Customer Ratings & Reviews

The Smart Lights work wonderfully with the Google mini and smart phone apps. The only negative is, if you unplug the lamp or your internet is low, you have to "restart" the bulbs by resetting them through C by GE's help page. It takes about 30 seconds but can be annoying. That is the only reason for 4 stars.

Easy to install apps and set up all the lights for my home

Easy to use and set up. Works well with gmail contacts.

Love this product. Works really well for lights!!!

This is really easy to use and I like it very much

I bought this kit mainly so I can control my lights when away from home. It works for this purpose well. It's search and 'assistant' features though are less than helpful.I guess I'd recommend if you just need to control your lights and play a little music.

We've been building our home to be a smart home pratically and this combo was perfect buy for us! The light is a simple smart bulb that works for any light fixture (as far as I've noticed) and the mini's are my favorite.

works really well with the google assistant, it is nice to be able to turn on your lights when you walk in the door! Also when in bed, just tell them to turn off! Easy to use!

I had another smart bulbs which needs a bridge. And I needed to connect the bridge to the router every time to set up new bulb. But this one doesn't need a bridge and Google home recognize the bulb immediately. I like it!

My kid got this to play music. The speaker is nice and loud. My kid can turn the lights off at bedtime without having to get out of bed. We got another google mini for another room because it was so cool.

This accomplished what we wanted. With my wife having her arm in a sling due to shoulder replacement, she struggled turning her reading lamp on and off. This took care of the problem. Might look at expanding what we have

The google minis and smart light have changed our life for the best! It’s amazing to have your lights switch off once you are in bed and you forget to turn off! I need to say this has changed the game in smart technology!

While this is good deal for a Google mini and a smart bulb, I had some difficulty setting up the bulb properly. This is because I was trying to setup the bulb with my existing mini, and apparently the bulb is design to set up initially with the packaged mini. A small gripe but it was confusing at first.

I have purchased three of these starter kits, and put them in separate rooms, and they all work very well with the GE light bulbs. I have purchased several bulbs in addition to the ones that came with the kits.

Thought I’d tiptoe into the smart home thing.....this was a good place to start and now I’m 14 bulbs deep and another google mini added on to my hub, plus 3 Ring security cams, and an August smart lock.

Unless you're living under a rock, you've heard of Google Home and its capabilities. Whether or not you are a Google Home or Alexa user will inevitably depend on which ecosystem your invested in. If you're reading this, I'm assuming you're invested in the Google ecosystem or at least not so much invested into Amazon's Alexa. Either way, both of their "mini" devices (the Google Home mini and Alexa Echo Dot) are similar in their size and capabilities. They offer the voice link you need to your smart assistant without the advanced sound offerings. Yes, the mini will play music, etc. but it will never sound as good as any other Google Home speaker, including the Google Home. So assuming you're looking into investing in the Google Home ecosystem (I have, and I utilize it every single day) the Google Home mini PLUS GE smart bulb is a great way to start. It's also useful for anyone looking to add a Google Home mini to their house and adding smart bulbs (side note on smart bulbs, once you start buying them, you'll continue to do so, and you'll know they get expensive). In terms of setup of the mini, all you need is to download the Google Home app and plug in the mini. The home app will autmoatically detect it and set it up. Usually the first time set up requires an update that takes about 5 minutes. From there, the app does a good job of walking you through Google Home's capabilities and adjusting settings (such as what news will play when you say "Hey Google, good morning"). I've been very impressed with the app in terms of teaching you what the home could do. When it first came out, it was a complicated un-user friendly mess to navigate. I think for first time smart home users, you'll appreciate the east to set it up and learn its capabilities. In terms of the GE bulb, it too is straight forward. You screw it into a light socket. From there you can set it up through the GE app or Google Home. I prefer the Google Home app because I want to be able to control my home from one app without having to link services. For example, if you set up Phillips Hue bulbs, or GE lights through GE's app, you then have to link the services within the Home app. Not a big deal, but it's an unnecessary step for a "dumb" smart light bulb. I say this bulb is "dumb" because your options are to turn it on and off and adjust the brightness. Phillips light bulbs are a little more complex in how they're controlled which necessitates (in my opinion) utilization of the Phillips Hue app at times (like changing colors). Much like the mini, the Google Home app will find the bulb and set it up. The app walks you through assigning it to a room and from there, you just say "Hey Google" (near your Google home mini of course) and "turn off light [so and so]:" And voila. Turning lights on and off via voice is absolutely not necessary but its addicting and oftentimes, convenient. Plus, you can always turn it off from your phone from bed if say, you forgot to turn off the lamp before heading to bed. As I said from the beginning, this is a good value for those just getting to dabble in the smart home convenience. Maybe you only need/want a couple lights that you can control remotely and via voice, and if so, this is a perfect solution. The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars is because even though this package is a good value, it could be better given the deep discounts of the standalone Google Home mini around the holidays.

Love these! Got it on sale. Very responsive and helpful to have around the house. One of the smart bulbs that I got from C by Ge stopped working with my Google Home, but I just control it from the C by GE app.

Smart light starter kit with Google assistant is a big help for us At times we forgot to turn off the lights , with a simple command Hey Google turn off lights Google assisted ON TURNING OFF LIGHTs

I connected my Google Home to this speaker with other products I have and it makes automation so much better. The speaker is loud and the mic can pick up my voice far away.

Great I love it I have become dependent on google home for everything it’s amazing sometimes I get in the car and ask google what is the weather gonna be lol