We’ve rounded up the very best smart lights that you can buy for your home.
Top 10 Best Smart Lights
Here we have rounded up the best smart lights that you can buy in 2020.
Philips Hue Econic
The Philips Hue Econic is one of the cooler looking outdoor smart lights on the market today. It’s a light that you can put outside on your porch and control it with your smartphone or your voice. You can also use something like IFTTT to automate when this light turns on. Like when you arrive home, or when the sun goes down, etc. This does need the Philips Hue Bridge to work, since it does not use Bluetooth. Additionally, since this is a colored light, you can do different colors outside, including blue, red, orange, purple, etc. And it’ll help light up your home for the holidays. From Halloween to Thanksgiving and even Christmas.
C by GE Smart LED Bulbs + Smart Plug Bundle
This is a great bundle to get started with actually. It’s pretty inexpensive, and also comes with a smart plug, which is always a nice added bonus. Smart control here isn’t as robust as on Philips Hue lights, since you can’t change the color. It’s on or off, you can schedule them, and dim them. And that’s about it. That makes these great for ceiling lights in your home.
Nanoleaf Canvas Starter Kit
These are decorative lights that you can add to your home. Whether it’s in your office, in your bedroom or in the living room. The Nanoleaf Canvas lights can make all sorts of different designs. They also have the ability to dance to different music that you’re playing and so forth. They are a really cool addition to any room. Nanoleaf makes it super simple to attach these to your wall, simply by using some 3M adhesive.
LIFX Z LED Strip Starter Kit
The LIFX Z LED Strip is a really great light to pick up and add to the back of your TV, underneath your cupboards in the kitchen, or really anywhere you need some accent lighting. It’s really great to use on a TV, since it can bounce light off of the wall, and make it a bit more enjoyable to watch TV at night in the dark. And since there are different zones on the LIFX Z, you can use different colors, and have it match the team you’re watching play and so forth.
Philips Hue Go
The Philips Hue Go is another really cool light that you can add to your setup. Many people refer to it as a “bowl of light” which is technically true. The Philips Hue Go is also portable, meaning that it does not need to stay plugged in. So you can put it anywhere. Bounce the light off of the wall and so forth. Which is another way to add some cool accent lighting to your home. This is a multi-colored light, with up to 16 million colors available to use here.
Ring Solar Pathlight
If you have a nice pathway from the curb or sideway, to your front door, then you’ll want to grab the Ring Solar Pathlight. These are pretty inexpensive at $25 each, and also are smart. So they can turn on whenever you need them too. Whether that is when you get home from work, or when the sun goes down. But perhaps the best part of this light is the fact that it is solar-powered. So you won’t need to worry about paying electricity for leaving these on all night long. That is really nice. If you own other Ring products, like the doorbell, or floodlights, then this is the route to go. As it does also work with your other Ring products, all within the same app.
LIFX A19 Mini Day and Dusk White
For those that want to conserve energy and go green, the LIFX A19 Mini is a great light bulb to grab. Not only is it cheaper, but it’s also smaller and uses less energy. That doesn’t mean that the LIFX A19 Mini is less bright, quite the contrary. It’s equivalent to a 60W bulb, and has 800 lumens. So it’s still plenty bright for most rooms. This is the Day and Dusk White color, that will mimick the colors you see in the day and at dusk. So it’s not white, but more of a yellow-ish color.
Kasa Smart Light Switch
Instead of replacing all of the lights in your home, to make them “smart”, you can just get a smart light switch. And you can get three from Kasa for under $30, which is very affordable. Kasa is the smart home brand of TP-Link, the router company. The only downside with a switch versus a smart bulb, is you miss out on the colors that some lights offer.
LIFX Beam Seamless Light Module
LIFX Beam is another one of our favorite smart accent lighting pieces that you can pick up. These can be placed anywhere really, but honestly, it’s great to put on the wall behind a TV, or around a door frame. Giving you a really cool look. The LIFX Beam is super simple to setup. Beams click together end to end. Included command strips allow you to place them exactly where you want. Simply download the app, connect to Wi-Fi and you’re ready to go. Connected Lighting and scenes for your space, time of day, and mood. Choose from 16 million colors with flexibility to dim. And it works with your favorite digital assistants, no matter what platform you use.
