8 Best Smart Lights: A Bright Idea For Your Connected Home

You can transform the atmosphere from bright to cosy in seconds, or turn on the house lighting from the other side of the world.

There are smart light bulbs, which are the easiest to install as they simply replace the existing bulbs. There are also full-on smart lights which can replace table and floor lamps for instance.

If you have other smart gadgets then they can work together, so that on a voice command like “film night” you can dim lights, close the blinds and turn on the TV. Imagine saying, “Alexa, turn on the bedroom light”, so you can traipse across the room with your arms full of laundry if the switch is on the far side, say.

Since most smart lights exclusively use LED bulbs, there are power savings to be made compared to regular incandescent bulbs too. Some systems connect straight to the broadband router wirelessly, while others need a bridge unit.