Philips Hue White and Colour Ambiance B22 Bulb Mini Starter Kit (2 x 10W B22 Bulbs, 1 x Bridge) Compatible with Amazon Alexa, Apple HomeKit, and Google Assistant [Energy Class A+]

I wish they were a bit cheaper. Although I love the way they work but don't want to spend so much of money into it.

Bought these whilst on a special deal, great units, they just work, easy to set up and control via the hub, really happy with my purchase.

They work well with my Google Home Hub. I can turn on/off, control brightness, colour etc easily by voice. I also have ‘routines’ set up in Google Assistant to automatically do things at certain times (such as dim the lights and change the colour tone in the evening to help me prepare for a good night’s sleep).

Very easy to set up and use. I control mine through an Amazon Dot and iPhone and haven’t had any issues so far. Although Im still trying to get into the habit of keeping away from the light switch! Some of the third party apps are great too - particularly the ones that can turn any room into a colourful disco! These are a must for any smart home!

I waited and waited thinking I'll buy cheaper and it's a true saying Buy cheap Buy twice.. I tried various similar bulbs sold here on Amazon and they worked for a while then just stopped. These are amazing and okay a tad pricey but if you want an amazing atmosphere then these bad boys are for you... I was so impressed I've went and purchased the Philips Led 2m strip and a 1m extension which im about to buy more of to extend it down the stairs as a night light. I also recommend Philips Sensor for triggering and lights u need it for.. I placed it outside the bedroom door and it triggers off nicely illuminating these bulbs and the led strips ..

I've never liked proprietary hub systems and thus Hue and the like even though I use (only) Philips LEDs throughout the house. I like to use WiFi bulbs that can be flashed with 3-rd party open-source firmware (e.g. Tasmota, Espurna, EspEasy, etc.) to be controlled by open-source hubs (e.g. Home Assistant, OpenHAB, etc.) - unfortunately there are few options out there (e.g. Sonoff B1) that are not cheap. The Hue is easy to install and use and the bulbs were paired already; hub had to be updated a few times and the bulbs also - somehow all had very old firmware. The app works well and does not need Internet access talks directly to the hub over LAN - a big plus! It is up to you whether you want an on-line account and want to control your lights over the Internet. Hub can easily be connected to Home Assistant (or others) and bulbs get (auto) detected easily. Very easy - compared to Wifi bulbs. These are the 3rd-gen "richer colours" bulbs with 806lm (@4000K though) and proper "green" etc. colours. But compared to my old Philips (master) LEDs they are plasticky, light and cheap looking - if you did not know they were Philips & bought from Amazon you'd think they are knock-offs. Considering the cost they're poorly made. There don't seem to be any bulbs more powerful than ~800lm (and thus about 60W equivalent) while we've had good quality dimmable Philips 1500lm (thus about 100W) for a while; not sure what Philips is doing - surely a more powerful bulb - even if much bigger - can be made. You can also pair the bulbs with ZigBee adapters and not use the hub (e.g. ConBee, RaspBee, standard USB Zigbee, etc.) but you cannot update the firmware so you need to keep the hub; although Philips seems to update the firmware sparingly. The colour bulbs are crazily expensive but the white-only bulbs are OK but the accessories are similarly expensive; not to mention that the switches/dimmers don't fit UK/EU (square) mounts requiring further 3-rd party adapters. While "hue friends" are bringing some new switches out they are not here yet. All in all it is a nice easy to deploy system but ultimately very expensive and disappointing in some ways. Unfortunately competitors are perhaps either cheap/worse or more expensive thus difficult to choose...