72-Watt Equivalent BR30 Dimmable Wi-Fi Connected Smart LED Light Bulb Warm White

SUMMARY: A GOOD ADDITION TO OUR SMART HOME BACKGROUND: We are upgrading our lights to LEDs and have added a smart home system. The opportunity to evaluate the Wiz smart LED bulb was perfect for us. FIT AND FINISH: As our first Wiz product we found the bulb as well made as any other we have purchased. INSTALLATION & OPERATION: As with most smart home appliances there is a process for installing and connecting the bulb. Although the bulb is advertised as Google Assistant compatible, and does not require a smart hub, it doe require installing the Wiz app. After installing the app and linking to the bulb you can then link the app to the Google Home app. This works, but having to add another app is a down-check for us. There are other smart light that are directly compatible. In the future we will probably only purchase those lights. Once we got everything installed and linked the operation of the bulb is almost identical to other smart bulbs. The light can be turned on or off and dimmed by voice command or via Google home. We haven’t figured out how to use some of the custom setting in the Wiz app via Google, but that is minor compared to the convenience of voice operation and remote operation. SUMMARY: A nice addition to our smart home system. PROS: Integrates with our Google home system. CONS: Requires the manufacturers app to integrate.

This is a similar SMART LED to many that are on the market today - I must have 4 or 5 different brands right now, each with their own uniqueness. The main reason for a 1-star rating on this bulb is that I couldn't get it to turn off with the APP. In the OFF selection the bulb would go to its dimmest position but would not turn off - that makes the bulb unusable for me. Not sure if this is a bad bulb, an APP issue or something else. The Wiz app is not too bad, and seems to work pretty well. I did have trouble getting this bulb to be "found" by the Wiz app and had to use the manual process to get it connected. I didn't ding the overall rating for that because I've had that issue with many other products as well. This is a white bulb with a selectable color temperature. The range of temperature selection was not as good as some of the other products of this type I have used. But it was sufficient, as I could get it to match my other bulbs.

Too hard (may be cannot) be paired to Alexa.

Works well with my smart system

Set up was fairly easy. I has a bit of an issue with a couple bulbs responding to auto setup but got them working thru the manual method. I love them! The warm color, low wattage and easy app allows me to control single bulbs on one circuit as well as group any together on the fly to control as a group. The special price made them cheaper than a standard LED bulb.

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I had no issues with set up or connection. Got these for our finished basement - over 2000sqft with 18-20 recessed lights all on 1 switch. This allowed us to make zones with several lights in groups. I can control them by name with my voice using my Google Assistant. No complaints, completely recommend!!

Was almost impossible to program, kept connecting to the wiz network per instructions but then needed a password. After multiple uninstalls of software finally got it to connect. heres the real killer, when you shut it off, it forgets programming and goes back to ugly yellowish white. I have 2 other smart bulb brands and neither do that. Threw them in the trash, not worth wasting the gas to return something that is understandably so cheap.

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Easy to program. Excellent light color.