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Smart lighting from GE is expanding with the company’s newly available Cync Smart Hexagon Panels. Announced during CES back in January, the Cync panels are now available for purchase and come in 7-pack and 10-pack versions. There’s also a 5-pack extension kit if you want to add a few more. The 7-pack retails for $169.99 at Best Buy and you can pick up the extension 5-pack for $99.99.
The 10-pack retails for $199.99 but only seems to be available at Amazon at the moment. Cync Smart Hexagon Panels provide dynamic smart lighting with RGB that let you customize your space. They’re similar to Nanoleaf Shapes Hexagons, although they won’t have some of the same features. There’s no Razer Chroma support for example, and they don’t appear to have a screen mirroring feature. But they do have a varied set of controls for users, complete with light show effects and the ability to sync lights to music. All of this is handled in the Cync app and looks relatively easy to manage.
There’s a number of preset light shows included too, and if you feel creative you can even make your own with a little effort.
Cync Smart Hexagon Panels support Google Assistant and Alexa
Managing your smart lights is generally not a hard task. Most if not all will have an on-device control for turning them on and off. Some also have buttons for switching between different lighting effects or scenes. Then there’s also the app and the potential for voice control.
The Cync Smart Hexagon Panels have most of these. While it isn’t clear if there are any on-device controls aside from a power switch, you can turn them on and off via the Cync app. They also have support for both Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa. So if you want to, you can just turn them on and off with your voice after linking the devices to the related app for whichever voice assistant you use.
For the price and features, GE’s new hexagon panels are a decent option if you want to brighten up your space.