Philips - Hue White and Color Ambiance A19 LED Starter Kit - Multicolor

Before purchasing this item, I had bought the google home and thought I would like to home automate other parts of my home. The guys were great with showing me several products and I had finally chose the Phillips Hue "starter" kit. It came with a hub and 4 smart lights. The setup was easy and integrated with the google home within minutes ( I do not know about Alexa or Apple integration). The instructions for setup were a little lackluster but did not impair the setup to prevent it from being effective and quick. It was as simple as downloading the Hue app, removing the old light bulbs, putting the Hue bulbs in and clicking on the hub. Having it connect through google home appeared seamless and easy. The longest part for me was deciding what to name each light. The one challenge I did have was creating “voice shortcuts” in google home to work with the Hue system but that is not Phillip’s Hue fault. I would have like to see a little more instruction/detail of what types of color names that the hue system bulbs could be set at so I would not have to research all the varieties of color. However, that was not enough to change my rating from an excellent product and I would buy it again.

I have been considering some form of 'smart' lighting for a while. Phillips Hue is the top tier, but I spent time investigating cheaper alternatives before deciding to take the plunge - all in with the Hue. It has been well worth it! It took a bit to figure out the bulb naming schemes, but once I had the Bridge installed and the bulbs named, connection with my Google Home was a breeze, and now the lights are integrated with my daily routines. Wowing friends with fun colors is always a plus. Middle of the night bathroom visits no longer involve getting blinded. I wake up more naturally with the "sunrise" routine - versus a jarring alarm. I've barely scratched the surface as to all the things these lights can do, and am looking forward to seeing what else they have in store. I am sold, and I highly recommend them!

Bought for my business it really makes up for the lack of decoration. I use the Thor light app to change colors but they will stall animating after a while. Apps could be better

It’s pretty rad to walk into your theater room and say “Hey Siri, turn the Animus on” and then let there be light! Animus is the name I gave my theater room so the voice commands are pretty neat and the name of your lights are customizable. I was concerned that if I wasn’t home someone may have trouble figuring out the lights. That concern was put to rest when I flipped the light switch off and back on the lights default to a really nice white. This is a really fun toy to have I throughly enjoy it. I’m a big gamer and movie watcher so I can theme the color of my entire room to match my entertainment. Pictures absolutely cannot do this justice. Just FYI in the pic the TV lights are hue but aren’t in this kit but to save time if your tv is 75 inches like mine this took one hue strip and 3 extensions to get the complete wrap around. Love Hue and am very happy with all of my hue purchases.

Great product that helped me enhance my entertainment room. I also added a light strip behind our media cabinet. The lights can be controlled via mobile device and I also setup with Alexa to voice command different scenes.

Lights, Colours, Action action action..... thata all you’ll get with these lights.... action.... After I had a $3300 Phillips Ambilight Tv explode on me in 2007 I vowed never to by a light from them again..... i also divirced my wife because I blamed her for the TV blowing up... anyways the Hue lights are hot and hot attracts hot... many mood settings, great investment, Apple Home compatible

Easy to set up and schedule. Made the purchase before a family vacation and set a lighting schedule to simulate that someone was home. Worked like a charm.... The colors and controls are amazing. I purchased additional color bulbs, outdoor floodlights (white) and a discover color changing floodlight. Highly recommend, worth the money!

1. The required bridge seems like overkill and the sooner they connect to Google and Amazon directly, the better 2. If you're using Echo or Google home you'll have redundant apps with differing and inconsistent functionality from the Hue app 3. You'll spend an hour or two upgrading the firmware on individual bulbs which is silly and annoying... 4. One of my bulbs gets out of sync with the others from time to time and will occasionally be the odd one out in a color scheme 5. Like some other "dimmable" led bulbs they might be incompatible with some older dimmer switches. That's the bad stuff but I got a reasonable discount and they really can change the appearance of a room as well as the benefits of voice activation and remote control. Here's a simple "warm" setting in the kitchen. The Hues are in the lightshades.