Smart Home Pick

Smart Color Changing LED Light Bulbs, A19 Four Pack

Four standard A19 bulbs that screw into the lamps you already own and then take whatever color the evening needs, from over 16 million colors through dimmable whites between 1800K and 6500K. They run on the Matter standard, so they pair by scanning a code and then work inside Alexa, Google Home, Apple Home or SmartThings rather than locking you into one app. Because Matter devices talk over your local network, the switching keeps working even when the internet drops, which is the usual failure of cheaper smart bulbs. Each one is 9W for the brightness of a 60W bulb, with a high color rendering index so skin and wood still look right under them. There is a music sync mode that moves the color with the beat. They need 2.4GHz wifi and should not be used in a dimmer switch fixture.

What you're getting

• Standard A19 bulbs with an E26 base, fitting the lamps you already own
• Over 16 million colors plus dimmable whites from 1800K to 6500K
• Matter certified, so they pair by code into Alexa, Google Home, Apple Home or SmartThings
• Local network control keeps them working when the internet drops
• 9W for the brightness of a 60W bulb, with a high color rendering index

Why we picked it

Smart bulbs used to mean picking an ecosystem and living with it. Matter is the reason these are worth buying now instead of last year: the same four bulbs work inside whichever home app the household already uses, and they keep switching on the local network when the connection goes down. Check your wifi is 2.4GHz and skip them in fixtures on a dimmer switch.