{"id":116124,"date":"2019-03-04T21:43:36","date_gmt":"2019-03-04T18:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ww-vb.mine.nu\/w108\/lutron-ships-smart-fan-speed-control-with-apple-homekit\/"},"modified":"2019-03-04T21:43:36","modified_gmt":"2019-03-04T18:43:36","slug":"lutron-ships-smart-fan-speed-control-with-apple-homekit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/lutron-ships-smart-fan-speed-control-with-apple-homekit\/","title":{"rendered":"Lutron ships Smart Fan Speed Control with Apple HomeKit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n\t\t<!-- font size selector, BEGIN --><br \/>\n\t\t<span class=\"cfix\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"gray small byline\">\n\t\t\tBy <a href=\"mailto:rfingas@gmail.com\">Roger Fingas<\/a>\t\t\t<br \/><span class=\"gray\">Monday, March 04, 2019, 09:06 am PT (12:06 pm ET)<\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<span><span class=\"article-leader\">Lutron on Monday shipped its HomeKit-compatible Smart Fan Speed Control, letting people upgrade their ceiling fans without having to pay hundreds of dollars for a new model.<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<div class=\"article-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos5.appleinsider.com\/v9\/images\/1x1-white.jpg\" alt=\"Lutron Smart Fan Speed Control\" height=\"660\" class=\"lazy\" data-original=\"https:\/\/photos5.appleinsider.com\/gallery\/29968-48820-lutron-smartfan-2-l.jpg\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos5.appleinsider.com\/gallery\/29968-48820-lutron-smartfan-2-l.jpg\" \/><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"minor2 small gray\"><\/span><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B07N1GXM38\/?tag=reality\">accessory<\/a> replaces an existing wall switch. Owners can&#8217;t change fan direction, and have to buy a separate Lutron control for any attached lighting, but they can turn a fan on and off and choose from four different speeds.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<div class=\"article-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos5.appleinsider.com\/v9\/images\/1x1-white.jpg\" alt=\"Lutron Smart Fan Speed Control\" height=\"660\" class=\"lazy\" data-original=\"https:\/\/photos5.appleinsider.com\/gallery\/29968-48819-lutron-smartfan-l.jpg\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos5.appleinsider.com\/gallery\/29968-48819-lutron-smartfan-l.jpg\" \/><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"minor2 small gray\"><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Automation requires owning Lutron&#8217;s Smart Bridge, which enables not just HomeKit but Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, Nest, and <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/lutron-cas%C3%A9ta-ra2-select-app\/id886753021?mt=8\">Lutron&#8217;s iOS app<\/a>. Connected fans can be integrated into scenes and automations, for example turning on when a thermostat detects a high room temperature.<\/p>\n<p>Lutron originally said that HomeKit would debut sometime after Alexa and Google Assistant, but all three options are ready to go.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WCXTTCfIP0w\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>AppleInsider<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/19\/01\/07\/hands-on-with-lutron-homekit-fan-controller\">went hands-on<\/a> with the Lutron Smart Fan Controller during CES 2019 and found it easy to use though there is no light integration which would require a separate switch of its own.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B07N1GXM38\/?tag=reality\">Smart Fan Speed Control<\/a> costs $59.95 on its own. A Pico remote is an additional $29.95, and a matching wallplate is $3.96.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n\t\t\t!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n\t\t\t{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n\t\t\tn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n\t\t\tif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n\t\t\tn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n\t\t\tt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n\t\t\ts.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script',\n\t\t\t'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n\t\t\tfbq('init', '303691330110002');\n\t\t\tfbq('track', 'PageView');\n\t\t\t<\/script><script>(function(d, s, id) {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n\t\t\t\t\t\t  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t  js.src = \"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\";\n\t\t\t\t\t\t  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n\t\t\t\t\t\t}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><script async type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/19\/03\/04\/lutron-ships-smart-fan-speed-control-with-apple-homekit\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] \u00a0 By Roger Fingas Monday, March 04, 2019, 09:06 am PT (12:06 pm ET) Lutron on Monday shipped its HomeKit-compatible Smart Fan Speed Control, letting people upgrade their ceiling fans without having to pay hundreds of dollars for a new model. 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