Deako takes a unique approach to smart lighting with its modular system, and now it's offering a next-generation switch and app that promises to make installation and configuration even easier than before. The appeal of Deako's system lies in its use of backplates that, once hardwired to your home's electrical system, allow you to hot-swap one type of Deako lighting control for another--you don't even need to turn off the power. If you have an on/off switch controlling your ceiling cans, for example, but you'd prefer to be able to dim those lights, you can just yank the switch out of the backplate and pop in a dimmer. Once you've installed a Deako backplate in your electrical box, you can plug in–and later hot-swap–any of its smart or simple lighting controls. Deako is celebrating its 10th anniversary by taking the wraps off an all-new smart switch: the Deako Smart Switch Gen 2 ( 100, pictured at the top of this page) features an integrated, dual-function LED light bar at its base.