What Flic Smart Buttons and Dimmers Can Control, and How They Connect

Flic smart buttons and dimmers let you control lights, music, smart home devices, and app-based workflows with a physical press, twist, or multi-button command. They connect to phones and tablets over Bluetooth, and to smart home platforms and business systems through the Flic Hub, Hub LR, or Gateway. The right setup depends on whether you are controlling a phone, a local smart home, or a larger deployment.

What Flic devices can control

Flic's product line covers several control styles:

• Flic Smart Button — a single button for triggering an action with a push.
• Flic Twist — a dial-style controller for adjusting smart home settings such as light brightness.
• Flic Duo — a dual-button smart remote for two distinct commands.
• Flic Cue — an AI voice button, listed as coming to Kickstarter in November with early access available.
• Flic Mic — listed as coming soon, positioned for work use.

The actions themselves are defined by what the button is paired with. Flic describes the buttons as able to "control anything with a push" and as integrating with existing solutions through free SDKs. In practice, that means a button press can trigger a smart home action, a phone function, or a custom integration built with Flic's developer tools.

How the connection works

Flic uses two connection paths depending on the scenario:

The Flic Hub and Hub LR are described as powerful smart home hubs, and the Flic Gateway as an IoT gateway. These bridge the buttons to smart home platforms and network services so control does not depend on a phone being nearby.

For software integration, Flic lists a Mobile SDK, developer portal, Flic Hub Studio, Flic MQTT, and dedicated modes such as a MIDI controller, keyboard emulator, mouse emulator, and OSC support. These are the mechanisms for connecting buttons to software beyond the built-in smart home integrations.

Choosing the right setup

• If you want to control a phone or a few apps nearby: a Flic button paired over Bluetooth is the simplest path.
• If you want lights, music, and smart home devices to respond reliably at home: plan on a Flic Hub or Hub LR so the buttons are not tied to one phone.
• If you are connecting to network or business systems: the Flic Gateway plus the SDK, MQTT, or Hub Studio tools are the relevant pieces.
• If you need adjustable control rather than on/off: Flic Twist is the dimmer-style option.

Business and integration use

Flic positions the same buttons for organizational deployment, including healthcare, personal safety, hospitality, lone worker safety, schools, retail, logistics, and facility management. Examples named on the site include patient call buttons, nurse panic buttons, hotel panic buttons, restaurant service call buttons, and lone worker panic alarms. These deployments rely on the free open SDKs and device management tools rather than on consumer app pairing alone.

What to check before buying

Confirm three things for your intended use: which device style matches the interaction you need (button, dial, or dual button), whether your control target requires a Hub or Gateway rather than Bluetooth alone, and whether your platform is covered by Flic's listed integrations or would need custom work through the SDK. Pricing and plan details are not specified in the available material, so verify current pricing and availability directly on flic.io before committing.