Best smart light bulbs

Smart lightbulbs is one of the quickest and easiest ways to start your smart home journey. There are so many different lighting solutions out there you are bound to find something to suit your needs. The LIFX Wi-Fi Smart LED Light Bulb strikes the perfect balance of quality and capability by producing bright vivid colors and connecting to your home network via Wi-Fi. We have gathered the best smart light bulbs around to help you decide which is the best fit for you.

The LIFX Wi-Fi Smart LED Light is the best option for those looking for a high-quality bulb capable of producing millions of colors and bright whites. Rated at 1,100 lumens of light output, LIFX's smart bulb is one of the brightest smart bulbs around, and because it is an LED, it sips power, running at just 11 watts.

The LIFX smart bulb connects directly to your home's network via Wi-Fi, allowing it to work without the need for an additional hub. The bulb integrates with Apple's HomeKit, Amazon Alexa and the Google Assistant making it a highly compatible solution. This allows it to work with other smart home devices, enabling complex automations and scenes. 

Powerful dimming options and an abundant color selection make LIFX's bulbs a great way to set the mood in any area of your home. Backed with a two-year warranty and a life expectancy of 22.8 years, means that LIFX's bulbs will be around for the long haul. 

The Sengled Smart White LED Bulb is one of the lowest cost smart bulbs around. Despite the low price, the LED bulb produces bright light, up to 800 lumens, and offers energy monitoring via Sengled's App which is available for iOS and Android. 

Since Sengled's smart bulb uses ZigBee for connectivity, it means that a separate hub is necessary for smart functionality. This can be from Wink, SmartThings, or even Amazon's Alexa with smart home capabilities built in. Once connected, voice control support allows you to quickly turn off the lights on your way out the door.

Sylvania's Soft White Filament Bulb brings smart capabilities to the iconic light bulb style. Sylvania's bulb is capable of outputting up to 650 lumens and does so using just 10 watts of power, making it a smart replacement for the older filament bulbs that you may still have around.

Connection to Apple's HomeKit enables Sylvania's Filament Bulb to work with Siri for voice control, as well as with scenes and automations. Bluetooth connectivity allows the bulb to pair directly with HomeKit and it will be ready to control via your iOS device in just a few moments.

Smart floodlights, particularly BR30 bulbs, are more expensive and not as widely available as the standard A19 style of light bulbs. FEIT's Smart Wi-Fi LED Color Bulb is the most cost-effective solution on the market, and it does so without skimping on quality.

Rated at 650 lumens, the FEIT Smart Wi-Fi LED Color Bulb is bright enough to light the traditional out of reach spots and provides the added benefit of color capability which can set the stage for your next party. Wi-Fi connectivity ensures that this bulb will work out of the box with your network, and it does not require a special hub to make it work.

Smart candelabra bulbs are a hard to find size thanks to their small footprint and base size. The Philips Hue White Ambiance Smart Bulb fills this gap and does so with style with their high lumen output. Rated at 800 lumens, these bulbs will brighten up your space, especially when paired with other bulbs on the same fixture, such as on a ceiling fan or chandelier.

The Philips Hue line of bulbs offers one of the most reliable, fastest responding lighting devices around. This is thanks to the ZigBee wireless connection, which can create a mesh network of its own with other devices in your home. Of course, this does require the Philips Hue Hub, which can be found bundled with certain bulb kits.

Light all the things

One of my favorite things about my connected home is the ability to turn off my lights from any room. In fact, I normally just say "Alexa, goodnight" and she will turn off my lights, put the red light on in my hallway — for getting to the bathroom at night — and creepily tell me to have "sweet dreams."

If you are in the market for a high quality, universally compatible smart light bulb, look no further than LIFX's Wi-Fi Smart LED Light Bulb. LIFX's bulb offers accurate colors, high lumen output, and connects directly to your home network without the need for an additional hub. Compatibility with all of the major smart home platforms ensures that it will be around for years to come.