb is supposedly &#8220;warm and calm at night&#8221; and &#8220;crisp and vibrant in the morning.&#8221; A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbyge.com\/products\/starter-pack\">starter pack<\/a> with two C-Life and two C-Sleep light bulbs is available for &#36;74.99 plus shipping in the United States.<\/p>\n<div class=\"linkback\">Tags: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/roundup\/homekit\/\">HomeKit<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/roundup\/ge\/\">GE<\/a> <\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forums.macrumors.com\/threads\/ge-c-life-sleep-light-bulbs-gaining-homekit.2044349\/\">Discuss this article<\/a> in our forums<\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.macrumors.com\/~ff\/MacRumors-All?a=mqnsboDlRPk:P2STmGxFhXE:6W8y8wAjSf4\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/MacRumors-All?d=6W8y8wAjSf4\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.macrumors.com\/~ff\/MacRumors-All?a=mqnsboDlRPk:P2STmGxFhXE:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/MacRumors-All?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/MacRumors-All\/~4\/mqnsboDlRPk\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5817,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[68,69,59,26],"class_list":["post-340090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","tag-apple","tag-macrumors","tag-media","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5817"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=340090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340090\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=340090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=340090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=340090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}