Using voice commands via the Amazon Echo's Alexa voice assistant or your smartphone to turn on your Philips smart light bulbs is convenient, but even better is just walking into a room and ta-daa!

If you own Philips Hue smart bulbs, don’t think twice about adding Philips’ Hue motion sensor; it’s a nearly flawless upgrade to the Hue ecosystem. Motion-activated lighting isn’t a new idea. Whether ...

Lifx has followed in Hue's footsteps with a new line of cheap and very cheerful bulbs, but which ones should be brightening ...

There are plenty of ways to turn on connected lighting, from an app on your phone, through smart switches like Logitech Pop, to voice control via Alexa or Siri, but Philips wants to make it as simple ...

Hue Essential bulbs are excellent in most situations, provided you don't need to dial the brightness right down.

Philips Hue has quickly risen to the top of the food chain as far as iPhone smart home automation is concerned, with a range of HomeKit-compatible white and color lights that are controllable via WiFi ...

Smart lights are a simple way to elevate your home's design, inside and outside. That said, not all smart bulbs are created equally. Philips is easily one of the best brands when it comes to smart ...

Philips Hue is introducing some new features that make it easier to match brightness levels on different lights and fine-tune motion sensor automation, manufacturer Signify announced. The company also ...

Smart LED light bulbs are great for a number of different things, but some people use them outside their homes just to automatically turn on at night and off again in the morning. Smart bulbs are ...

The best smart light bulbs are a wonderful way to make a room in your home more exciting, more intimate and more fun, all in one go. Better yet, you can control the whole experience from your phone, ...

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