Monday, May 23, 2016

KingTing Tech Rolls Out Smart Home Products

Irvine-based KingTing Tech, an electronics startup which has its R&D team in Irvine, but primarily sells to the Chinese marketplace, said it has launched a new set of smart home devices, including a smart home hub, sprinkler, thermostat, and "smart" outlet, all under the YoSmart brand name. The company said its devices--which use the LoRa wireless standard--include a smart thermostat which automatically adjusts the temperature of your home; a "smart socket" which can remotely turn on electronic devices, and a sprinkler which lets user adjust their watering schedule or access real time weather reports to adjust irrigation patterns. All of those devices run on a YoSmart Hub, which uses the LoRa standard to control devices as far away as 1,600 feet.