Yeelight 1S Color Wifi Smart Light Bulb with Apple Homekit Review Apple Devices
Вставка
- Опубліковано 18 лип 2020
- ** Notice **
This product was provided to me for review purposes by the online retailer Banggood. Although they did provide me the product, the opinion is all my own. Just thought you should know.
Follow me
@homekitgeek on twitter and instagram
www.homekitgeek blog
homekitgeek
Click here if you're interested in picking up a Yeelight 1S wifi Smart Color Light bulb for your smart home
** Affiliates Links **
geni.us/HKGYeelight1S
If you're interested in adding some new devices to your smarthome, please consider starting at my Amazon.com storefront
** Affiliates Links **
www.amazon.com/shop/netmanchris
Already a powerhouse in China, Yeelight has been slowly increasing it's presence outside of it's home country and the Yeelight 1S is another of those products that seem to offer a great balance of value and light.
A wifi light bulb that is compatible with pretty much all the major ecosystems, the Yeelight also includeds additional dynamic functions such as flicking, candlelight, as well as others which push this product into the upper range of wifi light bulbs while still keeping their price point down ( currently showing at $25 USD on Banggood.com
#HomekitGeek #Yeelight #Homekit - Навчання та стиль
![[#11] Недорогие лампы для Apple HomeKit от Yeelight - распаковка и демо](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/NecWmdyG9EU/mqdefault.jpg)
![[#11] Недорогие лампы для Apple HomeKit от Yeelight – распаковка и демо](/img/tr.png)
Finally,I don’t have to run away from the ghost behind me when I close the lights in the kitchen at night
i like how you talk, your speed and voice is perfect dude
This tutorial was VERY helpful for me, I can't thank you enough. Watching from Nairobi Kenya 🇰🇪
Thabks Joe! Glad it was useful! Waving from Canada!
Lastly, I'm unable to add Spotify to Google Home app. It doesn't appear on music services, though I'll try looking for solutions before tomorrow
Hey Joe - Yeah, regional differences in these services can be a real pain. Living in Canada, I'm often months or even years behind what services are available in the US.
Hi, that was a nice review. I would like to ask if it's possible to use the bulb with my 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi network, but an iPhone controlling it connected to a faster, 5 GHz network? And will that still work with HomeKit or only via Yeelight app?
I’ve just ordered two of these for my room, going for a ravporwave color scheme 🛸. Like your review 😃
Thanks Alex! Appreciate the kind words!
This looks awesome, and it appears that the bulb can do bright pastel colors. I am using Gledopto bulbs with my Hue system, which have very dim colors cuz Gledopto decided to not use white LEDs for colors. I have been using HomeKit a lot with my iPad, and I am planning to stay with it, so I think a Yeelight bulb will be a good addition to my system.
Also, the video is 480p for me, on an iPad Pro. Nonetheless, great video!
Hey Burak - The Yeelight’s do have a really good color spectrum. It’s also got a nice Yellow and Green which can be hard to find in LED bulbs. The early Hue’s were quite bad at those colors. Appreciate you mentioning the 480p issue. I know UA-cam was having some issues with that on the iOS app, hoping it gets resolved soon. The video was posted at 1080p. I haven’t found a big enough reason yet to make the jump to 4K posting. :) Takes a lot longer to post and the quality difference isn’t that big of a difference for most people.
I'm not sure I understood correctly. Can this light function with Siri without HomeKit integration and hub?
Looking for basic Siri commands, turn off/on light, and turn light mode to candle flicker. Thanks!
Can I use this bulb, the 1S as a standalone bulb with Siri? Looking for pretty basic functions with just 1 bulb, without HomeKit - cost isn't justified. Just looking to confirm I can use 1S with Siri without the kit. Thanks @Chris Young
I know that this vid was 2yrs ago but i just wondering what u mentioned here that after a while it became inaccessible via home app meaning that ios wont tolerate the 3rd party bulbs or the cheap smart accessories?what a shame im about to purchase this bulb online just for my homekit settings😔
Have you done any homebridge type stuff to connect things that aren’t officially supported? I want to make a HomeKit camera using an old iPhone running a ip web video app that it pulls the data from and pushes to a virtual HomeKit device but I’m a bit lost.. 😅😅. Could you maybe do a video on that?
Hi Alex - I’ve played with Homebridge, but to be honest - it can get deep down the rabbit hole quickly. I’ve stayed away from anything other than really basics because once you go off the path that is covered by things like Hoobs it can quickly get really frustrating for both the people trying to get it to work and the people trying to help them. :P. I’ll take a look at it again and see if there’s something I can out together. To be honest - for the cost of a Eufy 2K indoor can, you’re probably better of going in that direction. Less expensive and less headaches. :)
I'm not able to bind my apple home to my YEELIGHT app
Kindly help me sir
Dig the dynamic scenes. This needs to be HK native.
Absolutely agree with that! Really hoping that the adaptive lighting in iOS14 is something more than just sunset/sunrise. I'll be super happy if it's just that as well, but I'm really hoping it's more. :)
Can't i change it's region
Hi! I am planning to buy this and use it in the Homekit App. Can you turn the light on/off when you are away and use your mobile data instead?
Assuming that you have an active HomeKit hub (AppleTV HomePod or iPad in HomeKit Hub mode) located in the same location as your bulb, you will have remote access to control your bulb.
Can I use it if I'm at the university and I'd like to turn it on for example? Just like a remote use?
Need to unpack that a little. Short answer is “Absolutely!” If you connect it to Apple HomeKit only you will need a device to do perform the HomeHub feature which will stay at the university and allow you remote access to the bulb. You can also connect the light to the Yeelight cloud directly and still have remote control to turn it in or off, but that will be at the expense of having your usage data sent to their cloud. If you’re ok with that totally cool (some of the automations require connecting to their cloud.). Some people are privacy purists and don’t want the data leaving their control so I wanted to try and explain the different cases.
Thanks for showing how you created a Siri Shortcuts. I’m a little confused on how you then add those scene shortcuts into somewhere useful, though? Is it possible to then add that button onto the HomeKit / Home App? Or is the only way to activate the shortcut by talking to Siri or a homepage app button?
Hey Jesse - Unfortunately, this doesn’t work in the way we want it to yet... Siri Shortcuts and Home Automation still isn’t joined in the way that we want it to be although there’s some loose integration. You can’t integrate a Siri shortcut into a Homekit automation right now ( at least not the way that I’ve found ) but you CAN do the opposite and include a Homekit scene into a Siri Shortcut set of actions. I’ve started picking up a few different devices that support Siri Shortcuts and I’ve started to use a spare iPhone ( old phone ) as the shortcut personal automations device. This means I can use the phone to trigger based on any of the personal automation triggers including time. I’ve used this in the Switchbot Candle video to turn my candles on and off by IR, as well as used it with an Amrbt Air Purifier that supports Siri Shortcuts through the Tuyu LifeSmart application. It’s not perfectly integrated into Homekit, but it’s at least within the Apple ecosystem. :) I do plan on doing a video on the 20201 Smarthome set as I haven’t done a refresh of the tour in awhile.
He talks so fast and Siri Shortcuts are a pain in the butt! I’ve been using it a lot to change my app icons without getting notificarions when I tap on any one of them.
Do you have this bulb? I struggled with the connection so much in the beginnng. I knew how to do it but I couldn’t keep it connected!! Its been about a year so I tried again yesterday, whicb funny enough, our whole local area kept losing electricity/wi-fi. Anyway, I don’t find it user friendly. It’s always falling off the network and Idk. how many times I had to go back to step one to start over!
As of last night though, I had it on blue @10%, woke up this am w/ it still. on the setting I had it on, and🎉hurray, for the first time it stayed connected all night and I was easily able to shut it off with a tap in HomeKit… I guess we’ll see how long I’ll keep it in for. I’m hoping, for good this time!
Hi, I also have two of these bulbs, it happens that someone turns off the bulbs on the switch and disconnects, my question would be, if I added a Homepod mini I could control them regardless of whether the switch is bstins or not? Or it's just for remote control.
If the switch is turned off there is no power going to the bulbs so there would be no way to control then. Hope this helps!
if anyone have this light can tell me if it have good yellow color?
Your review has me thinking about taking the plunge on these things. My big hangup is that I have a ceiling with six cans in it on one switch. I'd like to split that up in three zones of two bulbs each. How hard would that be?
Hey Jeff! It should be super easy to create three zones of two bulb each. Apple homekit, Amazon, Google, as well as the Yeelight app allow you to place multiple bulbs together which can be managed as a "zone". The one thing you're going to want to watch is that the bulbs will not be controllable if someone turns off the light switch. There are multiple solutions to this from just turning the light switch back on and dealing with it, tape on the switch, or you can purchase switch covers that will help to prevent people from accidentally turning off the switch. For me it's worth it to have the color lights - but it is something to be aware and plan for as it can be pretty frustrating. :)
Thanks Chris - had a similar question!
Can you tell sir to turn the light on and she can do it?
Yup. Full voice controls with Siri are available.
maybe someone knows what could be the reason that I can not connect the bulb (1S) with the homekit? via Yeelight app works without any problems ...
The home app does not recognize the bulb.
Thank you
Mine worked fine so I don't have direct experience but I can share what I would do to troubleshoot. If it's in the Yeelight app, make sure that you have the latest firmware update on the bulb. Then factory reset the bulb and see if you can add it using the Homekit standard process. If you can't see the bulb to add when it's in a factory default state, I would contact Yeelight support or return it to where you bought it and ask for a new version as it's most likely got a fault in it.
Hey! So I’ve been having this issue with my light that maybe you can help me with (this was the first walkthrough video I’ve seen that uses an iPhone to pair the device so cheers on that). I have no problem setting the light up in my Home app. The issue always comes when trying to sync the device from my Home app to the Yeelight app. Even if it works after I turn the light off once the device can’t be found until I reset it again and do the whole process again. Any suggestions on what I’m doing wrong? The next step may just be to contact the company directly but if you can offer any help before it comes to that I’d really appreciate that! Enjoy your day!
Hey Christopher! Honestly there doesn't sound like there's anything wrong. It's pretty straight forward of a process. If there's something going wrong, I would suggest hitting the Yeelight forums forum.yeelight.com. Hopefully someone there might be able to assist! Best of luck and let me know how it goes!
@@Homekitgeek I have the same exact issue with having to reset it over and over again. I bought the light about a year ago and took it out. Until last night it had been sitting on a table collecting dust.
I had such a hard time keeping it connected that I wasn’t in a hurry to try again. Last night I decided to go for it. It was as tricky as the first time, although we began losing power & WiFi as soon as I began 🤬just my luck! I did get it to stay connected all night but this am my iPhone changed from 2.4 to 5??? No idea why; 2.4 had not lost signal strength or anything, so I had to reset it again!
A Quick Question…. Do you know how to make a setting that changes colors, smoothly & seamlessly, not like flashing colors quickly so we all get dizzy?
I have a problem with these. Whenever I change the color away from the white setting to some of the colors, Homekit cannot bring it back to the bright white setting it instead gives white in the RGB mode which is way dimmer than the normal white mode. It works fine from Xiaomi's app. But that defeats the purpose of a Homekit bulb. Do you have a solution for this as I think it is weird they would oversee something like this.
Hey Bert, I wish I had a solution for this. As you can see from the other comments, you aren’t the only one who’s seeing a difference between functionality, colors and white temp between the Home app and the Yeelight/Xiaomi apps. I 100% agree that they should be the same regardless of which app your in. Unfortunately this isn’t something that came up until after I had already launched the review. At least you know you’re not alone?
When accessed from Apple Home app, my bulb is not as bright as using Yeelight app when displaying white color. Is it normal?
Hey Raul - Unfortunately this is a known problem with some of the Yeelight bulbs. I don’t see it on mine but I’ve seen several comments about it. This is something Yeelight needs to address and not much we can do about it.
Wait, Firewalla? Should I have that? I'd like to know more about your network setup, since that's where I'm currently struggling.
Hey Carl! The Firewalla is an interesting little box. Essentially I use it to try and figure out what connections my devices are making to the outside world. I'm seriously thinking about doing a network setup video - to be honest I"ve avoided this for a LONG time as my network really wasn't anything any normal person would have in their homes. I'm a network professional for a living so I've got a bunch of enterprise class gear. I've cut out a lot of that recently and almost standardized on Ubiquity Unifi gear though so it might be useful to do a video on. Still probably overkill for most people, but it might be interesting for some. :)
@@Homekitgeek Thanks for the reply. I understand that your setup may be overkill for most people, but I would definitely be interested in what you use. Having a reliable network is really the 'Step 1' of setting up a smart home. Else, you end up with a bunch of expense smart devices that don't work properly. It's a bit surprising that more content creators don't discuss that side of it (I've searched).
I use Ubiqiti's Amplifi HD router with a second HD as a mesh point with ethernet backhaul. I've been looking into the Unifi system but still don't know a ton about it. Thanks.
No problem at all! I love hearing about what people find interesting. Means I can make more videos that people actually want to watch. :) I'll definitely look into this in more detail. Totally agree 100% about this - everything starts with a strong foundation. I believe that the majority of smartphone issues are due to poor network planning. Unfortunately, it's still a dark art that few understand - I'll see what I can do to put something together that doesn't go too deep. Fine line between doing something useful and losing people in details... Thanks again for the comments! Really appreciate it!
@@Homekitgeek That would be amazing. Thanks!
Are they bright enough to use them as regular light bulbs?
It is 800lm which is equivalent of about a 60w bulb. So should be good for most spaces, but if you’re looking for something really bright you may want to look at a higher lumen bulb like something from LIFX.
Can you turn it on/off from the homekit app?
Yup. That’s a default ability for any HomeKit connected light. You can also adjust brightness and color.
Is there a mode where the colors change automatically until you turn them off? or can you sync them to your music?
There is a flow mode which will let it move between colors. Not an obvious way to sync to music though.haven’t dug into that though so possible something I missed.
@@Homekitgeek sounds good, thank you.
Hey, do you know if the (Yeelight Gu10 Smart Buld W1 Multicolor 4.5w Dimmable E) works with apple HomeKit? I just want to use shortcuts to scenes
Hey Davi, To the best of my knowledge the GU10s aren’t HomeKit compatible. Sorry!
@@Homekitgeek I am wondering of they work with Siri Shortcuts at least, to me it’s enuf
You can use the Yeelight app to create custom seems and expose them to Siri Shortcuts. Sounds like that work for you?
Can I use this light without WiFi like on a local connection?
I’m not sure what you mean by « a local connection »? This bulb is wifi connected so if you want to control it must be connected to a wifi network. If you’re talking about remotely accessing the bulb - you can do that from anywhere with internet access - whether at work, a friends wifi network or on mobile internet when away from the house. Hoping this helps?
I don't have the code to scan for it to connect to my wifi and am using my public university accommodation wifi which doesn't have a password and yeelight requires me to input a password. Is there a way for me to connect my light bulb still? It's been 3 months and I haven't been able to use it at all which is rlly sad
Ouch. Agreed that’s very sad 😞. Thanks honestly do t have an easy answer for you here. Other than going in the science project direction of attempting to connect the bulb to a wifi device with a code which is bridging into the public university network I’m not aware of any workarounds. Most vendors try and make sure that their devices have good security so making products which connect with no passwords isn’t a normal feature I’ve seen. I wish I had a better answer for you as I do want you ti be able to use your lights. I’ll ask around and see if I can find anything but not feeling optimistic.
These are the v2 bulbs, do you know if v1 would work with homekit too?
I don’t believe it does. If there’s no HomeKit logo it’s probably not there but I can’t confirm 100% as I don’t have a v1.
@@Homekitgeek thanks for ur answer!
I lost my 8 digits code on the product . Where can I get it again
if you’re referring to the HomeKit code it should be printed in the bulb. If it’s not in the bulb and you’ve lost the paper you can try contacting Yeelight support but, honestly, things don’t look good. The HomePass app is available to store all your HomeKit codes to help prevent the situation you’re in. Personally I also tend to use NFC stags to store the HomeKit code on the device or lamp somewhere. Really hope this works out for you!
Now Siri Shortcut not working for Yeelight. Can you fix this problem?
Not a problem I can fix for you. Did you contact apple or Yeeight? It might be that your Yeelight just lost connectivity to the internet. Did you try rebooting it?
@@Homekitgeek I can control yeelight bulb on Yeelight app and Apple Homekit. But I can't apply on Siri Shortcut only. I tried everything. I tried to reboot router. remove and reinstall device, remove shortcut and add new shortcut, reboot my iPhone, remove app and reinstall. It's still not working.
120 and 220 volts?
Hi Sebastien! So sorry for missing that - yes the bulb is rated for input power 100-240 ~50/60Hz.
Hi, does these bulbs work on 110v? I have ordered YLDP13YL model. The website states power input as 100-240V, however the pack states 220V. Wondering if these will work in Canada where the voltage is 110V-120V
I am using these bulbs in Canada and was told by Yeelight that it is a global version. The box is just representing the certification for the European market (since the seller I purchased from only had them certified in the EU). I’ve been using them since the middle of last year in Canada with no issues. One downside is that I updated one of them from 1.3.18 to 2.0.30 and the whites are only about half as bright as they used to get when using HomeKit. A little disappointed, but we will see if Yeelight can assist me.
@@DwightD thanks for the reply! Can you help confirm which model number are your bulbs. Apparently there are different models/batches that have different voltage requirements.. rule of thumb is that either older models, E26 or tunable whites accommodate 110V
@@razairshad5787 No worries! The model number on the box is YLDP13YL. They are an E27 base. I had the same concern as you, since everything on the box and bulb was rated 220v-240v. The response from Yeelight was: “It also can work with 120V, you can use it with no worry.”
Seems to be performing well so far. If you plan on using them and primarily use HomeKit and your firmware is 1.3.18, then I would stick with that version to prevent introducing the dim white issue that exists in newer firmware versions.
@@DwightD I would primarily be using these on Google Home. So I am assuming it should work on that too?
Hey Dwight! Appreciate you jumping to the rescue here! Funny enough - I’m also in Canada and can confirm the same. :). Hope you guys are all staying warm!
Question does this lamb work with android devices?
If you’re using an android device you can use either the native Yeelight app, or Amazon Alexa or GoogleHome (assuming you configure the integration) to control this bulb.
@@Homekitgeek oh Great thank you for the help!
Do these work good with google assistant?
They do work with Google assistant as well. I find it to be a similar experience to HomeKit in that it’s a basic experience. Most of the dynamic scenes need to be programmed and run through the Yeelight app. Granted I also haven’t really dig into the Google side. Just enough to connect it and verify that it does work.
@@Homekitgeek nice
Does it plug into a standard plug
This is indeed a standard Edison bulb. A19/E26 compatible. So it will work with any lamp with a standard socket.
@@Homekitgeek thanks. great vid and very useful! subbed
Would you say these are better than hue ?
Totally different experience. This is brighter than most of the Hue bulbs for sure. But the Hue will be generally faster to respond because if the zigbee protocol. Also the Hue bulbs can also be used with the Hue sync which is kinda awesome. It’s a usecase based comparison for me. The Hue lights are great for outdoors or for use in a entertainment area with the Hue Sync. But if you just need a color light bulb for a lamp in a corner, the Hues are probably too expensive. The Yeelight is perfect for this kinda of application.
Do you notice a difference between zigbee and WiFi response times?
Zigbee is almost always faster than wifi as a general rule. If you’re using Hue remotes or Hue motion sensors with the Hue bulbs it’s almost an instant change. As soon as wifi and IP protocol gets involved it tends to slow everything down. In general devices are going to be zigbee, Ethernet, wifi, then BLE in terms of speed. Bluetooth used to be MUCH slower but has gotten much better since the BLE 4 spec was released.
Can you get siri to turn on/off ? That’s what I want for my room
Definitely. If added to Apple Home you can say “Siri turn off (light-name)” or turn off the (room name) lights” etc... works great!
@@Homekitgeek thanks, great video btw
The actual colors are shown at around 5:25
Thanks!
@Chris Young uhmmmm edit 7:22 ASAP. You just leaked your IP Address...
Appreciate you pointing that out! That’s an RFC 1918 private address which means that it’s usable for internal only and never routable ob the public internet. Great catch but not something to be too concerned about.
@@Homekitgeek I didn’t get any of it, but glad to know it’s untraceable.
Setup was stumbling, first Yeelight App, then home kit, the firmware upgrade and the light disappeared from Yeelight but Sill works in HK... weird
Strange. My experience with this bulb has been pretty solid - but given the comments it seems like I’ve been really lucky. Best I could suggest is a factory reset and see what happens.
@@Homekitgeek seems to be a firmware upgrade issue. After I set up all lights in Yeelight App and updated the firmare, all started to work. And so far so Good! Loved the hues and responsiveness to Siri. Not much "scenery" functions exposed to HK though, my next test will be the VOCOlink ones.
NO mention of how to connect w/HomeKit.
hey Graham! Thanks for the feedback and keeping me honest. Given that the HomeKit method of adding products has been consistent for the last 5 years, I guess I sometimes assume that people understand already how it works. Totally good call to point out that’s not the case and some are new to the HomeKit camp. Appreciate it!
@@Homekitgeek Right on bro! 👍 In my case, I learned not all YeeLight lights are HK enabled... I thought they all were, but got one from Amazon that's not HK ready and so there were no codes to scan, etc.. I didn't read the description well enough to see it wasn't ready for HC. So look forward to 8 years from now when things should be so much smoother! Keep up the good work!
So no hub and no Google nest just bulb?
No hub necessary as it’s a wifi bulb. Yeelight does have a cloud based Google Assistant (nest) skill so you could control it that way. Not something I’m doing though so can’t confirm.
I bought smart led M2 and I don't have Google nest and it doesn't work with it so I will buy this one (1s) and this one work without nest ?
This one does work with HomeKit. This is NOT the BLE version that only works with Google local control.
@@Homekitgeek soooo i must buď this bulb And Google nest or JUST bulb?
Sorry but I’m not sure how to be more clear here. This bulb does NOT a require you to buy Google Nest. It connects to your wifi network and then you can use it with Apple HomeKit or other supported ecosystems. You don’t need to buy a Google Nest hub to use it with Apple HomeKit.
This lamp has a annoying bug with Homekit. Through homekit you can't reach 100% brightness, only with Yeelight App/Mi Home you can.
I've heard that this is the case, to be honest, I have it all controlled through automations so it's not something I've noticed or would be bothered by. I totally get why it COULD annoy someone, it just doesn't bother me. Really appreciate you pointing this out though! It's something that I'm sure some people would want to be aware of before they spend their hard-earned dollars. :)
He did all this talking and didn't even show us if it worked with Siri using voice activation...wow
Every device that is supported in HomeKit automatically is supported in Siri for voice activation. Sorry if that wasn’t clear.
@@Homekitgeek Oh I didn't know that, and you definitely didn't mention it in the video but thanks for clearing that up. Still it would've been nice to see it in action to help solidify my decision lol
No worries at all! I personally RARELY use Siri for voice commands so it doesn’t pop out to me. It’s something I’ll try to keep in mind for the future though! Appreciate the feedback!
@@Homekitgeek Your welcome! Thank you for responding! ❤️❤️