We’ve talked before about how Alexa is one of the best voice assistants for smart homes, thanks to its broad compatibility with smart devices, which includes hundreds of brands and thousands of ...

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Lifx has followed in Hue's footsteps with a new line of cheap and very cheerful bulbs, but which ones should be brightening ...

Arguably the best value you’ll find in Wi-Fi-enabled smart bulbs today. Wi-Fi-enabled smart lights are rapidly becoming commodities, and it’s exciting to see prices plummeting to the point where they ...

Alexa's new native color controls will work with Lifx, TP-Link and Philips Hue smart bulbs -- no extra skills or invocation words necessary. Originally hailing from Troy, Ohio, Ry Crist is a writer, a ...

Sengled is growing its Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant-enabled smart lighting lineup with the brightest smart bulbs ever released to CES Unveiled 2019 as well as new multicolored lighting solutions, ...

If you’re starting from scratch, we think Philips Hue Smart Bulbs (buy now) are the best smart lights you can get. They’re ...

Alexa has been able to control Philips Hue, TP-Link and other smart lights for a while, but control was limited to on/off and dimming, not color -- a bummer, since the bulbs also emit up to 16 million ...

In the weekly “What’s New With Alexa” email newsletter, Alexa owners can opt to receive an update of all the cool, useful, and sometimes irrelevant, ways that Alexa is growing up, so to speak. This ...