When it comes to smart lighting, some companies are full of expectations, while others are confused. In fact, "wisdom" is not just a combination of technology, and consumers should not feel fearful. Truly intelligent products must be simple and hide wisdom invisibly. When it comes to the topic of "smart lighting breakthrough", I express great optimism about the future of this segmented industry, mainly from three aspects.

1、 The current situation is that the understanding of smart lighting is still fragmented. At present, smart lighting products on the market are mainly divided into two categories. One is smart single products, which are mainly connected through wireless communication and controlled through mobile apps. The consumption threshold for such products is relatively low, but most of them cannot go far; The other type is systematic products, which mainly use wired or wireless networking, scene switches or sensors for lighting control, and mobile apps for auxiliary control. Their characteristics are that the system is large, installation and debugging are complex, and the threshold is high. Whether it is smart products or systemic products, there are not many that are truly popular at present. The reason for this is that the industry's understanding of smart lighting is still fragmented, and there is no real understanding of what problems can be solved for consumers through smart lighting and what ways to solve them.

2、 Pain points, smart lighting should not make people feel "scared". As early as 2014, Hongyan developed the first Internet lamp based on WeChat control in China, called 'Element Lamp'. This lamp can achieve lighting control, environmental monitoring and other functions through mobile phone control, but the problems of subsequent element lamps have gradually exposed, such as unstable network, poor adaptability of the elderly and children, complex control, etc., and slowly realized that mobile phone control may not be a suitable way. Many manufacturers still use mobile app control as a selling point for their smart lighting products. What could have been done with just a press of a button now needs to be achieved through three steps: unlocking the phone, opening the app, and clicking on the operation. The so-called intelligence is actually 'abandoning simplicity and complexity', and naturally cannot go far. Smart lighting should not make people feel 'afraid'.

3、 A plan should be both intelligent and simple. Taking Hongyan's practice in intelligent lighting as an example, it has transitioned from mobile control to panel control. Using smart panels as platforms and terminals is an inspiration gained by Hongyan in the process of intelligent lighting. The switch panel itself has the advantages of wide distribution, large quantity, high-frequency use, intuitive control, support for in-situ replacement, operability for the elderly and children, mature product form, and low application cost in households, which are also its natural advantages as an entrance and platform for smart devices. So by integrating the two control methods of smart panel and mobile app, users can operate more conveniently at home and outside.

There are still doubts in the market about whether smart lighting is an essential product. After years of experience and exploration, I believe that smart lighting is not just a single networked light fixture or a combination of functions. Future smart lighting must be integrated into smart home systems and integrated with other smart home devices in order to truly realize the value of smart lighting!