Yeelight
About the vendor and its products
Yeelight is a company under Xiaomi, focusing on lighting products (Xiaomi also has its own branded products for lighting). The selection of products is broad, both light bulbs and lamps/other light sources, but it varies where in the world the products are sold/can be used. An (absolutely not complete) overview of some products are:
Smart bulbs, in different versions
Smart light strips, in some different versions
Various smart lamps/lighting products
Smart switches, in different versions
The products are controlled using either a dedicated Yeelight app or the Mi Home app, but for setting up Apple Home integration, the latter seems best.
Regarding integration with other platforms, this varies among the products; some support Amazon Alexa, Google Home, as well as Apple Home, other just one or two of these.
Our experiences
We had for a long time no experiences with products from this vendor, but we now have two light strips, see details below..
Notice that on phones, the table might only display in landscape mode
| Component | Room | Experiences |
|---|---|---|
Yeelight Aurora Lightstrip Plus |
Uninstalled |
This light strip got a firmware update summer 2019 that gave it Apple Home support. It was easy to connect via the Mi Home app, which also asked whether it should be ported to Apple Home. Physical installation was also fairly easy, but the double-sided tape was a bit flimsy and it was easy to peel off the whole tape instead of the cover layer. There is even a physical switch, and the strip provides much light in numerous colors. If so desired, it can also be extended, and the extension segments are very cheap. But, it uses WiFi for connection and it has not worked well with the network in our house, so they were taken out of use. |
Yeelight 1S smart bulb |
Stairs | This is a color bulb that was purchased for use in the aquarium to achieve a redder light. It is bright and was easy to set up, but sadly proved to lose connection so often when placed in the fish tank that we moved it to the stairs. |