We've reviewed numerous good gentle bulbs here at PCMag, and while we've yet to search out one that does all of it, the Yeelight Sensible LED Bulb comes pretty darn shut. It is dimmable, offers 16 million colors, and connects to your house network wirelessly, with out the necessity for a hub or bridge. It helps Apple HomeKit, IFTTT, and Alexa, Google, and Siri voice commands, and it's comparatively reasonably priced at $25.99. It additionally affords a user-pleasant app that permits you to configure lighting effects and create lighting schedules. All this earns it our Editors' Choice for reasonably priced sensible bulbs. The Yeelight bulb is a dimmable bulb with a 16-million shade palette, a 1700K to 6500K white coloration temperature vary, and an 800-lumen brightness ranking equivalent to a 60-watt bulb. It has an E26 base and will match any commonplace lamp socket. The bulb is 4.6 inches in length and 2.2 inches extensive, and has an expected lifespan of 22 years (based on three hours of use per day).

Inside is a 2.4GHz Wi-Fi radio that is used to attach the bulb to your private home community and mobile app. The cellular app for EcoLight Android and iOS is simple to use and affords some neat lighting impact options. It opens to a Machine screen with tabs for your entire Yeelight bulbs that comprise their identify, standing (on-line, offline), and an On/Off button. Tapping any tab takes you to a screen the place you may customize the bulb by selecting a color from the shade palette, selecting a white color temperature, setting the bulb's brightness degree, and selecting Flow Mode, EcoLight outdoor which runs the color gamut between yellow and blue. Stream Mode settings let you management the move pace for speedy or gradual shifts from shade to colour and adjust the brightness level whereas in this particular mode. The app also affords preset coloration scenes corresponding to Sunrise (reddish), Evening Mode (dim and warm), Movie (blue), Romance (a gradual shift from darkish blue to pink), and Candle Flicker (mimics a candle), and there is a Music Circulate setting that modifications colors based mostly on music and other sounds utilizing your telephone's microphone.

Additional settings can help you create lighting schedules and set timers to have the bulb automatically turn off after a set time frame. Again on the Machine web page, there are three buttons at the bottom of the display. Tap the Scene button to create a one-contact icon to have the bulb turn on or off and change colour states. Tapping the Room button permits you to create rooms and management a number of bulbs in a gaggle, and the Device button takes you back to the System display. The Yeelight works with Amazon Alexa, Apple Siri, and EcoLight outdoor Google Assistant voice commands, and you can also make it a part of your HomeKit home automation system and embrace it in HomeKit Scenes