Nanoleaf, the smart lighting company known for its modular, geometric panels and other fancy, angular lighting, has a new light with no angles. None at all! It’s the Smart Multicolor Ceiling Light, and it’s shaped like a circle. (Okay, there are angles, but only on the sides.) Like so many other Nanoleaf lights—and other, similar ceiling lights—the Smart Multicolor Ceiling Light can produce gradients of color, along with bright, white light. And it costs $80.
Nanoleaf says its new ceiling light, which you’d wire into your home, replacing an existing light fixture, features 196 individual LED lights that can output 2,600 lumens of “bright, high-quality light.” The device features 28 color zones, and white light temperature that ranges from 2,200K to 6,500K. As with other ceiling lights from the likes of Govee and LIFX, the Smart Multicolor Ceiling Light emits light both from its main circular panel and a strip around its top. You can also sync it with music, if you want it to pulse in time with whatever sounds are going on around you.
As for smart home compatibility, the Smart Multicolor light is Matter-compatible (over Wi-Fi), which means you’ll be able to use it with any of the major platforms from Apple, Google, Amazon, and so on. But doing more than toggle the light or set its overall color and brightness will require the Nanoleaf app. At the moment, Matter doesn’t support fine-grained color control across a single light source’s zones.
Other companies make very similar smart ceiling lights. I’ve personally tested a 15-inch ceiling light from LIFX and the huge, 21-inch Govee Ceiling Light Ultra. Both of those lights were nearly identical in form and basic function, but differ in how they approach their effects, as well as pricing. The LIFX light is $95, while Govee’s is a whopping $250 when it’s not on sale.
Nanoleaf’s $80 light undercuts both, although it’s smaller, measuring 12.6 inches across. If it’s bright enough and works well, though, that might not matter. The Nanoleaf Smart Multicolor Ceiling Light is available now at Nanoleaf’s website.
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