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This article is part of TechRadar's Smart Home Week 2024, where we bring you the latest news, tips and tricks to help you create the smart home of your dreams.
The kitchen seems to be the one area of the home that smart lighting brands often overlook. Cync is changing that, giving homeowners an easy way to beautify their kitchens with smart under-cabinet accessories.
It is a series of LED lights that you would place under your cabinets to provide vibrant accent lighting. They're also slim, measuring about an inch thick, giving them the flexibility to fit anywhere there's room.
Four sizes are available: 12-inch, 18-inch, and 24-inch edge-lit bars. These go directly over cabinets or around furniture. However, there is a fourth option, a three-inch circular puck light.
Each device works similarly and can output up to 16 million RGB colors. The white light output can reach a color temperature of up to 7000 Kelvin, allowing for optimal brightness. Of course, you can always dim the white light to something warmer.
GE Lighting, Cync's parent company, has an interactive website where you can preview the different colors an under-cabinet fixture offers. You can see how bright the Reveal HD Plus white can be and how the red, blue and green tones look.
Specifications and features
Setting up the fixtures is pretty straightforward. You’ll receive a few “captive screws for easy DIY installation.” Additionally, each light comes with a 12-inch cord, and users can connect up to 10 different fixtures to illuminate the entire kitchen space. That includes both the edge-lit bars and the puck.
All Cync devices also come with their own power cord. Don't worry about not having enough outlets, as each cable also provides up to 500 watts of power to the entire chain.
The company claims that all four lights support Bluetooth and 2.4Ghz Wi-Fi. Through these connections, users can issue commands via the official Cync app; no hub is required.
However, if you want to give voice commands via the Matter standard, you'll need to purchase a smart home hub that works with Alexa or Google Assistant. Samsung SmartThings and Apple Home apps are also supported.
Other notable features include the ability to create schedules for outdoor lights and controls through the Cync app.
The 12-Inch Under Cabinet Accessory Bar on Amazon starts at $50.73. The album is out of stock on the platform, but you can buy one on Lowe's website for $84.98.
Be sure to check out TechRadar's list of the best smart lights for 2024 if you're looking for other options.
