The FluxSmart Bluetooth will liven up any party, but it isn’t the best bulb to read by. Flux is a budget bulb provider, and it actually has two different types of bulbs available, both color tunable.

Philips’ Hue was one of the first smart home upgrades that worked well and was genuinely useful. After almost seven years, we still think they’re the best smart lighting solution on the market. But if ...

Hagop is passionate about smart home products, especially when it comes to making life easier. He's always eager to try out new technologies to make life easier, in terms of cleaning, automation, and ...

Philips Hue bulbs are getting a Bluetooth upgrade, opening the door to easier installation without requiring a hub. One of the earliest smart bulbs on the market, Hue's new bulbs have so far used ...

Sometimes you come across a product and wonder why you didn’t think of it yourself. Well, this might be one of those times. If you want a simple Bluetooth speaker that doesn’t take up any space and ...

This is one of those products where you come across it for the first time and think to yourself how obvious and smart it is. The RAYWAY LED Bluetooth Speaker Light Bulb is, as the name might suggest, ...

Philips has updated the Hue line with Bluetooth-equipped bulbs replacing the Zigbee-only ones, but they still need the Hue Bridge to work with HomeKit. Starting today, new A19 and BR30 Hue bulbs are ...

Despite being one of the most popular smart light platforms on the market, one of the disadvantages of Philips’ Hue system is its need for a bridge. That means getting started with Hue tended to cost ...

It's not always practical or cost-effective to have a sound system in every room of your home. If your light bulbs could play music, however, it would kill two birds with one stone. Well, Sony Japan ...

Bluetooth might not be the first wireless technology that springs to mind when it comes to taking charge of your smart bulbs, but that might be about to change. While the Zigbee wireless standard has ...

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