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Last updated: 26 November 2020
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Smart lights are a great way to dip your toes into the world of home automation without the commitment of a full-blown smart home. 

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Our expert testers assess each smart light to find which models:

  • are easy to use
  • have the best app
  • have the best luminosity
  • cost the least in ongoing electricity usage.

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    Bulb type

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    White: Non-adjustable tone. Warm white or cool white out of the box.

    Adjustable white: Light temperature can be adjusted to warm or cool white, as well as colour tones in-between.

    Adjustable colour: As well as the cool/warm white spectrum, bulb could be set to multiple colours such as red, blue, green - often up to 16 million tones.

      Yearly power consumption cost

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      Assumes five hours of use per day and 19 hours in standby for the bulb only (disregarding infrastructure costs such as the router) at a cost of 30 cents per kilowatt hour; based on the out-of-box colour temperature (warm) of the bulb and maximum brightness; power consumption will vary depending on the colour temperature and brightness settings that are used. 

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      • Amazon Alexa
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