Smart Light Bulbs: The Competitive Landscape

Smart light bulbs are beginning to flood into the market as consumers migrate from incandescent bulbs past CFLs to LEDs. The attractiveness of smart bulbs is growing as their prices decline – the pricey Philips Hue, an early entrant, is now being joined by $15 GE bulbs and multifunction bulbs from companies such as Sengled sporting Wi-Fi repeaters, speakers and cameras. The most dramatic impact on the Smart Home market will result from widespread use of Bluetooth Mesh in bulbs, which will not only provide a means of controlling the bulbs, but also a control communication infrastructure enabling many different devices to be controlled with smartphones.

1 Executive Summary
2 Introduction
2.1 Definition and Market Background
3 Competing Wireless Standards and Platforms
3.1 Background
3.2 Apple HomeKit
3.3 ARM
3.4 Bluetooth Smart & BT Mesh
3.5 INSTEON
3.6 Thread
3.7 6LoWPAN
3.8 Wi-Fi
3.9 ZigBee
3.10 Z-Wave
4 Industry Alliances
4.1 Introduction
4.2 The AllSeen Alliance
4.3 The Connected Lighting Alliance
4.4 Open Interconnect Consortium
4.5 Smart Home Joint Initiative
5 Major Competitors
5.1 Avi-on
5.2 AwoX
5.3 BeeWi
5.4 Belkin International
5.5 CREE
5.6 Elgato
5.7 GE Lighting
5.8 INSTEON
5.9 ION Audio
5.10 LG
5.11 LIFX
5.12 Lutron Electronics
5.13 Nortek Security & Control Group (Formerly Linear LLC)
5.14 OSRAM Sylvania
5.15 Philips
5.16 Samsung
5.17 Sengled Optoelectronics Co
5.18 Stack Lighting
5.19 TCP (Technical Consumer Products)
5.20 WigWag
5.21 YiFang Digital
6 Chip Manufacturers
6.1 Broadcom
6.2 GreenPeak Technologies
6.3 Marvell Technology Group
6.4 NXP
6.5 Qualcomm
6.6 Sigma Designs
6.7 Silicon Labs
6.8 Texas Instruments
7 Pricing
8 The Competitive Landscape
8.1 Smart Bulb Feature Comparisons
8.2 Smart Bulb Manufacturers' Partnerships
9 Glossary
10 Contact the author of this report