Sometimes the smart home doesn’t feel very welcoming to those of us who rent, rather than own, where they live, but Switchmate wants to change all that. After its cleverly-simple first generation Bluetooth light switch upgrade comes this, the Switchmate Bright, throwing in more flexibility as well as a streamlined update to the magnetic mounting system. At $35 the promise is instant smart lighting, but does reality live up to that?
Switchmate Bright addresses most of the lingering complaints I had about the first-generation model. Most conspicuous is that it’s significantly narrower: that means you can fit two or more side-by-side on double- or triple-gang switch plates. As before there are versions for toggle or plate style switches, but now the button is touch-sensitive rather than a physical pad.
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