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- You can instantly control smart light strips from your phone, and the best ones can even change colors.
- The Philips Hue Lightstrip Plus is our top pick because it is reliable, easy to use, and very versatile, thanks to its many color options.
Light strips can seriously enhance the look of your home. Traditional light bulbs are great, but they're usually more functional than beautiful. Light strips, on the other hand, can bring fun illuminated accents to your home while still lighting a room well enough that you can see properly.
Light strips are getting smarter, too. A number of companies have been incorporating smart home tech into their new light strips, allowing you to control the strips with your phone or voice and integrate them into your existing lighting setup.
There are a number of things to consider when buying a smart light strip, but most important of all considerations is the smart home ecosystem that it fits into. If you have a Google Home setup, you'll want to ensure that the light strip works with Google Assistant. The same is true for Amazon Alexa and Apple HomeKit setups.
You'll also want to consider a few other things. Smart light strips can come in different lengths and offer different brightness levels. If you want something that can really light up a room, you'll need a light strip with a higher brightness level. You'll also want to think about where you're going to put your light strip. If you're going to put it outside, you'll need to ensure that you get a light strip that's waterproof and specifically built for outdoor use.
Here are the best smart light strips you can buy:
- Best light strip overall: Philips Hue Lightstrip
- Best smart light strip for the wall: LIFX Beam
- Best budget smart light strip: Koogeek Smart Light Strip
- Best Zigbee smart light strip: Sylvania Smart+ Zigbee light strip
- Best multi-color smart light strip: LIFX Z
Read on in the slides below to check out our top picks.
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