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Lifx has followed in Hue's footsteps with a new line of cheap and very cheerful bulbs, but which ones should be brightening ...

There are three new smart lights joining the Govee family, and they're looking to be serious Philips Hue competitors.

Limited range and a clunky mobile interface make Hue a tough sell amidst growing competition. Philips was a pioneer in color-tuning light bulbs; but being a first mover, the brand is already starting ...

Within a the last two decades, lighting has very rapidly moved from Thomas Edison's highly controlled burning to semiconductor-based illumination. The logical next step after our lights became ...

Just last month we looked at the LIFX Wi-Fi enabled, multi-color LED light bulb that could be controlled via a smartphone. With 16 days still to go, the Kickstarter project has exceeded its US$100,000 ...

Looking to add further functionality to its range of smartphone-controlled hue light bulbs, Philips has announced a kinetic-powered, wall-mounted switch to extend control over color settings at times ...

We reviewed the Hue LED-powered lightbulbs late last year, and the programmable lights have since become a major part of my life. I wake up with their help in the morning and go to bed with their help ...

Philips on Monday launched a software developer program for the Hue line of iOS-controlled "smart LED" light bulbs, allowing app makers to integrate the lighting solution into third-party products.