PHILIPSHue White A19 60W Equivalent LED Smart Bulb Starter Kit (4 A19 White Bulbs and 1 Hub Compatible with Amazon Alexa Apple HomeKit and Google Assistant)

Philips Hue White Smart Bulb Starter Kit (4 A19 Bulbs and 1 Bridge, Compatible with Amazon Alexa, Apple HomeKit and Google Assistant) Making the switch to LED bulbs in the house. Having some on the old school timers we decided to switch to some smart bulbs. Since we have a multi ecosystem house. Android, iOS, Nest and Google Home we needed something that would work across all platforms. The Philips Hue system seemed to fit the bill.Pros:1. Works across all platforms.2. Works with Nest so you geo fencing rules apply.3. Homekit setup was easy.4. White A19 lights provide a nice soft light.5. A19 White bulbs aren't that expensive.6. System works well. No crashes.7. Hue Bridge is small and unobtrusive.Cons:1. Any bulbs other than white cost a small fortune.2. Hue App can be a pain to set up across devices.3. More an issue with Google Home. It's integration with Hue stinks!Final thoughts. There are cheaper alternatives to the Philips Hue system. Now that we've been running this for a while we may venture out and see what's out there but overall the Hue system has been easy to set up and use. Especially given our Frankenstein house of devices! No issues or hiccups across the board. If you add a value to the ease and convenience of the setup and maintenance of the Hue system I guess it's not that far from the others at least in the white light department!

I'm loving these dimmable smart LEDs. Having the capability to set schedules as well as gradually brighten in the morning or dim at night is fantastic. The hub was fairly easy to set up. One tip: make sure to have all of the bulbs powered on and configured in the Hue app before attempting to set them up in Google Home. I started with one to try it out and when I added more, I had to uninstall the app and reinstall to get Home to recognize the new bulbs. It was only a minor inconvenience though and I haven't had a single problem since setup.I have my Phillips Hue system set up with google home and it works really well. Turning the lights on and off with voice commands while on the couch or in bed seems like a lazy indulgence, but it is actually very handy. Google Home/Phillips Hue also work well together for percentage dimming and color change commands.

I was kind of worried about purchasing these. I was afraid they would be overly complicated to set up and be a pain to set up with Alexa. I am a tech savvy person, but some of these smart home systems are just not set up well.So I was pleasantly surprised that I got all of this up and running under ten minutes! Just to help anyone out who needs clarification....you need the hub to be able to use the lightbulbs with Alexa (or whichever digital assistant). You just plug that into your router, then set up the Hue app on your phone and the Alexa app to connect it. It's actually surprisingly simple. Alexa understands me and the commands very easily without issue....extremely happy with this purchase!Creating a smart home used to be for billionaires like Bill Gates....now it's affordable and useful enough to be a good fit for everyone! It's very nice to be able to on and off lights with just your voice and app and not having to move.

I needed to begin replacing my out of date X-10 home automation modules with something that did not depend on the powerline, would still be functional if the internet was down, could still be controlled by my existing HCA home automated software and could be controlled by voice with Alexa, Siri or Google Assistant. I have researched several brands and landed on Hue because it meets all my requirements.Setup was not too difficult, I did learn that it was much easier to set up the bulbs if I installed them one at a time rather than all at once. After you install the bulb in your lamp, the Hue app will find it and give it a generic name like bulb1. If you are just setting up one bulb, this is fine because you know that lamp is bulb1, but if you install all the bulbs first and then go to the app, you will see bulb1, bulb2, bulb3, bulb4 but will need to take further steps to figure out which one is in which lamp.The hub gives me the ability to control the lights with the app, even if the internet is down because it uses the WiFi connection to operate and is not completely dependent on an internet connection. Voice control is not available because an internet connection is required for that, but I knew that going into this and the internet does not stay down too long anyway.The dim and brightness features of the bulb work great and with a wide range of illumination and fade on and off . You can set the default dim level in the Hue app and when the bulbs are controlled by voice, they will come on at the preset level and you can specify to your Digital Assistant what percentage of brightness you want.

Esto mas que reseña, es explicacion.Los dispositivos HUE funcionan con tecnologia Zigbee, para dispositivos smartHome se usan como tres o mas tecnologias (Z-wave) que no son compatibles entre si, el puente/bridge de HUE utiliza zibgee para recibir señal de Alexa o un smartpone y enviarla a cada foco. La misma tecnologia la usa el bridge que viene dentro del Echo Plus, si compras dispositivos que funcionen con Zigbee, unicamente necesitarias tener un bridge, ya sea el Echo Plus, HUE o cualquier marca y sirve para conectar 50 dispositivos(focos/switches/etc).Entendiendo el alcance, ya uno se da cuenta que el precio es razonable y no tan excesivo como la primer impresion.Philips tiene excelente calidad y los focos te dan muchisima iluminacion cada uno, en el caso de focos de color tambien son excelentes ya que no pierden intensidad. (otras marcas como merkury el 100%color = 15%blanco)

These are great for lamps or sheds or anywhere you might want to have limited control of a light. If you use them in lamps they are awesome and you can leave lamp power on and use app or Google or Alexa or Siri to control them, and integration works very well. If you want to do automated house lighting don't bother. These would not be very useful for whole home lighting as you couldn't use light switches on wall[unless you converted all switches to hue switches]. Great for lamps but if you want a good whole home solution there are way better products for that.

Llegó en tiempo y forma, en buen estado el producto, la instalación fue super facial y rápida. Me gustaron los focos peroooo son amarillos y a mi en lo personal me gusta mas la luz blanca creo que son de mejor iluminación, pero es opinión personal y gusto personal. La iluminación con estos focos amarillos es buena, los recomiendo para empezar hacer tu casa inteligente.

Amazing product seriously. It change the way we manage the lights. It change the way we live at home. With the 10,000 hours of service per bulb, we can assure at least 3 years of service and to justify the $20 peer bulb (yes it is very expensive compare to non-automated bulbs but the use case is not the same).

They products worked great with the bridge on their own. However when I tried to pair them with Alexa it was a mess. The bridge is uneccesary unless you've got the coloured bulbs. Even then you might not need it.