Philips Hue White and Color Ambiance LED Smart Light Bulb Starter Kit, 3 A19 Smart Bulbs & 1 Hue Hub (Works with Alexa, Apple HomeKit & Google Assistant)

worth the money

I have several different hue bulb types and these have way less flicker. Its the only bulb type I could recommend from hue so far. Great color from hue as usual.

I love these lights when I first got them!

I have these installed over my kitchen counter and one in a floor lamp. They are so easy to use with the Alexa app and work beautifully. Great buy!

Ordered this starter kit during the Prime Day and the package arrived in perfect condition. Had the hub and the 3 A19 bulbs (warm white). The Philips hue doesnt come with a setup instructions page but a quick and short youtube video was enough. Everything is working perfectly so far. Great deal!

There are other options out there that are much cheaper and do the same thing. If price isnt an issue then get these but I could not tell these lights apart from 15$ color bulbs with app pairings I had tried elsewhere.

I had owned a generic brand Smart light system because I did not want to pay the Phillips Hue price tag. Honestly, that was such a mistake and waste of money. I saw the Phillip Hues for a deal so i decided to see what the hype was about. Whelp, I can totally see why they are the best in the business for these lights. First off, biggest notice, the installation. Super easy!!!! The central port system ease the whole set up. My prior generic brand one was such a pain! The Phillip app is incredibly easy to use. Tons of great setting options including setting your own. Works with Alexa and Apple Home with no issues. If you need a Smart light system, take it from me and go with Phillip Hue. It might be 5x the price, but it is so worth it!

Easy setup, easy to adjust using phone app, lots of options to play around with.

This is our second set of smart light bulbs and first one from Philips Hue. We have iPhones and iPads almost everywhere in the house (an iPad for each one and an iPhone for each adult) so we dont need to invest in extra voice control devices ( the idea of buying an Echo for each room sounds awful, though currently we have one in the kids room and I like it). Before having this Hue Starter Kit, as most people considering their 1st smart light bulbs, I didnt understand either why a hub (or bridge) is required while some light bulbs say they dont need to. So I purchase my first set of smart light bulbs from another brand, without a hub and claiming it supported Siri. But it didnt have a HomeKit code so it was just a fake ad. As a tech guy (installed all kinds of hardware and software in data center for years and also a developer) it took me more than a couple of hours to try all 3 paring methods to make it work with Alexa, and it was super annoying and felt unsafe to be asked to share my location all the time, not to mention I also had to input my complicated wifi passcode several times for a single try. The Philips Hue Hub, originally just for Siri control, tuned out a big surprise. It made it super easy to setup, almost worked out of box. All you need to do is to read a few lines of instruction, plug in two cords (power and network cable) and scan HomeKit code from your iPhone. The only difficult part for me was to find where the HomeKit code was among a mass of words and numbers on the hubs body. But that was all. Before purchasing, I was worried about the light bulbs in this starter kit were previous version and not white ambience as a couple of reviews pointed out. When they lighted up I found 2700k color was perfectly for me, both in living room and bedroom. Plus the watts is even slightly bigger than the current version which has a flat top and bluetooth. I even prefer this version over the bluetooth version if next time I need more bulbs because of the brightness. What a great deal that you get the hub and the lovely bulbs for just a bit more than 60 dollars. Highly recommend it especially if you want to utilize Siri you already have and dont want to waste your intelligence on figuring out how to connect a single bulb to your wifi for multiple bulbs.

I have some of my own and love them so much I decided to get them as a gift for a friend.