The media could not be loaded. I am fluent in smart home items as well as integrations. I have bought different brands from lots of stores. I am always wary when it comes to colored bulbs in the price range of Philips non-colored. Things to look for: o Compatible integrations: Alexa, Google, Smart Things etc. o Lumens and Watts: Example Philips hue is 6W (60-Watt equivalent and 800 Lumens) The higher the W, the more ok it is to lower the lumens. W is just power consumption, Lumens is brightness. Sometimes they can work hand in hand. o Make sure they app used is compatible with your phone or any device in the household that can at least be used once to set the integration. These are actually wayy brighter than another brands 650 lumens at 600 lumens. Probably where the 7W vs 6W comes in The App: Smart Life I have had products that use this app before and have never had issues. Same goes for these bulbs, I did not have any issues. Because I already had an account with them, I was able to get it all setup more quickly by skipping this step. Integrations added o Alexa · I already had Smart life skill for Alexa (Integrated to my Alexa account/devices), so when adding the first bulb to the Smart life app as a new light, My Alexa app instantly popped up stating ‘New lighting device detected’ with the bulbs name. Off to the races from there. o Google · This was my first-time using Google Home, but it was just as simple when connecting the Smart Life account to my Google Integration. Google Home app also instantly detected new lights. o Smart Things · For my Samsung Smart things, I just use integrate them all here. So when a new integrate is added, its all in one places. o Ways of having both · There are two ways to do this § 1. You can integrate them all into each one individually. · Meaning, Connect Smart Life to each Integration (Alexa, Google, Smart things etc) § 2. Use one as the Main that is connected to Smart life, and then add that to others. But then do not add Smart life to others as duplicates. · Meaning, you can add all smart vendors to let’s say smart things. So Smart life, Philips hue, Wyze etc are now all on Samsung Smart things. account. You then can integrate Samsung Smart things to be connected to Alexa and Google Home. § With Method 2, you only must touch 1 (Samsung Smart Things) when adding new devices and it will do the same quick addition to Google and Alexa. § With Method 1, you will be adding Each new vendor to every time you get one. · Meaning, If you wanted to add Smart Life and Philipes hue, you would then have to add it 6 times (Smart life to Alexa, Google, and Smart things + Philpis Hue to Alexa, Google, and Smart life) Where as with Method 2, you only add it two times (Smart life + Philips hue to Smart things, and Smart things sends to each) Read more
I ordered these 6 months ago and am loving how these work. I use it with Google assistant but I also use it just with the Smart Life app which does not require voice (I'm not a huge fan of voice control). I love being able to change the color and hue and brightness on a whim, especially in various rooms, at any time I like. I also really like the ability to remotely turn on or off lights if I am not even at home. I would not say these bulbs should be the primary source of light in a room at night, they are not all that bright, especially in a large room, but I was looking for a more ambient, warm light bulb anyway, not primary lighting. I have primary lighting already, but needed these for accent lamps, television watching (which I need to have a dim light on when I watch), and for morning light. I absolutely love these, and found them simple to set up, simple to control, and I miss having them when I travel. I have purchased a second set of these for another house, and like them better than the Phillips or peteme smart bulb. The app is quite simple, I think it's easier to use than the Google smart app, which I have but prefer the Smart Life. Definitely purchasing more. The life span has been excellent and not needing to replace any just yet. Read more
We bought these in 2020, and just a few weeks ago one of the lightbulbs started blinking, and another just went out. So their life I would say is about 6 years lol. It worked! Read more
So I bought these because they seemed to be the most cost effective, both in the price of the bulb, and the fact that I don’t need a hub, and because they had stellar reviews. 1. They were extremely finicky to set up. I’m a pretty tech savvy person, and what I don’t know, I can google. But these....man. I put three of them in the overhead light in my bedroom and proceeded to follow the written instructions to flip them into setup mode. Several times in a row the setup failed, in both setup modes. So I tried the fourth bulb in a lamp, watched some videos, did some googling. The troubleshooting for these actual bulbs is very daunting, it talks about changing settings on your router and a whole bunch of stuff that just frustrated me. About two hours later, reading reviews from other smart bulbs, someone mentioned turning off your cellular data during setup. Tried that....boom. So turn off your cellular data and set them up in the “slow blink” mode. I still ended up setting them up one at a time in the lamp and then moving them into my overhead light. 2. A lot of reviews here mention that they’re dim. I have a pretty big bedroom with high ceilings, and I do not find them to be dim whatsoever. 3. Alexa integration is super easy as long as you’re familiar with the Alexa app and creating groups in it. 100% satisfied on that front. Five stars for a good product that’s hard to set up. I’ll still be buying more for the rest of the house since they’re cost effective and hopefully knowing how to set them up now it will be easier. EDIT: I received my second set of lights in the mail two days ago and it took me all of five minutes to set up four of them now that I’m so how to do it. Excellent. Read more
