1. You can control smart lights remotely Most smart bulbs require either a Wi-Fi or Bluetooth connection to work (some external hubs use a mesh network like Zigbee that piggybacks on your home’s Wi-Fi ...

The company is also looking into bringing some smart functionality to the table, moving forward. The bulbs are available through Soraa’s site and Amazon. Not Home Depot, though.

Incandescent appliance light bulbs hang for sale inside Eastwood Hardware in Penn Township on Tuesday. The federal ban on the sale of incandescent bulbs went into effect Aug. 1.

How to use smart lighting and which products to choose: Philips Hue, Lutron Caseta, Leviton, Wyze, and Wemo are all good options to get you started with smart lighting in your home.

The best color-changing smart bulbs (that cost less than Philips Hue) Want to bring some color into your smart home, but find Philips Hue too expensive? Let's take a look at your top alternatives.

So you've given your home the gift of smart lighting. Depending on your particular setup, that meant screwing in bulbs, swapping light switches in walls, or connecting smart switches to dumb ...

For the seamless look, consider the Kasa Smart Light Switch. It needs a neutral wire for power and to be in range of your home’s 2.4-Ghz network, but once it’s in place, you can use Alexa to ...

Some smart bulbs connect to a home network without needing a smart home hub, a centralized hardware or software device where other internet of things products communicate with each other.

Sometimes Alexa or Google Home won’t understand your request to turn on the light, and you’ll be left in the dark. Yet smart bulbs are an easy way to schedule your lamps to turn on every day ...

The cost is considerable; A Philips Hue starter set runs $199 and includes three bulbs plus the central control hub, but Brightup works with lighting other than what comes in the package, and Hue ...