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Standard white smart bulbs are mainly useful if you want individual control of single bulbs in a multi-bulb fixture or on a single electrical circuit. Wyze’s app is easy to use, and you can pair the bulbs with Alexa or Google Home for voice control and other smart home automations.Ĭommunication protocols: Bluetooth, Wi-Fi Works with: Amazon Alexa, Google Home, IFTTT The bulbs go from 30 to 1100 lumens and work over Wi-Fi, and there’s no need for a hub or bridge.

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Most (but not all) smart bulbs are dimmable, with three types: white, full-color spectrum, and tunable white lighting (where you can adjust the color temperature from cool to warm, which is how circadian rhythm lighting works).įor a basic budget smart bulb, Wyze produces good quality A19 dimmable bulbs in tunable white or full color, starting at $8.50. While that’s twice as much as a comparable dimmable LED, it’s far more affordable than just a few years ago. While they used to be very expensive, prices have dropped dramatically, and you can buy a smart, connected LED bulb for as little as $5.

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The most popular type of smart lighting is smart LED bulbs, mainly because they are easy to install and set up. If that all sounds too daunting, don’t worry - you can start with just one brand and get your feet wet using its app for control and grow into a larger smart lighting system as you get more comfortable with the technology and how it fits your needs. (See “How to pick a protocol” below for more on this).

The bad news is that Matter won’t be here until later this year, so in the meantime, you will need to pick a platform and a protocol before you start your smart lighting journey. If a bulb or switch is Matter-certified, it will work with any Matter-compatible platform and interoperate with any other Matter device. The good news is that - thanks to a new smart home standard called Matter that promises cross-platform compatibility - you won’t need to worry about which smart home platform a light works with or which technology it uses to communicate (Wi-Fi, Zigbee, Bluetooth, or other). You will need to pick a smart home platform and a protocol So, rather than opening three different apps to control your lights, you’ll want to use a smart home platform such as Google Home, Apple HomeKit, Samsung SmartThings, or Amazon Alexa to control all your lighting. The challenge here is that there are very few companies that offer both. In fact, the most effective smart lighting setup in a home will likely be a mix of smart bulbs and smart switches (though it’s unwise to use smart bulbs on a smart switch - more on that below).

You do not have to pick one over the other. There are two categories of smart lighting: smart bulbs and smart switches. The skinny on smart switches versus smart bulbs For example, Philips Hue lights can be set to turn blue if it’s raining outside or red if you just got an email from your boss, through the IFTTT service. Color-changing bulbs are fun for parties and events but also useful as a notification. Syncing your lights to the color of the sun throughout the day has been shown to help you feel more energized when you need to and start to wind down when it’s time. Health and wellness - Waking up to a gently increasing light is less jarring than an alarm and actually works.Motion sensors turn lights on automatically when you walk in a room and then off when you’re gone. At night a single command or schedule can turn everything off, then back on again in the morning. Convenience - If you often fall asleep with the bedside light on, it can shut off automatically.Use motion sensors to trigger outdoor lights at night without any wiring. Security and safety - Never come home to a dark house again set lights to turn on randomly while you’re away to deter miscreants.Smart lighting has a lot of great uses, here are just a few: Syncing your lights to the color of the sun can help you feel more energized

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