Smart LED light bulbs offer a way to change the mood of a room almost instantly. Screw in a smart light bulb (or more), pair it with an app, and suddenly your TV room feels like a home theater and your dining room is illuminated with candle-like warmth. You can do this without having to purchase and install a dimmer switch.
They are also great at making life easier. Easily create a schedule to turn off light bulbs inside and outside your home as needed. Or you can set it to automatically turn on when someone gets home and turn off when everyone leaves.
After a new round of testing, we think the WiZ 60W A19 Color LED is the best smart light bulb. It provides strong lux measurements at various light levels during testing (more on this later), has a wide color temperature range, and its app has the best built-in scene and smart home integration set all together. Offered at affordable prices. .
our picks
This affordable light bulb stood out in our tests, was easy to set up, and includes a collection of fun and useful modes and scenes.
Compatible with: Amazon Alexa, Apple Siri Shortcuts, Google Home, Samsung SmartThings
The WiZ 60W A19 Color LED Smart Bulb impressed us with its easy setup, wide range of scenes, and affordable price. Lux ratings, a measure of how effectively a bulb spreads light, were also noticeably higher, especially at maximum brightness. This model has a wider color temperature range than most other smart bulbs we tested. And in addition to standard options like on/off control and schedules, this clever LED offers a circadian rhythm mode that automatically switches the color temperature of its white light throughout the day based on your sleep and wake schedule.
runner-up
This bulb works with all major smart home platforms, but its solid Apple Home support makes it especially appealing to Apple users.
Compatible with: Amazon Alexa, Apple Home, Google Home, Samsung SmartThings
The Meross MSL120 Smart Wi-Fi LED bulb delivered particularly consistent lux measurements between the top and sides of the bulb, whereas other bulbs tend to have significantly worse lighting performance on the sides compared to the top. This means that light performance is not compromised when viewed from any angle, and as a result, it should fit into almost any luminaire design. It also responded quickly when I tested it with smart home automation. Meross is also the only product that directly supports Apple Home controls. This allows you to skip the Meros app completely and use the Home app or use Siri commands on your phone or HomePod Mini to control your lights.
This is also great
This reliable smart bulb has a great app and performed best at low light levels, but it doesn’t offer as many third-party integrations as WiZ or Meross.
Compatible with: Amazon Alexa, Google Home
The RCA Smart Wi-Fi A19 LED bulb stands out for its excellent light output, especially at the lowest light levels. All LEDs lose illuminance, or lux, when they dim, but this connected bulb outperforms others by maintaining strong results at just 10% brightness. The app is clean and uncluttered, and it was easy to turn bulbs on and off, change brightness, and make other adjustments without having to hunt around for the right screen. It also has a wide range of features, from basic schedules and timers to scene and music syncing.
This is also great
This color-changing LED has a wide color temperature range of white light, giving you more options for warm and cool colors.
Compatible with: Amazon Alexa, Google Home
Wyze bulb colors combine easy app control with a 1,100 lumen, 75 watt equivalent bulb that performs exceptionally well at 100% brightness. The color temperature range when adjusting from warm white light to cool white light is also the largest of all the models tested. Set your bulbs to 1,800K (Kelvin) for the warmest candlelight ambiance during dinner, and the coolest task lighting to organize that much-neglected kitchen junk drawer the next day. Set the bulb to 6,500K. The Wyze app offers schedules, timers, vacation modes, scenes, sleep routines, and Sun Match, a great feature designed to get you closer to sunlight.
