Smart Lighting

Philips continues to expand the Hue range with a fast-growing range of new lighting ideas that better position its smart home lights into the world of the modern smart home owner. The theme of wellness and health is a key part of many company’s drives into the smart home, think the Apple Watch, so enter Philips and the Ambiance Wellness Table Lamp. Key features The … [Read more...] about The Full Philips Hue Ambiance Wellness Table Lamp Review You’ll Love

Philips Hue isn't just a fancy lighting solution. It is a smart lighting solution, and that means smart home users are tricking it out, linking it to other devices, and using the Philips Hue bridge in ingenious ways to make it more than just a set of smart light bulbs in your home. Here are 10 ways that you can take the full range of Philips hue lighting (or another smart … [Read more...] about Top 10 Philips Hue Ideas — The Best Ways to Use Hue

The Philips range is rapidly moving away from bulbs and starter kit boxes full of technology into complete lighting solutions with a range of easy-to-install lights now available. The stylish Ambiance Being Ceiling Fixture is one of the newest lights and will certainly make an impact in any room. Key Features Philips new range of lamps and light fittings is pretty impress. … [Read more...] about Philips Hue White Ambiance Being Ceiling Fixture Review: How Will This Work in Your Home?

Following coolly along in the breeze of their Haiku fans, Big Ass Solutions brings us another designer smart home feature. Going one up on a basic smart light bulb, their Haiku smart lights are a complete installation for a ceiling light point, and provide motion detectors so they can come on and go off as people pass, color options for any type of ambience and smart home … [Read more...] about Haiku Smart Light Review: Will This Illuminate Your Home?

Smart bulbs make your home brighter while also allowing you to mimic the different scenes you see outside.  Get the perfect lighting conditions for any activity, like bright white for reading and warm or subdued candle-like lighting for a romantic effect. These smart bulbs can also help you save on energy costs as well as allow you to turn your lights on or off even when you … [Read more...] about Ilumi A19 Bluetooth Smart LED Light Bulb vs. LIFX Plus: Which One Lights Up Your World?

Philips Hue is, without question, the standard when it comes to smart bulbs.  However, over the years, a number of smart bulbs have come out.  One of these is the Ilumi A19 Smart LED Light Bulb. Now how does the Ilumi A19 compare with Philips Hue? First Up: Ilumi A19 The Ilumi A19 Bluetooth Smart LED Light Bulb is different from other smart bulbs in that it uses Bluetooth … [Read more...] about iLumi A19 vs Philips Hue Smart LED Comparison

Some smart home users are only on the lookout for a neat white plastic box, or an easy to connect gadget that improves their property. Yet, a growing number, especially those used to the more DIY approach of the Z-Wave technology and earlier eras, are more than happy to dig around in walls, run cable and fit switches to maintain a home’s natural look. Replacing a wall light … [Read more...] about The Best Z-Wave Switches for 2022 – Start with These Switches!

If you own an iRobot Roomba robot vacuum, then you are probably familiar with virtual walls and lighthouses. These are devices that keep your Roomba out of a particular section that you do not want it to go into.  In other words, these are navigation control devices, functioning to block your Roomba from crossing its beam, effectively allowing your robot vacuum to … [Read more...] about Virtual Walls vs Lighthouses – What are the Differences?

ZigBee is one of the many smart home standards that continues to play an important part in the evolution of this market. Despite new products focusing on Z-Wave, WiFi or Bluetooth Low-Energy standards, there is a huge range of ZigBee products available and more coming. Sengled Elements lights from Silicon Labs are the latest to add ZigBee support, and as it works at 2.4GHz, … [Read more...] about The Best Zigbee Controllers On The Market!

Philips’ Hue lighting systems use an open platform, so there are many apps available that can control them and provide additional features or effects beyond the official app. In fact, it was partly because of this flexibility that I featured Philips Hue in my A-Z guide of the top smart home lighting systems this year. After initially writing a piece on the top Philips Hue … [Read more...] about Top 5 Best Apps for Philips Hue [Updated for 2022]