Matter Smart Bulb Compatible with Alexa/Siri/Apple Home/Google Home/SmartThings, WiFi A19 E26 RGBCW Color Changing Light Bulb 60W Equivalent 800LM 9W, 2.4G WiFi, ETL Listed, 4PCS

I had been putting off buying things that were "Matter" enabled because they are usually more expensive than the other types of smart devices. But man oh man did these things deliver. I think I practically just turned on the light and my phone was asking me if I wanted to link it to all my Google home stuff. There was none of that business where you have to add it in another app, and then sync it over, and then add the room a second time over in the Google app after you already added it in a third party app.I've had these in for like 2 months now and they haven't disconnected from my wifi or anything. They're fast, bright, turn all the good colors (or just shades of white you might want). I have not had any flickering. Overall I'm really happy with how they are performing, and I would buy more of them in the future. Definitely worth a little more for the Matter connectivity feature.

I guess I envisioned screw in a couple of lightbulbs and be done with it. Not quite the case. The concept is great and eventually comes together. But it takes a lot of tinkering. Does your router handle both 2GHz and 5GHz? (I didn’t know I had any GHz at all). Can you switch it manually if it doesn’t switch automatically? None of it is difficult in and of itself but there’s a lot of, “WTF!” Involved. If you like hands on learning, go for it. Very satisfying when you figure it all out and well worth the results. (IMHO don’t bother w/ the plugs)

EDIT: After writing this review the seller contacted me and offered me a refund. Then they refused to refund the bulbs, instead saying they would send me different ones if I would give them my address. As you may know, this is a big red flag. Do not trust this seller. Shady practices, broken products.Original review: I have no idea how these bulbs earned such a high rating but it's BS. They connect with ease but they never STAY connected. I bought 9 bulbs in total and they are all garbage. I contacted support but all they do is reiterate the troubleshooting tips from the documentation that comes with the bulbs. None of that helps, as you might have guessed. I'll be submitting my refund request immediately after posting this because, after an entire week, I'm done trying to make these bulbs work. It's clearly a lost cause. If you see this, do yourself a favor and look elsewhere.

I like these bulbs a lot and they were - with one exception - easy to install. I just couldn’t get the fourth bulb to connect. Originally I thought it was because the location was quite far from the router, but I tried it next to the router and it was still a ‘no go’.So, I posted a review (2 stars) reflecting my experience - and Maggie, from LightingInside reached out to ask about my issue. The company sent me 2 bulbs as a replacement.So I’m rating them 5 stars for really going the extra mile, and producing an excellent product. This is by far the easiest setup I’ve experienced; both my garage and the far end of my yard are locations I’ve struggled with in terms of distance from the router, so it was a real pleasure to see a strong instantaneous connection.

Very easy to install, color quality and brightness are great!

Smart lightbulbs are great for a while, until you start realising that flicking the switch at the door is much easier than "smart" methods of turning room lights on/off. The variable colors are cool, the dimming is cool but it's still about manually messing about with an app or talking to your smart hub versus toggling a switch and the switch is smarter by a mile. The closest smart lightbulbs come to the toggle switch simplicity is if you also use a smart hub that can use something like ultrasound to detect the room has someone in it or is empty and just leave the smart hub to turn the lights on/off when the room is populated/empty. That's not 100% reliable and can turn the lights off when you are in the room and putting an Alexa device having ultrasound detection or equivalent in every room just to avoid toggling the switch at the door makes smart bulbs seem a lot less smart than they claim. I also find them really unreliable, each month I have to reset and re-install one or two. Then, all but the most recent wifi connection points don't support many simultaneous connected devices, I have over thirty lights on each floor of my house. I admit, having the lights dimmed to the lowest level when I go to bed is good for winding down but I doubt the claimed 1% brightness level is honest, if I ever put a light meter in a room and measure the difference between light energy at different dimmer levels I'll be sure to update my post.

I had to install an additional app to get it to work with Alexa. Had I known this i would not have purchased.

Easy to set up and operate.