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)

I bought the wrong lightbulbs.

I bought this starter kit as a gift for my sister after becoming addicted to my own Hue lights. I was able to go through the setup with her and the whole process from start to finish was quick and easy. Hue lights are awesome, especially when you pair them with the Google Assistant or Amazon Alexa. These Hue color bulbs are very bright and vibrant and fit it to any standard bulb socket. My sister and I were having fun cycling through all the colors and most were very vibrant. The only color that seemed off was purple which has more of a pink-ish hue to the color. Sorry fellow purple lovers. Setup: Setup was VERY easy. There are quick start instructions of getting the Bridge and lights plugged in, and the Hue app walks you through the rest. Make sure that you have an open ethernet port on your modem or router, the Hue Bridge needs to be hardwired into your home Internet network. The three bulbs come paired to the bridge already so you dont have to do any setup work unless you have additional Hue products to pair. Depending on your device the Hue app will also help you setup Siri or Google Assistant for voice control. Overall setup was very easy and went smoothly from start to finish. We were up and running within 5 minutes and playing with the different scenes and bulb colors. Apps: The Hue app is great to control your bulbs, but it is often easier to link to Siri, Google Assistant, or Alexa for quick voice control, rather than always waiting for the app to open. Other apps can also connect to your Hue bulbs once you setup a Hue account. Downloading additional apps can let you do cool things like syncing your lights to music or use IFTTT to turn on your bulbs when different events happen like getting a phone call, if its going to snow in your area, and tons more. Make sure in the Hue app you also change the power-on behavior. For most people youll want to set them to use the last state. That makes it so your lights wont turn on at 4am when they were already off because of a power failure. Your old light switches: Speaking of power-on behavior, Hue lights may take some getting used to, especially for people who have been using switches for all their lives. For Hue bulbs to work best you need to leave them in a lamp that is ALWAYS switched on. This allows you to control them with whatever app or voice assistant whenever you want. Hue also sells a wall switch that some people might like more if they are accustomed to switches. You would still need to leave your lamp on 24/7 to allow the bulbs to power on; this is something that my parents could not get used to when using smart bulbs. Though less than ideal, if you still want to use your existing lamp switches you can also use the Hue bulbs to just turn on as the last color you set them, but you will always have to manually turn them on and cant use the app to power them on. Conclusion: Hue bulbs are an awesome way to start your smart home. They are perfect for anyone who uses light bulbs...so everyone! Its very fun to customize your Hue bulbs and find the best lighting for you based on your personality, mood, or time of day. The Hue lights are bright and reliable and Im very glad with my Hue purchases.

Super cool mood setting voice off and on, high low. Super cool

Got this for my dad’s birthday - he loved it! Will definitely be ordering more philips hue products in the future. Perfect for christmas or birthdays!

Im really impressed with these lights. There is a app you can install on your pc and the lights function with my PC games, movies and music. The game immersion is great, I highly recommend it!

Great

The bulbs work fine, and the range of colors and brightness is very wide. My issue is with Phillips... Y not make them Bluetooth compatible?!?!?! If its storming outside I have to wait for a pocket of connection if I want to change the lights. I can still manually tuen the lights on, but theyre orange, not bright white.... And cant change the colors. For how EXPENSIVE these damn bulbs AND THE HUB!!! Phillips shouldve made the BT capable. Its ridiculous.

Overpriced... They work well but I wish the hub had its own WiFi antenna instead of having it plugged into my router. I want wireless, its not 2000 anymore. Why cant you automatically connect to the home WiFi. I wish the app told you what Kelvin the lights were at. I use certain lights for tv backlighting and I keep hearing 6k Kelvin is the best white to use but I cant tell because the app just has a slider without numbers. I wish the bulbs we slightly brighter, lifx has 1000 lumen bulbs for just as much. I also wish I could use the Huehub as a hub for other zigbee/zwave devices. Now for the good: Good app, tons of integration capabilities, easy setup and zigbee (not WiFi). The only reason I bought this was because it went on sale for almost 50 bucks off the normal price and it had soooo many integrations. This stuff is so overpriced its crazy. Too bad suckers like me pay for it because maybe Philips would get the message and drop the prices.

Got this before we went on vacation so I could control the lights while gone. It was not easy to set up. Very confusing. After finally getting it up, it was easy to use.

I love this product! I did not know what to expect when I purchased it but it does everything that I want. I can set a schedule so that the lights turn on before I reach my front door, and turn the lights on and off remotely. Now that I have the hub and a few lights, I intend to purchase more lights like this.