If you like the idea of smart lighting but you've been put off by the price, the Philips Hue Essential series could be exactly what you need.

Smart bulbs offer you the ability to control lights using your voice (with the aid of a smart speaker or your phone), to schedule them to turn on and off (for convenience, or to make it look like ...

Signify has announced a trio of new Philips Hue lighting accessories today. The lineup includes a 1600 lumen Hue bulb, a new Bluetooth Lightstrip Plus, and a refreshed version of the Philips Hue Bloom ...

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The best smart bulbs add convenience, customization and color to a fundamental part of every home: lighting. They can overhaul your living room without any changes to the furniture and decor or serve ...

These particular light bulbs are Govee's brightest RGB bulbs at 1,200 lumens and have a higher output than most other color changing LED bulbs, which are more commonly found in 800 lumen and 1,000 ...

We’ve talked before about how Alexa is one of the best voice assistants for smart homes, thanks to its broad compatibility with smart devices, which includes hundreds of brands and thousands of ...

Lifx’s A21 indoor bulb and Par38 outdoor bulb can be controlled via Wi-Fi without adding another bridge device to your smart home. Lifx’s A21 indoor bulb and Par38 outdoor bulb can be controlled via ...

Wish your Philips Hue lights could pulse along with your favorite Spotify playlists? Now they can, courtesy of a just-announced integration between Signify’s smart lighting brand and the streaming ...

I’ve been playing around with various LED smart lights for over a decade. The first set of household bulb replacements that I really got into was a Philips Hue kit I bought in 2012. It was pretty cool ...

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