{"id":11657,"date":"2022-08-05T14:50:33","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T14:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/08\/05\/smart-home-pioneer-lifx-will-live-on-under-new-ownership\/"},"modified":"2022-08-05T14:50:33","modified_gmt":"2022-08-05T14:50:33","slug":"smart-home-pioneer-lifx-will-live-on-under-new-ownership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/08\/05\/smart-home-pioneer-lifx-will-live-on-under-new-ownership\/","title":{"rendered":"Smart home pioneer LIFX will live on under new ownership"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/8\/5\/23292476\/lifx-smart-lighting-feit-electric-new-products<\/a>
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A few years back, there were two big names in the high-end smart bulb game \u2014 Philips Hue, which worked with a proprietary Zigbee bridge, and LIFX<\/a>, which worked over Wi-Fi, no extra white plastic box required. (We all know how much people hate hubs and bridges cluttering up their smart homes.) Yet, the Zigbee-based Hue went on to become the Kleenex of smart lighting, whereas LIFX went into receivership earlier this year<\/a>. <\/p>\n

However, there\u2019s good news for LIFX customers and for the smart home in general. California-based Feit Electric has stepped in and snapped up LIFX<\/a> from its bankrupt Australian owner Buddy Technologies<\/a> and says it will keep LIFX alive. <\/p>\n

\u201cFeit Electric will offer the current suite of LIFX products and plans to expand the line with innovations,\u201d Feit\u2019s senior director of global marketing, Dana Knight, told The Verge<\/em> in an email. She also confirmed that the full line of LIFX products would continue to be manufactured and that Feit will maintain and build on the LIFX app and cloud platform. Additionally, the LIFX Downlight will still be released this year, and there are new products planned for 2023. <\/p>\n

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