Terri: I have used the Phillips Hue Smart Bulbs (A19) in 5 of my lamps and/or pendant lights. I found their app to be pretty accessible. Using these bulbs required the purchase of a hub to be connected to my modem/router before linking it to my Alexa (2nd edition). Since then, I have updated my Alexa to the 4th edition which I believe has it's own integrated hub that may negate the need for the Phillips Hub. I haven't pursued that yet. The bulbs I bought are dimmable and work well with the Alexa. It's pretty cool to tell Alexa to dim my kitchen island lights to 30% or 100% ... or even all the way down to 10%. Of course, this only works if others in my home would stop turning off the light switch. Alexa can't turn on the island lights if the switch is turned off. With regard to the one bulb I put in my Mom's reading lamp, that one won't dim up/down in intensity since the lamp is older and doesn't allow for dimmable bulbs. All we can do there is have Alexa turn it on or off. Furthermore, I also use Amazon plugs that are pretty cool since they work to turn on/off any device that's plugged into it. I use them most extensively for our Christmas tree and other decor that lighted up. This year I had them set to turn off the tree and other lighted decor by simply saying ... "Alexa ... Merry Christmas." I even had Alexa play Silent Night when we had her turn off te Christmas Tree at night.
In the past, I purchased TP Plugs but didn't like their accessibility or ease (or lack of ease) in configuring them. Maybe they've update things since then. I have also bought GE light switches that are supposed to be configurable with Alexa but I haven't succeeded in getting them configured. I'm told that maybe they don't work with my type of recessed lighting. Either that ... or my brother failed to use a particular adapter that was supposed to be installed when the switches were installed. But, I also found the GE app not all that accessible ... or just a bit confusing. Hope that helps some. Melanie Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 9, 2022, at 4:38 PM, Terri Stimmel <icecreamlove...@outlook.com> wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > > I am thinking it is ok to ask this here. But if not, please just let me know. > > > Anyway, we are hoping to purchase some smart bulbs for our place. We want to > use them in our bathroom, and in our kitchen. As well as in a couple of > lamps, if at all possible. > > > However, I don't know much about them. So I have started researching them. We > have Alexa. So we would want them to work with that. Or be enabled with Alexa. > > > However, my concern is the Apps that go along with a lot of these bulbs, or > any other device. Such as, smart plugs. I am concerned about making a > purchase. Then having to download an App that won't be accessible to me. I > would need to be able to use the App with my iPhone 12 Mini. > > > Does anyone have some thoughts, or suggestions? > > I would really appreciate some feedback. > > > Thank you, > > > Terri > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/CH2PR04MB6839991E828397B315DC0DCBA84F9%40CH2PR04MB6839.namprd04.prod.outlook.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/D6FBC248-B98C-435A-94E1-500BDA6BCD9A%40gmail.com.
