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The Brilliant Control - Easy access to lighting and other smart home products

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Nice design. Does it work? Any videos?
Maker
Yes, Brilliant Controls are in pilot homes today. Video -
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Very cool. Going to preorder. Been looking for a way to control my smartthings hub with a touchscreen. The camera and voice is icing. I had seen the Wink Relay and even if you sideload the SmartThings APK, it's a very buggy process.
Maker
Thanks for the pre-order! My favorite SmartThings integration we have done so far in our pilot program is with the Ring and a Schlage lock. When somebody rings your doorbell, you get notified on the screen, and can press one button to unlock the door.
that's great to hear as I've got both the Schlage lock and Smartthings hub in boxes pending install.
Nice idea and great execution. Congrats Scott on such strong product sense.
Wow. This looks amazing!
Maker
Thanks, Jen! Still looking for SF-area pilot test homes for with Sonos, Nest, SmartThings if you have those...
Looks good, pricing is affordable. I think the lack of HomeKit was a bit of a gafffe. I think the presented the product in a good way
Maker
Thanks! We will have HomeKit support down the line, but to be honest, the hardware requirements from Apple made it a bit cost prohibitive for our first version. I'll chalk up one more vote for HomeKit - thanks for the feedback!
Would love for this to hit Europe! Alexa support in the coming versions?
Maker
Our initial product will be released in the US only, sorry about that. We hope to have support for 220-240v (european version) in 2018. Alexa support is built in - we are both an "end point" (so you can ask a Brilliant Control "Alexa, what's the weather today?") and have an Alexa skill that you can use to control the lights.
There you have it – Alexa with a screen! ()
Maker
I tell you what, when you see "Alexa with a screen" in action (like in our pilot test homes) it's pretty obvious that voice and touch can be combined into some pretty interesting interactions. Personally, I just like having Alexa in the wall instead of taking up room on my end table like an Echo/Dot.
Maker
Yes, we are hoping to have a 220-240v version in 2018. Stay tuned!
This is a great looking product however it seems a lot of smart tech isn't made to fit with other territories such as the UK. Hope to see this move across the pond one day.
Maker
Yes, we are hoping to have a 220-240v version of the Brilliant Control in 2018. Stay tuned!