Philips Hue White A19 Single LED Bulb Works with Amazon Alexa (Hue Hub Required)

Received this bulb with my new Echo Plus. It was so easy & connected almost immediately. The bulb is very responsive either by voice commands to the Echo Plus/Alexa or using the Alexa app on Fire tablet or cell. I'm brand new in the smart home arena & am now using 6 of these bulbs. I'm especially excited that the bulb works perfectly in my ceiling fans! Without paying attention, I'd installed a 'regular' 60 watt bulb that would only flash/flicker. A guy at Home Depot told me ceiling fan lights need a 40 watt bulb. Anyway, a 40 watt did work, but was so dim as to be almost useless. So I tried this Phillips Hue 60 watt smart bulb anyway & it works perfectly! I still use a remote for the ceiling fan itself, but am able to control the much, much brighter light with Alexa, with no flashing! There is a quirk when turning off the ceiling fan light though, in that it briefly dims to what appears to be 1%, before turning off. Lamps turn off immediately. Not sure why the fan light fades like that, but it doesn't bother me in the least. Just tickled that a brighter, higher watt smart bulb works in the ceiling fan & am actually using this light more because of it. I also have 2 of the Phillips bulbs in '3-way' lamps & they work perfectly as well -- no need for 3-way bulbs any more. These bulbs are packaged very securely, which I really like. I've only priced these bulbs at WalMart & Home Depot, but so far the best price is here on Amazon. Another plus for this bulb is that it connects directly to the Echo Plus' hub & does not go towards wi-fi device count. This is especially important, IMHO, to those like me with limited wi-fi device connection. I have an 8-device limit for my wi-fi, so I am able to use an unlimited number of these bulbs, which is great. I'm so happy with the performance of these bulbs and my Echo Plus & plan to replace all my lights over time. Obviously, the smart bulbs are more expensive than 'regular' ones, but you get so much more bang for your buck. Hopefully, prices will come down over time. The only other issue is how long the bulbs last, but only time will tell. So far though, I'm completely satisfied & highly recommend!

I was an early adopter of the Philips LUX bulbs and hub. I had this bulb first setup with the Philips Hue bridge along with my other bulbs. It worked fine for Philips products but would not Alexa integrate other bulbs like the excellent Cree smart bulb.This has the round shape of more modern Philips LUX bulbs which is very difference from the trumpet shaped older models. It's closer to the size of an old incandescent bulb and its more lamps and fixtures.When I got my Echo Plus with an integrated Zigbee hub I was anxious to move all the plugs tied to my Hue bridge to the Echo Plus. This requires a reset of the bulb. The Cree was easy with a series of on-off cycles. All the Philips bulbs required getting the serial numbers off the bulbs and using the Alexa app to reset them. (look in the smart home section)When my smart bulbs were reset, including this one, pairing to my Echo Plus hub was as simple as saying "Alexa, Find devices". Easy-peasy. I still have great control over my Philips bulbs and now finally voice control over my Cree bulbs too.Outside of voice control this Philips bulb is nice 2700K (warm white) smoothly dimmable bulb. Light quality is nice and I find it slightly brighter than earlier LUX models I own.In conclusion, since I got rid of the Hue bridge I have one less thing taking up a power socket and network connection. All my bulbs work through the Echo plus hub and all are now under voice control. Philips still makes some of the best smart bulbs and this version of the Hue Lux bulbs has very smooth dimming and is a bit brighter than older models. Living with this bulb for several months I think it is excellent and earns 5 stars.

The bulb is great but be aware that there is an updated version of this bulb. The new bulb has the exact same UPC but is significantly different. The new version puts out 840 lumens vs. 800 for the old version, and it also uses 9 watts of power vs. 9.5 for the last version. If you want max brightness then the new version is what you want. I got a couple at WallyWorld and that's how I noticed the difference. I ordered these from Amazon hoping I would get the new ones, but didn't.UPDATE: I just received four bulbs today (12/28), after Amazon was out of stock for most of the holidays. All four were of the latest version, so it appears that the older version is sold out. Even though the description is not updated to reflect the changes in the latest version, one can reasonably expect to get the newest updated bulb when ordering now. I called Philips a while ago about this and they were reluctant to discuss the newer version. I guess they wanted to help their retailers sell through the old version before they publicized the improved version. At any rate, I'm more than satisfied with the bulbs. I have eighteen now and they have always worked flawlessly. I have several outdoors which have coped with below zero temps just fine. Note that the more bulbs you have, the greater the range of their network as each bulb acts as a range extender. I have some outdoors quite a distance from the hub they never lose connection. They work great with the Echo. Without it, a lot of the convenience is lost. At night, I can ask Alexa to turn them all off, and within a few seconds they all go out, group by group.Amazon's price on these bulbs has varied since the end of December anywhere from $50 to $80 for two, except when you order the Easy-to-open Packaging, which was consistently $29.99 until recently when they sold out of that option. And they still have not updated the description as of 2/10/17 to reflect the new specs. It would appear they are price gouging on the high demand for the bulbs. There may be another reason, but it doesn't make sense that the price of these bulbs should vary daily like airfares. You can get them other places for the standard price of $29.99 for two.

Still works after years of us.