GoveeE12 Led Bulb, Smart Light Bulbs Work with Matter, Alexa, Google Assistant, WiFi Candelabra Bulbs 40 Watt Equivalent, RGBWW Color Changing Light Bulb, 2.4Ghz Only, 450 LM, 4 Pack

I’ve already reviewed the excellent Govee A19 bulbs (1000 lumens) and the more disappointing BR30s (850 lumens). The E12 bulbs were the last piece in replacing all the lights throughout my home. Thankfully, they’re much more in line with the quality of the A19s than the BR30s.Despite having fewer lumens than the other two, you’d never notice. These bulbs are impressively bright for their size, which says a lot about Govee’s consistency and design.As I’ve mentioned in previous reviews, setup is quick and painless. Screwing in the bulbs honestly takes longer than getting them online. You connect via Bluetooth in the Govee app, and from there, you can switch the bulbs over to your Wi-Fi network. The app gets the job done, controls are intuitive, but it still feels like it could use some visual polish and refinement.Once everything’s connected, performance is solid. Color changes are smooth, and the bulbs integrate well with Alexa and Google Assistant (HomeKit support is still clunky, even with Matter). While the app gives you the most control, basic automation works fine through your preferred smart home platform.Overall, these are great bulbs even if a bit pricier than their A19s or BR30s equivalents. Still, for those finishing off a smart lighting setup, they’re absolutely worth considering.

Easy to install and connect to! Love the app and the different color setting and how you can group them to do different effects.One issue I had though is when I installed these in my ceiling fan they started blinking rapidly and not staying on. I thought it was a connection issue, but it actually had to do with my ceiling fan. Older models have a “power limiter” inside of them that create electrical noise that messes with these lightbulbs. Fortunately, I’m handy with electricity and disassembled my ceiling fan and rewired it to bypass the limiter. If you run into this issue though, you might have to return these bulbs or ask an electrician to remove your fan power limiter.

We’re big Govee fans—almost every room in our home is Govee-equipped (TV, bed, desk, and more). This was our first time trying their Govee E12 Smart LED Bulbs, and while the end result is great, the setup was a bit confusing.Because these bulbs support Matter, I expected a seamless connection, but I had to add each bulb individually in the app. There may be a hub or bridge I need to buy to link them together more easily—something that wasn’t immediately clear in the instructions.Once set up, the bulbs work well, but there’s a noticeable flicker between cool and warm white when turning the fan switch on. This could be due to the older ceiling fan, so I wouldn’t blame the bulbs entirely.Despite the quirks, I still 100% recommend them. Brightness, color range, and app control are excellent—especially for the price. Just be aware of potential setup and compatibility issues with older fixtures.

The media could not be loaded. Definitely a very cool upgrade for anywhere you have the bigger E26 candelabra style bulbs. We needed these for our bathroom and we've been really enjoying having them. We can all customize our own settings and scenes, making for a very relaxing bath time!I have been liking the different settings in the app and the customizations you can do. They have a unique feature I haven't seen where you can actually play background music from the govee app that goes with whatever scenic dreamview you have set up. I thought that was really neat, and useful for different scenarios! If you wanna get your kids outta the room, berserk is the one to pick! 😅 Or I think it's called "alert!" If you see the tabs in one of my pics where it says things like "anniversary" "universe" etc, you can scroll sideways to see more and click on each one to see a whole sub-set of color combinations. Each one has had background music so far! Pretty neat.I do wish it were easier to control a group of lights all in one area of the app though. Right now, you can control basic colors and brightness in the "basic group control" and you can control the scenes once you set up your "group" as a "scenic dream view". (You'll see mine says bathroom lights, that's the green logo where you control color combos and the purple logo that says basic group control is only basic colors.) why is this not all in one area? Why do I have to have a group AND set up a "scenic dreamview" is beyond me tbh. Another issue I have is you'll see at the bottom they like to use pictures that have NO correlation to navigate through the app... You click on the cake to get to individual devices and click on the planet to get to the group or scenic dreamview controls. Doesnt make any sense to me and made it difficult to learn tbh. I wish it was more straightforward. Plus the whole earning points thing in the app (the number 7 in the middle) is a waste of space to me. I'm not going to be interacting in a community where you've spent more time on the points area and community function than on the actual UI of the app and functionality of the lights you sell. I also have another product from them and even though the controls for that look much different, it's still quite convoluted where I have to click here to do this, but go over there to change that, it's a process. But I do have to say that they are very close to having one of the top competing LED apps if they just keep working on it. There is absolutely potential for the community side to become even more popular but this app has got to become easier to use. We also had a hard time getting our phones to add these and for it to stop asking "do you want to add this device to matter?" When we already had, multiple times, it turns out that you need to leave them on in order to keep them added.It's not like my govee car lights where when I turn my car on all I have to do is open to app to change stuff around and it's connected automatically in seconds every time. Not these lights, they have to stay on and you control them by voice only. That's the only way we have found anyway. And they stay connected through Bluetooth. The wifi connectivity stops when you close the app. Other than that I like them enough to keep them in for sure and we've adapted to controlling by voice easily since we do control our living room lights by voice as well. Not bad.

Why did you pick this product vs others?:I have many Govee products and have found them to always work, easy to install and a great software experience. I bought these as a replacement for a bulb that started flickering from another manufacturer which is controlled by the SmartLife application. I bought four new bulbs which also work with the SmartLife application. Bulbs worked with Alexa voice but not with Alexa routines. I decided that the problem was the SmartLife application. When I clicked on a Alexa routine I could see the non Govee bulb flicker but not change color. I ordered the Govee bulbs which have their own software. Carefully follow the instructions and the bulbs work flawlessly. For my white light I chose daylight and the bulbs are really bright. When you first remove them from their packaging you will be pleasantly surprised to find that they are heavy and are built rock solid. Worked in all my Alexa routines. I am so happy with them.