Samsung announced it will soon ship its Smart Bulb, a Bluetooth-enabled light bulb that will be controllable through any smartphone or tablet. The new LED bulb is part of Samsung's latest lighting ...

Coincidentally timed with Apple’s WWDC HomeKit announcement, Samsung has revealed a new line of smart LED lightbulbs that communicate with your phone, and each other, using a mesh Bluetooth network ...

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Philips’ Hue was one of the first smart home upgrades that worked well and was genuinely useful. After almost seven years, we still think they’re the best smart lighting solution on the market. But if ...

Philips has updated the Hue line with Bluetooth-equipped bulbs replacing the Zigbee-only ones, but they still need the Hue Bridge to work with HomeKit. Starting today, new A19 and BR30 Hue bulbs are ...

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The FluxSmart Bluetooth will liven up any party, but it isn’t the best bulb to read by. Flux is a budget bulb provider, and it actually has two different types of bulbs available, both color tunable.

When you think about household appliances that it would be nice to control from your smartphone, lightbulbs might not immediately rise to the top on the list. After all, home lighting generally comes ...