WiZ Colour [GU10 Spot] Smart Connected WiFi Light Bulb. 50W Colour and White Light, App Control for Home Indoor Lighting, Livingroom, Bedroom.

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Philips Hue has long been the gold standard in smart lighting, but it’s an expensive system to buy into. If you’re looking for something a bit cheaper, then the WiZ smart lighting system could be for you. Developed by Signify, the company that owns Hue, WiZ has a large range of bulbs, is cheaper to buy and, as it uses Wi-Fi, doesn’t need a Bridge to get the most out of it. Testing with the WiZ A60 E27 Full Colour bulb, I compared its performance with the equivalent Hue bulb. Both bulbs put out similar brightness when used with standard colour temperatures (warm white to cold white), with a similar dimming range (cosy to intense).

So far, this guide has focused on hue-compatible bulbs in the UK. However, there are many more manufacturers that offer support, mostly sold in continental Europe and the USA. I thought it was worthwhile to give them a mention here for any international readers: No, Sengled smart bulbs do not work with the Hue Bridge because the bulbs use Wi-Fi and connect straight to your router. They do not require any hub or bridge. Do Philips WiZ Bulbs Work With Philips Hue? Yes, IKEA Tradfri smart bulbs are compatible with Hue. You can connect them to your Hue bridge as with official Hue lights and add them to your routines or control them with your voice. However, there are limitations as you can’t use them with HomeKit via Hue or Hue Entertainment. Do Sengled Bulbs Work With Hue?Most third party bulbs support power-on behaviour which allows you to determine what state bulbs return to after a power cut (see my guide to setting up power-on behaviour). No, despite both being owned by Signify, Philips Hue and Philips Wiz cannot be used together. This is because Philips Wiz is a budget Wi-Fi-based smart lighting system whereas Philips Hue is a premium Zigbee-based system. Do LIFX Bulbs Work With Hue? AduroSmart ERIA – This Dutch company offers some great lights that are a real contender to Philips Hue in terms of colour

Following the wizard in the app, it’s pretty easy to get the bulbs connected to the app. Once there, WiZ gets you to organise bulbs into rooms, so you can control groups of lights together. You’ll need good Wi-Fi where you want to connect your lights. Mix different colour and white lights modes to create the perfect light ambience for your daily moment. Save it and call it out at any time with app, WiZmote or voice.

Samsung SmartThings support is available. That’s handy if you use that system for your automations, and further expands the scope of the WiZ system. Performance You need to ensure the bulbs have the latest firmware before connecting as older versions have had many problems. They are not the best Hue-compatible bulbs on the market, see Innr, Lidl, IKEA, and Linkind for alternative products. Do Hive Bulbs Work With Hue? I then used the Wiz app to get all of the Wiz bulbs joined to my network, which is pretty much all you need it for if you intend to use the bulbs with Homebridge. There's nothing stopping you from using HomeKit and the Wiz app separately, and the Wiz app has some neat color presets you can't really replicate with the Home app, but I mainly control the bulbs using Siri voice commands and HomeKit automations.

The WiZ app keeps records of the energy consumption of your lights. View your weekly or daily report and plan your lighting wisely for optimised energy consumption at home.

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Calex – There are a few ZigBee GU10 bulbs on the market that work with Hue. Calex do sell bulbs in Tesco and other retailers here in the UK, but these are Wi-Fi bulbs and do not work with Hue. There’s also an LED lightstrip, available as a 2m strip, plus you can buy 1m extension cables to create a total maximum length of 10m. There’s a good choice of static scenes, plus you can create your own, saving the current state of your lights so that you can recall them later.