
To setup the lights, you need to connect them to your home network. Wiz Connected Lights – Features, app and control WiZ also has a range of standalone downlights and plug-in lights, such as the Wiz Colors Quest (£85) – a bulbous-looking lamp designed to project your chosen colour onto a wall. Packs with multiple bulbs can help cut costs further, and some bundle the WiZmote remote control, which usually costs around £15. That’s competitive, and cheaper than the similar Philips Hue bulbs. Prices are around £23 for the WiZ Whites, and around £35 for the WiZ Colors bulbs. Options include bayonet, E27, E14 and GU10 bulb fittings.

Temperature changes give you a choice of 2,700K (cold white) to 6500K (warm white) you can pick from 16 million colours.
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WiZ’s range of bulbs consist of light bulbs, with options to change temperature (WiZ Whites), plus colour and temperature bulbs (WiZ Colors) too. You’ll need traditional on/off switches instead. As such, and like other smart bulbs, they’re not compatible with dimmer sockets. WiZ light bulbs need to be turned on to enlist their smart features.

Although you shouldn’t have a problem installing the bulbs into light fittings in general, be careful if you plan to use the WiZ bulbs in desk lamps – the extra weight could unbalance them. Integrated Wi-Fi means WiZ’s bulbs are slightly larger and heavier than traditional bulbs and Philips Hue models, which use the low-power Zigbee protocol. WiZ has built the intelligence to control its lights into the bulbs themselves. As a result, these bulbs prove more flexible than Wi-Fi models such as the TP-Link Smart Wi-Fi LED bulb.

Many require a smart hub to function, but the WiZ Connected Lights connect directly to your Wi-Fi network, doing away with the need for any additional hardware.Ĭleverly, the lights can be controlled directly through your existing switch, or via the optional IR remote control. If you want smart light bulbs, there’s no shortage of choice on the market right now.
