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Twist Takes Aim at Whole Home (Err, Apartment) Audio

twist-1215Offering an LED/Speaker combo, Twist — a new company that plans to ship its CR90 LED light with a built-in speaker — will ship in Early 2016. Unlike nearly every other entry-level LED/Speaker combo product, Twist does not require a Wi-Fi HUB or any sort of wireless controller — you just screw in the LED’s into a CR90 compatible can light and you instantly get a wireless speaker (automatically Apple AirPlay capable) for just $99 per light (or $199 for a three-pack).

Offering a color temperature that automatically changes from 5000 Kelvin to 2700 Kelvin throughout the day, the Twist LED uses less than 10 watts of power but is as bright as a 60-watt bulb (800 lumens). They work using your existing WiFi network and Bluetooth together. The 18-mm speaker is spec’d at 250Hz – 20 KHz @ 12dB and actually uses Neodymium magnets in an aluminum cone.

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Using an App, you can change dim them (or set it to auto-dim as well as set a purple nightlight mode) together or independently and you can use any AirPlay compatible (including Apple MUSIC) to play audio to them — other apps will work eventually. But, as Apple AirPlay is more than 56 percent of the market (according to Apple Insider), then Twist has a good shot at making it even if it only launches with just AirPlay capability.

You can check out Twist here.

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