Philips Hue White and Color Ambiance LED Smart Light Bulb Starter Kit, 3 A19 Smart Bulbs & 1 Hue Hub (Works with Alexa, Apple HomeKit & Google Assistant)

one bulb does not light and the other only lights a few seconds

Like the product. My grandson LOVES the lights.

Philips has been nagging me for a while to upgrade the app on my phone, and -- while youre at it -- get our new super duper hub, it is square. Well, with Samsung jacking everyone over on SmartThings, I figured I would go on and upgrade the Hue too. First, install the new hub. It is square. That is a big deal for some reason. The new hub is super-light, small piece of plastic. It will not stay put. The ethernet cable moves it. And, speaking of the ethernet cable, I was hoping I could remove the old hub and set the new hub in the same place. But NO!. Philips decided to 1) change the power connecter, and 2) rotate the ethernet connection, so I had to pull out the furniture, get behind where the old hub was, install the now power adapter, and twist the ethernet cable over. That was a chore. That cable had a little bit of tension in it, and the no-weight plastic hub promptly flipped over, putting the cable back to the position it was in with the old hub. Disconnect it, loosen up the cable, try again. OK, all that is working. Blue lights all on. To my great dismay, after installing the new app and the new hub, NO LIGHTS FOUND. Yep, first I thought I must have done something wrong (possible, even though Ive installed this and similar systems, but you never know). After checking and rechecking, I installed one of the new bulbs that came with the hub. Presto, 1 bulb in my house found and working. What about the rest? More checking. I power on every light in the house. Still no devices found. I try changing ZigBee channels. No go. Checking the Internet, Google the Oracle, and I found the Great Disappointment. The new hub does not talk easily to the old lights. Philips suggests going to each and every single light to find its serial number and typing in each of those serial numbers to help the poor new super-duper square hub find the legacy hue lights. What a waste of time and horrible design. If you are not totally invested in Hue, go to Panasonic. No hub required. Save yourself the headache and the failed designs of Philips. PHILIPS: you really screwed the pooch on this upgrade you forced out on everyone. Your inattention to design details is deplorable. Your near-complete lack of support for legacy bulbs is unacceptable. You could have done so much better.

It’s a bit pricier than other smart bulb systems but it’s worth the money. I haven’t had any issues since I started using it a few months ago. It is easy to set up and connect to Alexa

I never understood how these bulbs are used since the light switch needs to be on. I understand these bulbs are mainly for their colors but feels like an expensive way if you just want some automated lighting. It is better to just get a smart wall switch if you dont need colors. For colors, I would probably go with Hues other products. This is until I needed to leave the switch on my patio light after installing a Ring floodlight cam and there wasnt a good way to decouple the other light coupled to the switch. The light bulb literally turned on in my head and went for the Philips Hue! The switch is always on and I can use automation to turn on the other light! These lights are brilliant if your application fits! They are bright and colorful and if you are in range very easy to control and deal with. However, with my patio application, it was way beyond range and I learned they use other bulbs to communicate with each other. Again no good if those other lights can be switched off. Also caution with Lutron dimmer switches with these bulbs since I dont think they work well together. I would say if your use fits the always on case and you can catch these on sales, go for it. Else look into a smart switch.

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Package delivered to me was missing two essential components: the power cord and the Ethernet cable! Totally useless to have three (intact bulbs) and a hub that cannot be connected! Most disatisfied! Returning.

Set this up with the Hue Hub - integrated into Google Home. Adding more devicesfeatures as time goes on. A little pricey. All works. Set up on Hue first - then integrate it into Google or Alexa

Hue is still the best in the business.

These are great! I will definitely buy more bulbs to add to this