Chinese smart lighting provider Yeelight worked with Texas electronics company Silicon Labs to develop a smart LED light bulb to support seamless setup in the Google Home app.

The M2 multi-colour light bulb is designed with Silicon Labs’ Bluetooth BG21 system-on-chip, enabling reliable wireless connectivity and letting users connect and control smart home devices in the Google Home app without requiring other applications.

“The new M2 Yeelight light bulb meets increasing consumer demands for sophisticated, user-friendly smart home products with simplified setup requirements and Google Home voice control,” said LM Wang, vice president for Asia Pacific sales at Silicon Labs. “Our Bluetooth solutions play a pivotal role in delivering this enhanced lighting experience, ensuring reliable wireless connectivity, high-performance and low power consumption.”

Yeelight is one of the first brands to deliver a smart lighting integration with Google Seamless. The bulb allows for multi-coloured effects, adjustable colour temperature and luminance of up to 1000ml, bright enough for daytime illumination. Seamless setup allows users to setup smart home devices quickly and easily in the Google Home app in just a few steps. No additional apps are required, and the Google Nest device can act as a hub to connect smart home devices to the web.

The bulb provides off-premise access to Google Assistant-enabled devices, as well as higher reliability. Users can ask Google to turn on or off, dim, or change colours of the lights using their voice. The M2 pairs directly with Google Assistant, resulting in an improved response time from Google Assistant-enabled speakers or displays. Users are also able to set up Google Assistant routines in the Google Home app to control lighting automatically in certain settings using voice commands.

“Silicon Labs’ trusted and secure smart home wireless IoT platforms allow us to build high-performing and uniquely designed smart home lighting products for our customers,” said Wilson Wei, CTO of Yeelight. “Silicon Labs’ technology is a powerful asset for us as we continue to define new lighting standards in the industry.”

Silicon Labs provides silicon and software for the IoT, internet infrastructure, industrial automation, consumer and automotive markets.

Yeelight has shipped more than 40 million products to over 200 countries and regions globally. Its products can be integrated with IoT platforms such as Google Assistant, Amazon Alexa, Samsung SmartThings, Apple HomeKit, Razer Chroma, Yandex, Naver and IFTTT.