The Nanoleaf Remote is like a 12-sided die that controls your smart home

Nanoleaf’s Aurora light panels provide a dazzling show wherever you mount them, but the company isn’t done thinking up inventive new ways to jazz up your smart home. Here’s another: the Nanoleaf Remote. It looks like an enormous 12-sided die, but this one’s not meant to be rolled. Instead, you’ll create smart home scenes in Nanoleaf’s app – using Aurora lights, but also Apple HomeKit-compatible things like blinds, thermostats, and speakers – and then choose between them by laying a certain side of the Remote pointed up. You can even rotate it to adjust a light’s brightness, for example. The Nanoleaf Remote looks as clever as it does cool, and it’ll be out this spring at £50.

Andrew Hayward Freelance Writer

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Andrew writes features, news stories, reviews, and other pieces, often when the UK home team is off-duty or asleep. I'm based in Chicago with my lovely wife, amazing son, and silly cats, and my writing about games, gadgets, esports, apps, and plenty more has appeared in more than 75 publications since 2006.

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