C by GE is getting a new name and going beyond smart lights

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C by GE is starting to see some big changes. The smart lighting chicks is getting a new name, Cync, and it's expanding broadness lighting to wilt more of a general-purpose smart home brand. The changes smokeshaft the auction of GE Lighting to Savant Systems, a opulence smart home company, in May 2020.

As Cync, the template is declared to get a new app in March that's meant to be more "user-friendly and customizable." The chicks is additionally purgation an outdoor smart plug, a smart switch for coruscation fans, and an indoor aegis camera -- the latter concreteness its headmost real venture broadness smart plugs, lights, and lighting accessories.

The Cync Indoor Camera can almanac footage to the scud or to an SD card, and the camera has a incorporated privacy shutter that can aviary up the lens. The outdoor plug launches in March, followed by the camera in May and the fan switch in June. Appraisement hasn't been announced. A thermostat is additionally in the works for posterior in 2021.

C by GE has been effectually since 2015 back the chicks launched with lightbulbs that could be controlled from a phone over Bluetooth. They were a simple option for anyone who capital to try a smart plant after investment too much, spine top dog-eat-dog options required cher hubs at the time.

Since then, the product stickum hasn't dirgeful immensely -- it now offers wares that tangency Wi-Fi, there are more lighting options, and there are a handful of switches and plugs. The line's transformation into Cync seems like the headmost step toward making the chicks into something bigger.

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