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)

The network component requires a wired connection to WiFi router 100% of time. You can’t do a wired setup, then later move the device elsewhere after you’ve established it to your home network. It’s really only tedious if the space behind your router is limited like mine. The “traveling” schedule setup requires patience

I had the old version working fine, suddenly stop connecting to the hue account, but still controlling lights in local network... I wrote to Phillips and they told me because it was old I need to buy another...so I did it....but 6 months later and tons of emails! still not working and Phillips never answers with solutions. only call center protocol like send me your serial number and proof of purchase... and them nothing!!!

Seriously if you don’t already have this, you NEED it. Get it now. Now. I can automatically have my lights fade in on work mornings. No waking up to harsh alarm, just slowly brightening lights. And that’s not even the best part. I can tell Alexa to turn off my lights, I can make the app turn them off and on when I’m not home so it looks like I am home.

I bought the 3 lights and kit because I wanted two lights and it was cheaper this way. I ended up giving the extra hub to my brother and now he is outfitting his house as well. Impressive how many color options are possible. If cost was no option I would replace every light in my house with these. I gave 4 stars instead of 5 because they are pricey and I find I do not change the colors very often. Really just to show someone how they work, or at a holiday to be festive.

Good value for the price

Its great! The lights are quite bright at all different colors. You wont find that kinda brightness on any other cheap color changing bulbs. What I like the best about it and willing to pay extra for it, is the Hue Bridge (or any product that works on a bridge), because all of your devices (upto 50!!) connect to the bridge, so that means you can have as many as youd need and would add almost no overhead on your wifi. The price would be expensive, but then you wont have troubles streaming amazon prime videos or whatever you love watching in super duper ultra HD. Highly recommend products like these that use proper engineering practices and a product that understands how to technically fit into users needs.

I really dig these lights. I’ve upgraded all my rooms to Hue color bulbs now. I’ve also integrated them with my Google Home speakers and they’re great. Very convenient. They’re controllable by either Hue app or voice command thru Google Home. Two minor cons I have tho are 1) Google sometimes takes a few seconds to process the request/command, which can sometimes lead me to suspect the command won’t be carried out, prompting me to say the command again only to now see the previous command being already carried out. And 2) some colors aren’t correct. If I ask Google to make the lights pink, they actually look white. Or if I set both nightstands to the same specific scene, the two nightstands side by side look noticeably different. Aside from that, they’re pretty nifty.

No matter how many YouTube videos I watched I could not get the HUB to connect to the app. Had to return.

I have already used them for almost a year in my bedroom, however one of the bulbs is down a couple of days ago, then I checked their advertisement. Philips advertises most of its current lineup of Hue smart LED bulbs, including the White and Color Ambiance bulbs, as lasting around 25,000 hours. Then let’s do a calculation: if I use my Philips hue white bulbs 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, then 24*365=8760, it is much lower than 25000 hours they advertise. Definitely I won’t use them 24 hours a day! That’s why I’m not satisfied with my order, if they really can survive 25000 hours, then the one I got is a defective product!

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