LightwaveRF PLC Lightwave Link Plus & Apple HomeKit certification (3816K)

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RNS Number : 3816K

LightwaveRF PLC

07 July 2017

7 July 2017

LightwaveRF Plc

(AIM: LWRF)

Lightwave Link Plus and Apple HomeKit certification

LightwaveRF plc ("LightwaveRF" or the "Company"), the leading smart home solutions provider, is delighted to announce that its next generation Lightwave Link Plus has been certified under Apple's licensing scheme as a "Works with Apple HomeKit" product.

The new Lightwave Link Plus connects to a standard WiFi router and controls the integrated LightwaveRF smart home system for lighting, heating, power and security. This manages Lightwave end-point devices through both Apple Home and LightwaveRF apps and via voice control. The Lightwave Link Plus supports the current Lightwave product range as well the new range of devices to be launched later this year.

Commenting, Andrew Pearson, CEO said: "This announcement of the next generation Lightwave Link and its certification by Apple is the culmination of an extensive research and development programme over more than two years. A fully integrated Apple chip allows Lightwave Link Plus to work directly with Apple HomeKit without reliance on third party technologies and interfaces. This new generation of smart home technology has much improved energy efficiency, uses a combination of radio frequencies and protocols to execute fully encrypted commands with zero latency, and is future proofed by remote over-the-air update capability.

"Together with our new cloud platform capabilities, energy consumption analytics and voice control Lightwave Link Plus is a significant new development for the company. Lightwave Link Plus and our new range of lighting and power devices will launch later this year."

This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of EU Regulation 596/2014.

For further information:

 
 Contacts: 
 LightwaveRF plc                            www.lightwaveRF.com 
 Andrew Pearson, CEO                        [phone] 
 Kevin Edwards, CFO 
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 Mike Coe/Ed Allsopp (Corporate Finance)    [phone] 
 Jasper Berry (Institutional Sales)         [phone] 
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 Charles Goodwin/Abena Affum/Katie 
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About LightwaveRF

LightwaveRF plc ("LightwaveRF" or the "Company") pioneered smart home automation with the introduction of the market's first Internet enabled devices in 2008. Today the Company markets a complete smart home system for lighting, heating, power and security.

LightwaveRF offers a cloud platform and a very extensive range of retrofitted LightwaveRF designed and manufactured sockets, dimmers, relays, thermostats, heating, energy, sensing, monitoring and control devices. These devices are operated by conventional manual control, handheld remote, smartphone and tablet based apps. The LightwaveRF system can be operated using Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa voice control, is fully Apple HomeKit compatible and provides users with dashboards to manage their smart home.

We are dedicated to making everyone's lives easier and more fulfilled through world leading smart home technology.

For further information and to sign up for investor news alerts please visit www.lightwaverf.com/corporate/

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