Technology Lifx’s new tube bulb turns your boring light fixtures into RGB glow sticks
/ The new Polychrome T10 and a new version of the candle-shaped B10 bulb support multicolor and themes like flame or clouds.
By Umar Shakir, a news writer fond of the electric vehicle lifestyle and things that plug in via USB-C. He spent over 15 years in IT support before joining The Verge.
Sep 10, 2024, 8:35 PM UTC
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Popsicles or lightsabers — your choice.
Image: Lifx
Lifx has a new smart “Polychrome” Tube light that can glow with multiple colors and transform your home lamps and fixtures into fun light-up popsicles. The bulbs are made of a frosted glass tube and contain 104 LEDs with 52 controllable zones that enable color-shifting effects and include themes like cracking fire in “Flame Mode” or a lava lamp effect in “Morph Mode.”
The accompanying app also lets you “paint” colors on the bulb surface for a more custom look for your room. Lifx is also releasing a new B10 Polychrome candlelight that has similar features to the tube, including the E26 standard bulb socket so that it can fit in the most common existing lamps or many newer specialty ones (the existing model has E12 tips).
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The B10 Candle set up like a spooky candy corn looking table light.
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The Polychrome T10 Opal Frosted Glass Tube and the B10 Polychrome Candle are available today, exclusively at The Home Depot, for $39.98 and $29.98 each, respectively. The new Lifx bulbs support Matter for interoperability through different smart home systems like Google Home, Amazon Alexa, and Samsung SmartThings, with support for scene management with voice control through Alexa and Google.
