Review on 💡 Sengled Dimmable LED Bulb: Achieve Equivalent Brightness with Dimming Control by Nathan Jones

Sengled's recent multi-day outage shows how important it is for smart device manufacturers to offer the ability to manage their devices locally. There is absolutely no way to control these lightbulbs without the Sengled cloud service running. In the past I didn't think of controlling them locally as some of my first WiFi bulbs were from TP-Link providing LAN. REST API out of the box. (This allows a third-party app to control the bulb directly.) I was hoping other manufacturers would just follow suit. LIFX lamps are also known for allowing local control. Sengled, do the right thing with your customers and provide a firmware update so that the products we buy can be managed in a different way. a stark reminder that smart device makers can make your purchases worthless overnight if they don't offer overt alternatives to their control. If you agree that these potentially simple white lightbulbs are coming soon after you buy them, then go for it! Otherwise, wait while Sengled adds additional LAN control options.