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Best outdoor smart lights in 2024
Weatherproof lighting for a connected and customizable smart home exterior
If you’re new to the world of smart home devices, smart lighting is one of the best products to invest in. web-connected bulbs and light strips put automated deliverables front and center, with brightness and color-changing actions returning very visible results in seconds flat. And once you’re cozy with indoor illumination, you can move into the great outdoors with these products, too.
Best smart light switches in 2024
Clever light switch solutions that deliver fully integrated and automated home lighting at the flick of a switch
Conveniently control your home's lighting system from anywhere with the help of a smart light switch. These devices are more advanced than conventional light switches and provide features that will make your life easier.
Best Philips Hue smart lights & bulbs in 2024
Brighten up your life with the best of the best smart light brand
When it comes to smart lighting, Philips Hue is the O.G. that still delivers a wide range of products that put many of its smart lighting competitors to shame. From run-of-the-mill A19 bulbs to powerful outdoor fixtures, Philips Hue smart lights and bulbs are easy to install and a cinch to control and automate.
5 brilliant Philips Hue Prime Day deals you can’t afford to miss
Philips has some tasty standalone products and bundles on sale for day two of Prime Day
We've now entered the back half of Amazon's Prime Day event, and we're still seeing many of the same great deals, along with some new highlights. If you've been shopping around for the best Prime Day smart home deals, you've probably come across a bunch of smart lighting options.
Best smart light brands in 2024
Smart lighting adds character and ambiance to any space, but no one does it like these brands
Smart lighting is one of the most popular considerations for new smart home setups since it's extremely useful and a great smart device for beginners. So instead of wading through countless off-brands, take a look at these excellent smart lighting manufacturers, with offers ranging from high-end lamps and permanent fixtures to straightforward smart bulbs. And you won't have to worry about smart ecosystem compatibility, either, as most of the best options support Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa, with a select few already certified to work with the Matter standard.
GE Cync Smart Light Strip review: Too expensive for your eyes
An extremely pricy light show without much to offer
GE's Cync Full Color Dynamic Effects Smart Light Strip is a mouthful to say, but its name is perhaps the most impressive part of this 16-million-color, diffused string of LEDs. A big, diffused strip of LEDs whose length you can easily modify is held back by a ho-hum controller application — so much so, I'm not sure it makes a lot of sense to buy GE's lights when you can get other, just as lovely looking solutions for mood lighting that cost half as much (or less).
Cync's newest lights let you make your neon dreams come true
Plus, new Matter-compatible gear, but no updates for old bulbs
Last year, Cync made a splash by expanding its smart home portfolio beyond only lights to include a camera, a thermostat, and a solar panel. Well, it's another year, we're talking CES 2023, and the Savant-owned GE Lighting brand is all about lights again — including a treat for those who've wanted a neon sign in their room — and simultaneous cheers and jeers for the Matter interconnectivity standard.
Last chance to save $45 on this Philips Hue smart light 3-pack for Cyber Monday
If you're into smart home gear, $90 is a crazy-good price for this Philips Hue color 3-pack
It's easy to see why smart light bulbs are so popular. Dynamic, color-changing lighting with remote access and programmable scenes is one of the most visible ways smart home technology can change your everyday life. One of the best smart lighting brands, Philips Hue, normally costs a pretty penny. For Cyber Monday, though, there are discounts on several Hue bulbs that make them far easier to invest in.
Get festive with these 10 top smart lighting deals for Cyber Monday
From smart bulbs to active TV bias lighting, there's a huge variety of great smart lights
Smart lighting is the most visual aspect of any good smart home setup, but there are many brands to wade through before finding the perfect equipment for your needs. Most importantly, avoid the glut of no-name rebranded import products you run into at some online retailers. To help with that, we've gathered a list of the best Black Friday and Cyber Monday smart lighting deals from the most reputable smart lighting manufacturers on the planet.
The best 15 smart home deals from Prime Early Access are still alive
From speakers to smart cameras, from backlights to locks, these are the deals to see
It doesn't have to be intimidating or expensive to break into the field of smart home devices. In fact, the entire industry has gone to lengths to make the processing of setting up your smart devices as easy as possible. Most devices support one of the three main voice assistants, and a great deal offers compatibility with third-party programming methods, including IFTTT applets. And for the rest of the day, Amazon's Prime Early Access Sale ensures you don't have to make a huge investment to get some of the best smart devices on the market.
This Philips Hue color bulb 3-pack is the cheapest it's ever been for Prime Day
Smartify your lights for under $80 right now
Smart lights are one of the most noticeable upgrades you can make to your home, and the undisputed king of smart lights is the Philips Hue lineup. Similar bundles of Phillips' Hue lights have consistently made the top of our best smart light lists and rank highly on our lists of all smart home devices.
Philips Hue Gradient Lightstrip review: The best lightstrip you shouldn't mount on your TV
The Hue Gradient Lightstrip is a fantastic general-purpose smart light strip
Standard smart bulbs are a good first step when it comes to smart home technology for beginners. However, if you really want to turn your home into a smart lighting paradise, you’re going to need a light strip, and the Hue Gradient Lightstrip is one of the best options on the market today. The sturdy design, ease of use, and bright colors make for an excellent experience, which it better be given the high price.
Philips Hue freshens up its outdoor smart lighting options with three new models
Plus a couple new app features for good measure
Philips Hue offers some really innovative smart lighting products, and is the first brand that many look at when starting their smart home journey. While initially focused on indoor lighting, the list of outdoor Philips Hue lighting options has continued to grow over the last several years, and it’s growing again with the introduction of some new products.
Wyze kicks off its birthday celebration with some very affordable new accessories for its very affordable smart cameras
Solar panels for outside, lamp sockets for everywhere else
Wyze has no shortage of fantastic gadgets that help make your home a little smarter without breaking the bank. The company is celebrating its birthday this week with the launch of a couple of new products. While it's nothing as groundbreaking as Wyze's foray into robovacs, these announcements make up some pretty cool accessories that might fit right into your existing smart home setup.
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Fall is here, and along with cozy sweaters and pumpkin spice lattes, Halloween is right around the corner. This season, you can dial in the spooky atmosphere with a set of smart RGB-enabled lights for your home. From now almost through the end of October, you can enter to win one of five Glide RGBIC wall lights from our friends at Govee, valued at $99.99 per set. Read on for details.
WiZ announces support for upcoming Philips bulbs and tons of new products of its own
A lamp for every room in your house
Philip's sister company WiZ has just announced a ton of new Wi-Fi-connected products. We're mostly in for new proper lamps (as opposed to plain ol' light bulbs), offering some seamlessly integrated experience without having to bother with replacing existing light bulbs. In addition, WiZ has also announced that its app platform will support upcoming Philips Smart LED products in Europe — as opposed to Philips Hue. Coupled with Matter support, we might soon only need one single app to rule our smart homes.
Philips is preparing to launch the most colorful, versatile Hue lightstrip to date
Gradients are THE business
Mixing colors might remind you of fingerpainting in kindergarten where you always ended up going too far and turning everything into that ubiquitous brown. But Philips may let you do so less messily with a new set of Hue Lights coming very soon.
Now is the perfect time to tackle some simple DIY home improvement projects, and smart lighting is one of the most straightforward additions you can make to your home. Most people begin by replacing their interior bulbs and fixtures, but if you're ready to illuminate your exterior spaces, today's DOTD sale at Best Buy could be just what you need. Right now, you can save 20% off an assortment of outdoor-centric Philips Hue lights and accessories.
Smart lighting startup Nanoleaf burst onto the scene in 2013 with a mission to create environmentally conscious smart lighting solutions. Although its first Kickstarter-backed product was an ultra-efficient LED lightbulb called the Nanoleaf One, it was the Aurora (triangular) and Canvas (square) wall-mounted lights that really made the company stand out. This year, Nanoleaf has announced plans to finally let users mix and match their favorite shapes to create unique LED designs.
Winter is here in the northern hemisphere and you might be looking for ways to cozy up your home. Smart lighting can certainly brighten things up, but the price to get started sometimes feels prohibitive. Luckily enough, you can grab a Google Smart Light Starter Kit, as well as an additional GE C-Life smart bulb, for just $29 ($39 off) at Kohls.