It’s time for home automation and connected devices, and GE is no exception. For this reason, it currently offers the Cync range, a series of trendy gadgets that can be grouped together in the same application.
Cameras, lightbulbs, dimmers… GE clearly wants to be at the heart of everyday life, giving users and consumers more control over how their home works, whether it’s to set up morning routines, increase their level of security, or even add a little spice to their home bring lighting.
And it was precisely this last aspect that this journalist was able to assess with a connected light strip.
The idea is honestly simple: just stick the tape to a flat surface using the double-sided tape already on it, then plug it all into an outlet. The configuration is then carried out via smartphone. And this is where it gets a little messy.
Why? Because in the manual it is very clear that it is possible to control this light with the Google Home app, which this journalist has already used for other purposes. However, you must first go through GE’s proprietary application, Cync, to create an account and then proceed with the initial configuration.
What’s even weirder is that once you’ve completed that initial configuration, the options aren’t the same whether you’re in Google Home or in Cync. So if the first allows to use the basic functionalities, such as the intensity of the lighting and the color projected by the light-emitting diodes. However, to activate a more complex lighting mode, e.g. B. “sequences”, in which the colors follow each other in a certain rhythm, Cync must be run through. Then what’s the point of using Google Home? Finally, both apps allow giving control to more than one user…
Among the interesting features of this strip of light, we are promised the possibility of synchronizing everything with our music. Are we talking about Spotify? From another online service? Compatibility with Sonos – since both systems are connected to WiFi? Impossible to know as this option doesn’t seem to be available at all in the application and GE’s FAQ on the subject is particularly vague.
Anyway, maybe that reporter is just out there; perhaps he lacks specific information about the operation of this device, the possibilities of which, frankly, are interesting. But maybe also that we’ve been trying to sell ourselves these connected devices and these WiFi-related gadgets for almost a decade or more without function really fitting form.