Customer Ratings & Reviews

It's a great kit if you would like to automate some lights in your house, but not exactly sure yet, so not ready to make a big investment or do any wiring (one note - if you have a dimmer - you will need to take it out). Bulbs are just a standard E26 socket bulbs, A19 shape (pear shape) that would go into almost any light fixture, they are a bit taller than Philips Hue Color bulbs. Maximum light output is 800 lumens which is equivalent to 60W incandescent bulb. Once bulbs are installed and powered on - you can control them using an app on the phone/tablet or web site. Whole kit is compatible with Apple HomeKit as well, so once setup is complete - all bulbs will be present in the Home app and controllable by Siri. Bulbs could be controlled individually or as a group. Philips app is trying to align groups with Rooms in your HomeKit which may not be always practical for bigger spaces (you rarely need to control all lights in the same room at once), so I would recommend breaking groups down, for example Kitchen ceiling lights and Kitchen island vs just a "Kitchen". These are not color changing bulbs, but they can change their white color temperature from 2000K (close to a candle flame) to 6500K (bright daylight). You can easily pre-define color temperatures you like as scenes. Automation consists of pre-defined easy to setup routines such as: Wake up - turns lights on at a specific time Good night - turns lights off at a specific time Custom timer - with predefined sunset/sunrise values or just manually entered time There are a few accessories available as well such as motion sensor which would allow you to turn lights on automatically when someone enters the room and a remote control dimmer switch - if you would like to have a physical controller in your hand or on the wall. Philips Hue ecosystem is easy to integrate into almost any other home automation system too - it would work with Nest, Alexa, Smartthings and almost any other home control system in the world. In short: Pros: - Super easy to install for anyone, no wiring, no electrician, system if fully portable if you need to move. - Apple HomeKit full integration - Same bridge will controll all other Hue devices you might get in the future - color bulbs, LED strips, etc - Motion sensor and remote control accessories are available - Philips Hue ecosystem can be tightly integrated into almost any other home automation system. Cons: - Light output is just 800lm (60W incandescent) may not be enough for all applications or you might need to install more light fixtures. - If power to the bulb is switched off and then on - bulb will not keep it's previous state, but will go into the full brightness mode instead. - Groups of bulbs are tied into HomeKit rooms which is not always practical if you would like sub-groups of lights in the same room (for example: ceiling light, island, etc) - Automation rules are very basic, for example it's not possible to turn light on from sunset to a specific time.

Finally took a chance on some smart bulbs and am happy I did. They work very well with Alexa and Google. I also use the app to control them a lot. I got the ambient white ones but think I would just go with the warm white if I did it again. I hate the look of a cold white bulb so they are always set to warm anyway. I haven't tried out the colored bulbs because they are kinda expensive but I'm sure one of these days I will. I also have been looking at the remote and the motion sensors because they would come in handy in the bathroom . Next step is to get all the bulbs in the house changed to these. I would highly recommend if you want to have some fun with the smart world.

I started with this Phillips Hue White Ambiance Led Starter Kit and installed them in my home. I have to say, they work amazing and I have total control either using my cell phone or just asking Alexa to turn whatever Bulb I want on or off. I now have my whole house fitted with these Phillips Bulbs and even purchased some of those colored bulbs as well. I will always stay with these Phillips Bulbs, because they always work, either when home or not, never a drop in service no matter where I am. Great when these Phillip Bulbs are on sale at BestBuy.

Initially purchased the standard Hue lights and decided to upgrade to the white ambiance and am glad I did. Add these lights with the color ambiance and you’re set! Love all of the available scenes and being able to control with Alexa. Easy set up and installation!

I have it synced with Amazon Echo - Alexa. I've tried other smart bulbs brands which had delays or did not respond many times. Philips Hue always responds and does not have any delays. I love how you can adjust the brightness, too!!

Bought these to use in four lamps in my living room and dining room that weren’t on a light switch operated outlet. Now, instead of walking around the room to turn the lights on and off I do absolutely nothing as they are now set to come on for dinner around six and turn off around nine, with one of the four set to 40% brightness until later when it also turns off. It’s pretty cool.

So I upgraded from the first generation to these - Love that i can change the color temperature, (blue and bright to warm and dim), and really love that I can set them to dim on in the morning, dim down at night to remind me to go to bed and program them to turn off when i leave the house and on when i come home. and they work with Alexa!

Easy set up and simple to use. Although, adding new lights to google home after initial set up was not as easy. Had to unlink hue from google home and relink with new lights.

This product was easy to set up and the lights turn on and off consistently; I’ve had no disruptions in connectivity. I also added a remote, which works really well for guests. But the ability to control these with voice command is so convenient. I love the ability to program routines and have two that I rely on to fade lights on and off. I highly recommend this product.

They're light bulbs. WAY overpriced light bulbs, but light bulbs none the less. And these are just white bulbs... the color bulbs are twice as expensive. But they are a good way to add dimming capability to a ceiling fan, which is what we used them for, without re-wiring everything to install a remote control.

This is a great product I went yesterday and bought a few smart home items and this was one. Super easy to use and set up, I also bought the echo plus which can controll these with out the Phillips base station and I was unaware of that untill later. So if you have an echo plus you can just buy the bulbs and not the whole kit since you won't need to base.

They were extremely easy to set up and super fun to use! My husband didn’t understand my obsession with wanting these but after they were set up he was playing with them right away. I’m particular about the color of lighting, so it’s a bonus that I can adjust these. I love that they will also last us a long time so it’s worth the investment.

I was very hesitant at first but I’m very happy I finally purchased these lights. Can’t wait to replace the rest of the bulbs in my house.

This just works! I tried other smart light options and they were too complicated. Hue makes it easy and their support app makes it fun.

Perfect this lights I can turn them on or off with my phone, doesn’t matter where I’m at. They can also be program automatically.

It is very cool to tell Alexa to turn on and off the lights and to dim them or change the shade of white (or color if you buy that bulb) but in reality it is not necessary to actually own these, just another tech toy. The color range is very nice and being able to dim them is cool. You can control this away from home which is a nice feature. Alexa works reasonably well but at the same time it keeps having trouble with my daughters light, not recognizing her name. The app is easy enough to use but as one reviewer pointed out you have two choices when setting up. First is to group all lights in a room as one, which is what I did ,but then using Alexa you really can only control both at the same time not individually. To do that you have to delve deeper into the app and it is time consuming compared to just Turing it on and off by hand. The other option is to set up each one as a separate room and then issue two commands to Alexa or in the app, control each separately but I didn’t do that. As another user pointed out you don’t know which bulb was set up where at first- if you are setting up multiple bulbs. My recommendation is to do one room at a time or even one bulb at a time. At this point I will probably buy 5 of the cheaper bulbs to control my den level and just torture my family by making their lives more complicated. These bulbs let you automate a bunch of features like connecting them to a harmony remote or putting them on timers but I don’t do anything like that yet and just got them for fun. My wife thinks they are a gimmick and my daughter who is 7 loves playing with them. I also invested in the dimmer remote to make people’s lives easier.

I love having to turn the lights on with my voice thru my google home. I can control brightness and color of the lights.

This went along with an echo as my first purchases for my smart home and I can honestly say its an instant upgrade to my life. The setup is simple enough, and with the phillips hue and alexa app you can set up your custom lighting in a couple minutes. I like that you can control it with voice or by the app and that I only had to use the phillips app for the initial setup, meaning i only have to use 1 app (being the alexa app) to control everything in my apartment. The range on the bulbs are great as far as brightness goes and the moods can basically go from beach sunset to hospital waiting room depending on how you tinker around with it. if you already have a smart hub device in your home then you won't need this kit with the bridge and could maybe save money just buying bluetooth enabled bulbs, which i went and picked up an extra 2 pack for the bedroom since these worked out so nicely. If you're on the fence about trying the smart lighting thing, I would say it's totally worth a shot.

Got these to make it easier to turn lights on and off at night. And since have added more lights. Set up is easy. The app works good for it also. And it works thru Alexa and google home. What more do you want but to crawl into bed and are able to turn off the lights without turning a switch.

Hue makes it super simple No wires to deal with I’ve got 20 of these in my home with the hue switch s Love it