![]() I've played around a bit with bulbs like these over the years, so again, this isn't new territory, but the GE LED Plus Speaker bulb features a built-in Bluetooth speaker that can pair with your phone, laptop, smart speaker - you name it. There's also no way to keep them from shining all night at 50% brightness - if you'd rather they return to darkness when motion stops, you're out of luck.Ĭompare with Ring's motion-sensing smart lights. Pairing is a cinch, too - just set the switch on each bulb to the same letter, then turn the things on.Ĭons: The bulbs won't work in enclosed fixtures, and they don't let you adjust the motion sensitivity, either. Pros: With well over 1,000 lumens each at full blast, the bulbs are plenty bright for exterior lighting purposes, and the ability to create up to four distinct groups of bulbs without any programming or networking is handy for larger-sized homes. You can also use a slide switch on each bulb to set it to one of four groups - bulbs set to the same group will turn on and off in tandem whenever one of them detects movement. At night, it'll dim down to 50% when things get still. When things are still during the daytime, it'll turn off automatically. When the bulb detects motion within 10 feet, it'll light up for three minutes. Enter the GE LED Plus Linkable Motion bulb, a $20 PAR38 floodlight with built-in motion and ambient light sensors. Motion-activated lighting makes a lot of sense for the exterior of your home, but not everyone wants to anchor a bunch of bulbs and sensors to a smart home setup. Those bulbs cost about $10 more a piece, and unlike the LED Plus bulbs, you can automate them or control them with Alexa, Siri or Google Assistant voice commands. ![]() The bulb's color settings aren't dimmable, and they aren't quite as bright as you'll get from higher-end smart bulbs, including the C by GE Multicolor LED. Also nice: It's available as either a normal, A-shaped bulb or as a floodlight bulb at no extra charge.Ĭons: The remote looks and feels a bit cheap. Aside from a greenish cyan, the colors are accurate and vivid. Pros: The bulb's white-light settings are brighter than advertised, each coming in at well over 800 lumens. ![]() With eight colors and two white light settings that both come with three distinct brightness settings, the bulb covers the bases as a basic alternative to color-changing smart bulbs that cost a lot more. Cheap, remote-controlled light bulbs with multiple color settings are nothing new, but this is the first time that GE has put one front and center in the lighting aisle.
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