Smart lights

1. Philip's hue

Philip's hue

Functions

  • Control your hue lights from your smart device or compatible controls
  • Create the ambience from your every moment
  • Choose the perfect lighting schedules for any mood or activity

Features

  • Choose from 16 million colors
  • 50 thousand shades of white
  • Sync with music, movies and games
  • Away from home control
  • Light scheduling
  • Wake up feature
  • Alexa compatible as you can control with your voice

Pros

  • Easy control and comfort whether home or away
  • Customized light recipes to help your daily moments into moments you can enjoy
  • Simple to install

Cons

  • The accessories that it is paired up with are sold separately
  • It is quite expensive
  • Indoor use only

2. Goove smart strip lights

smart strip lights

Functions

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  • Self developed LED strip lights that are more vivid and brighter for various room ambiances
  • Use simple conversation starters to turn your lights on and off, make them brighter and swap to your favorite color
  • Customizing DIY Modes for different scenes
  • Party lights that dance with music beats and works perfect for events decorations such as Birthdays, Weddings and New Year

Features

  • The LED strip has hands-free voice control and works with both Alexa and Google Assistant
  • Advanced control over your LED lights using the Wireless smart app
  • Built in mic that allows for the LED lights to sync to any type of music
  • 16.4 ft smart strip equipped with 5050 LED beads to provide ambiance light
  • Uses RGB colors (red, green and blue)
  • Uses an adapter power supply

Pros

  • All in one light kits that is easy to install
  • Adjustable light direction
  • You can connect more than one strips using connector kit

Pros

  • Indoor use only
  • Not waterproof
  • Keeps track of time, distance covered and workouts

3. Kasa smart light

smart light switch

Functions

  • Control your lights, ceiling fans and other fixtures from anywhere with the HS200
  • The smart switch replaces any kind of standard light switch
  • You can set schedules, timers and countdowns using the smart switch
  • You can monitor your light status

Features

  • Uses the Kasa app which guides you through an easy step by step installation
  • Requires a 2.4GHz Wi-Fi connection
  • You can turn electronics on and off with your smart phone using the Kasa app
  • Designed and developed in Silicon Valley, Kasa is trusted by over 4 million users
  • Hands free convenience for controlling the lights using voice control as it is compatible with Alexa and Google assistant

Pros

  • Easy to install
  • Response to the Echo commands is instant
  • The schedulers are easy to program
  • It is more energy efficient than competitive switches

Cons

  • Customer support is wanting
  • Not waterproof
  • Keeps track of time, distance covered and workouts

4. Smart recessed lighting

smart recessed lighting

Functions

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  • Light them up using your phone.
  • Supports 2.4GHz Wi-Fi and is controlled using the Smart Life App
  • Over 16 million colors to select from
  • Compatible with Alexa and Google Home
  • Is music synchronous
  • Able to adjust and control brightness

Pros

  • Using Auto Scan, the lights automatically search for recessed lighting and connect
  • Using the app, you have complete control over your smart recessed lighting
  • Have cool and warm white options to suit a scene you desire
  • e your hands by using the voice assistant to control the recessed lights
  • hts change color according to music beats, hand claps, gaming sounds thus giving you maximum entertainment experience
  • gramming of change of brightness helps with winding down in the night as one prepares to sleep
  • e the ability to edit a room ambient to give a desired scenario
  • Customer support is wanting
  • Not waterproof
  • Keeps track of time, distance covered and workouts

5. Smart light switch

smart light switch

Functions

  • Monitors your light status from anywhere you are.

Features

  • Supports a 2.4GHz Wi-Fi connection
  • Compatible with Alexa and Google home
  • Has countdown scheduling and away modes for energy saving and safety

Pros

  • Easy step by step installation without any expertise required.
  • Control you switch from anywhere you are using the app
  • Enjoy hands free control of the smart switches especially when you enter a dark room
  • You can set up countdown schedules to allow switching off
  • Away mode helps with protection of the house as the switch can raise an alarm and can trick potential intruders