Using voice commands via the Amazon Echo's Alexa voice assistant or your smartphone to turn on your Philips smart light bulbs is convenient, but even better is just walking into a room and ta-daa!

They aren't smart, but they do have a couple of extra tricks up their sleeve. Here's what you need to know before buying in. Originally hailing from Troy, Ohio, Ry Crist is a writer, a text-based ...

Do smart bulbs really save energy? It all comes down to the power they use versus the savings their smart features offer — ...

If you own Philips Hue smart bulbs, don’t think twice about adding Philips’ Hue motion sensor; it’s a nearly flawless upgrade to the Hue ecosystem. Motion-activated lighting isn’t a new idea. Whether ...

The new IKEA ANKARLÄGG wireless light emits a gentle glow that requires no hub, smartphone app, or tricky install. And, it's battery-powered ...

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, ...

Smart lights are a great way to enhance home security. Being able to flip on the lights remotely or automatically, you can give the impression that someone is home and expose potential intruders. It’s ...

Motion-triggered smart lighting is pretty magical. Figuring out how to set up little white motion sensors all over your house to make it work is not. With its new SpaceSense feature, Signify may have ...

Over the past few years a swath of self-styled ‘smart lights’ have pushed into the market. The likes of Philips Hue and Kickstarter fueled LIFX. Aka connected lightbulbs that can be controlled via an ...

Amazon and Google think that artificially intelligent assistants like Alexa+ and Gemini will speed up the process of setting up a smart home, but many problems remain unsolved.