As sb56637 said, Fasttech released the first BT programmable/controllable light. It was a single led thrower. You could program it with and number of modes you wanted in any order in any output level you wanted in any of 255 output levels. You could even program it with any text you wanted and it would flash it out in Morse code. Shockingly it never caught on and few saw the real purpose in such a thing. Way ahead of it's time.
Around 2015 Manker released their first production light, the Godmes, a triple led 3000 lumen torch that could be controlled and/or programmed via BT and mobile app. It too was still ahead of it's time. I still have both lights. They were pretty awesome IMO.
Hello ......Will there be more name calling like before ?
Turn the ^^%**&ing light on !!!
You will now receive a small electrical shock in an attempt to modify your emotional state ...You don't want it in your groin area do you ?.. Please do not attempt to unscrew the battery compartment .
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Please speak clearly ..
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NINE >>>> ELEVEN !!!!!
Actually it is not too difficult to put some bluetooth functionality into flashlights.
I did this with my first BLF contest entry. Was pretty easy, there are small bluetooth modules available and a simple app was quickly designed.
And I integrated bluetooth in my Q8 Janus. There is plenty of space for an additional bluetooth module in the Q8’s driver cavity. A problem with reflector flashlights is the shielding by the metal body but I was able to integrate the antenna as a track on the switch PCB.
Although I could control the usual flashlight functions via app, most of the time I only use this functionality for basic setup (temperature and voltage calibration and some other settings).