Soft White G25 LED 40-Watt Equivalent Dimmable Smart Wi-Fi Wiz Connected Wireless Light Bulb

I left this same review on the page for the A19 color bulbs, but I talk about both bulbs in it. WiZ is great! I recently replaced every single lightbulb in my apartment with the Philips WiZ color bulbs and I LOVE THEM. I feel like a lot of people don’t know about them but I wish it was more popular, because they work beautifully and the price point CANNOT be beat. They deserve to be more widely used and known. I never cared for color-changing lights, but when the pandemic hit, I had just moved in with a friend who had them in his living room. He installed them in fall of 2019, and they still work great. I couldn’t believe how much I loved them. I downloaded the app where he added me as a guest, and they were so much fun to change up. Some of the preset color schemes are kind of useless or repetitive (like Forest, Jungle, and Mojoto - all three are essentially green) but some of them are pretty great (notably Sunset, Deep Sea, and Romance (poorly named, it’s just a nice light color scheme). I loved being able to have bright lights when working or cleaning, dim blue for watching TV, and sometimes even red because why not. I moved into a new apartment a month ago and told him I’d miss the lights, but that I don’t have that kind of money (because I know Hue bulbs are $50 a bulb, which REQUIRES the use of a $100 hub). He explained they weren’t Philips Hue lights but Philips WIZ, and that they were super affordable and I was THRILLED. I got 8 (yes EIGHT) color changing light bulbs, and 2 soft white edison-type globe bulbs ALL for under $140. I think the WiZ app is fantastic, and they respond INSTANTLY. I’ve read elsewhere that not having a hub means they respond faster, so maybe that’s why. I love the Wiz light bulbs so much that I even bought 2 not-so-affordable (for me) light strips from a different warehouse-type store which were $50 each. Not thrilled about that price but HOLY CRAP I love the light strips even more. I initially got one for a hallway that has no light, and the other for under the counter, but now I want them everywhere. One light strip produces SO MUCH LIGHT it’s amazing, almost too much - so I guess they aren’t overpriced. It’s just a bit of sticker shock compared to $12.97 for a full color range A19 bulb. Lastly, I’ll add that I’m using them with my crappy Spectrum modem that combines 2.4

A Smart house needs Smart bulbs and these WiZ compatible Philips bulbs add both style & function. Smart switches, outlets and appliances are not nearly enough; smart bulbs are required to make the smart house flexible enough to really take advantage of the capability. We've used many phone apps for various vendors' WiFi controlled bulbs, and we like the WiZ app the best. It's the easiest and most capable phone app for light bulb remote control we've tried. It has many very useful features internal use such as mood settings, wake-up, nightlight, fade to dark Sleep modes, etc. as well as the usual dimming capabilities. The set-up is super easy and, like all WiZ bulbs, it does not require a hub. Of course it can be used with one if you like, but a hub is not needed for the WiZ app, voice-activated assistants or IFTTT. We have voice-activated remote devices and pickups in most rooms in our house and this bulb integrated right in. We also love using IFTTT to have various events signal us so we set ours to perform varying functions as visual cues and alerts. This bulb can be used outside in a suitable fixture, as can several other Philips LED Wiz bulbs. These bulbs are pretty wide (over 3.5" wide), so it was important to make sure the fixture we planned to use was wide enough. Fortunately, we had a need for these in a multi-bulb fixture already using wide bulbs, so we were good to go. The beauty of these, and why smart switches are not enough, is that each one can be controlled independently. We really like the WiZ app and were delighted to find that we could use this Philips brand bulb with it (Many Philips are compatible only with the Philips Hue app - this bulb will not work with the Hue app). We highly recommend them

This is the first elegant smart bulb I have seen. The smarts all fit in the base out of sight. It works great. The app could use a few more features like sunset and sunrise triggers. I had to use IFTT.com to do that. I get a few false turn ons when the power goes out. I use this on my lamp post. We planted a vine that shades out the photosensor and needed a different way to trigger the light on and off. I received this 40-WATT EQUIVALENT G25 WIZ CONNECTED DIMMABLE WI-FI ENABLED SMART LED LIGHT BULB SOFT WHITE for free to write this review.

I've used several brands of smart bulbs and plugs and this one measures up. After a few hiccups in set up (finding device, linking to Alexa..),which seems to be the norm for these devices in my experience, I've got it all set up and it was fairly easy. From the app I can set up on/off schedules, adjust the brightness - including quick "nightlight" mode - and turn on and off. I'm using it on my nightstand so it's perfect to be able to turn it off with Alexa when I'm done reading. It is plenty bright enough for a reading lamp, and I love that I can dim my previously undimmable lamp.

Love it! its definitely an accent lighting more than actual light but that was the purpose!

difficult to set up. have tried multiple times, still unable to add.

I couldn’t get it paired with my wifi no matter the steps I took. I tried several different options, and finally ended up buying a different bulb.

My bulbs that can with my lights didn't work so I had to purchase so more bulbs

I really like the bright lights....they're a LOT better than the ones I used to buy....