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I am looking for a smart bulb (a colour one)

I am currently thinking of getting this tp-link one.

I don't really want to have a hub and am looking for something cheaper than Philips hue.

 

I was just wondering what smart bulbs you guys have used yourself and can recommend?

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Xiaomi yeelight, very good, can use them with alexa equipment too with a little setup.

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I personally prefer the HUE bulbs myself. I've got a good dozen or so but you need a hub for them.

The TP-Link is nice since it doesn't need a hub to work.

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Just now, Lurick said:

I personally prefer the HUE bulbs myself. I've got a good dozen or so but you need a hub for them.

The TP-Link is nice since it doesn't need a hub to work.

Yeah, forgot to add I don't really want to have a hub, I'll edit it now.

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Can you control the light's color with software, so it goes red when you die ingame, and flashes to whatever music your playing? would be cool, but does it listen to you and send info to google?

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There's a bunch of cheap Chinese ones that work pretty well (most of them do need the hue bridge though). All I really know of major companies is Lifx and philips hue.

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i have Philips hue and xiaomi lights.   the Phillips are better. but for the price of the xiaomi bulbs they are great 

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On 19-11-2017 at 6:27 PM, Kimmaz said:

Can you control the light's color with software, so it goes red when you die ingame, and flashes to whatever music your playing? would be cool, but does it listen to you and send info to google?

most light's have an Api (Hue, Xiaomi, Lifx ((don't now about tp-link but probably)) 
and the data usage of both the Hue and Xiaomi lights is super low, so they are not sending audio back. they also don't have microphone's 

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6 minutes ago, djneo said:

most light's have an Api (Hue, Xiaomi, Lifx ((don't now about tp-link but probably)) 
and the data usage of both the Hue and Xiaomi lights is super low, so they are not sending audio back. they also don't have microphone's 

To add to this the TP-Link does seem to have an API

https://github.com/konsumer/tplink-lightbulb

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1 hour ago, djneo said:

... they also don't have microphone's 

or so we are lead to believe ^^

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