GE - Cync Smart Full Color Direct Connect Light Bulb (1 A19 LED Color Changing Light Bulb), 60W Replacement - Full Color

I was gonna go with the hue but after seeing the price I gave these a try and they work exactly the same but half the price. I do have both and they connet right to my alexa. I love the color changing and they are dimmable so you can adjust the brightness by telling alexa dim the light to what ever percent you disire.

Bought these bulbs to use in the three light fixtures on my front porch and driveway. I had problems connecting them to the Cync app right from the start. I went through the setup process and kept receiving an error message: "Cannot Add Device. Make sure that nothing is obstructing any device and you are at a maximum of 40 feet away. Check that your device is still in setup mode." PROBLEM: The app showed the bulbs had 2/3 WiFi signal bars and my iPhone showed 3/3 bars when standing next to the bulbs. So I figured that was good enough to get the bulbs connected. After selecting my WiFi network and entering the network password, the app looked like it was going to connect but then I'd receive the error message. SOLUTION: I took the bulbs inside the house, put them in a lamp and set the lamp 5 feet away from my WiFi access point (router). Went through the setup process in the Cync app and the bulbs successfully connected. I then removed them from the lamp and reinstalled them in the outside fixtures. They have worked fine ever since. On another note, I like that these bulbs remember color and brightness settings when power is cycled. I have a Z-Wave switch that turns on the outside lights at dusk and turns them off at dawn. When the bulbs turn on they are at the correct color and brightness.

I bought 2 pairs of these smart light bulbs and they are pretty decent. I installed these light bulbs on light stands which are controlled by WeMo Smart Plugs. I configured a few scenes for the smart light bulbs which is straight forward to do. But the inconvenience comes when the light stands are turned OFF. Of course, when the light stands or the light fixtures in which you install these smart bulbs are OFF, you would not be able to access the smart light bulbs immediately via mobile application because the smart light bulbs are OFF as well. You would need to turn ON the light fixtures and then wait a minute or so until the smart light bulbs reconnect with your Wi-Fi network. It is not a big problem, but this is something you should be aware of. Keep in mind that if you would like to link these smart light bulbs to your Google Assistant, then you would need to recreate your scenes that you already created in the mobile application. The scenes do not transfer to Google Assistant. As a result, it can get tedious in the beginning of the setup, but once the setup is complete for both the mobile application and Google Assistant, then you should be good to go.

This overall is a good product. At full price, this is still cheaper then other brands, but when they are on sale, it is even better. Syncing to Google home is a fairly easy process. My only grip is that sometimes I have issues where the bulbs don't fully change colors. For example. If I change the colors from red to blue, all but one will turn blue... This can be a deal breaker for some, but something I can live with.

Very fun to play around with. You can create scenes which are essentially shortcuts to the color you want, then use the automation tab that lets you set times for when you want a particular scene automatically on. You can also create an off scene. It lets you name each light and designate rooms to organize them all by. I also like the sunrise and sunset timing option for scenes in the automation tab.

Wasn’t sure how hard this would be set up and if I’d need any extra add ons to get it up and working. So.... these light work great and you don’t need any additional parts/pieces. Just screw the build in and download the app. Setup is done via the app and only takes a few moments. After that you just use the app to choose color and brightness. Easy to use and happy with my purchase.

Works great. Sync up with Google home. So you can control it from everywhere though your phone. Bought like 5 or em. 3 for the living room and 2 for the bedroom.

Works great, bulbs can be very bright (especially when both are in the same fixture). Only problem I've had is that there are occasionally some hiccups when changing light color, but I suspect this might just be my wifi acting up.