Homevenus HVS Smart Light Bulbs, 9W Equivalent 60W A19 E26 RGBW Color Changing LED Light Bulbs, Music Sync App 2.4GHz WiFi Dimmable Tunable White Work with Alexa Google Assistant, 2 Pack

On Amazon Prime Day I had the opportunity to buy and evaluate a lot of Smart LED bulbs and for me the installation of this product was the best and most reliable. With this product once I verified I was on the right network (SSID) and installed the smart bulb, and made sure I had the right APP (Smart Life), it was immediately discovered and ready for installation. By the way if one has a very large house, I recommend a network mesh over repeaters. With other bulbs one has to go through gyrations of turning on, off, waiting, multiple on off sequences or whatever. With this one it was automatically in setup mode once I screwed the bulb into a socket with power and immediately discovered. Once I chose Alexa integration it took care of the skill integration and magically the device was there and ready for use, assigning to a group or room, etc. In fact I did all the preliminary setup in my lab, unscrewed the light bulb and went to install it in the target location. It worked immediately while other bulbs had to be installed directly in the target location or it didn't work. Not all devices, apps, or Smart Home services are created equal. So my preferences are Alexa, Smart Life App, and the HVS Smart LED bulb (Home Venus S? - Don't know what the S is for but box label say Home Venus while the Amazon listing says HVS). p.s. I am a senior systems engineer and if I am having struggles getting some of the devices to work I can only imagine the frustrations of a novice. Having learned all of the lessons with these experiences, my conclusion is that it is worth buying Smart Home products that install without all the head aches regardless of the price differences. One final thought is that I found that unless you have a switch with lots of light bulbs (eg large number of security lights on same switch) it is generally simpler and easier to buy Smart color dimmable LED lights that you can control individually or in any form of grouping you like than having to swap switches (yourself or via an electrician who generally hates this kind of work) with the difficulty of install the DECORA style switch in an old style box that is far too crammed to do easily. Now all of the usage and control is switched over to Alexa. If all is working properly, one uses voice control and never touches or uses the physical switches again. The installation is cheaper, easier, and safer. And with Echo Dots selling for $18 on Amazon Prime Day, you can now make your entire home smart from so little compared to thousands of dollars for an electrician rewiring your house a couple of decades ago. In conclusion this was the best Smart LED bulb product that I have evaluated so far and a key to the simplest and most effective installation. Eliezer

Great lights...work as advertised...purchased in '21...2 of them died maybe a year or so ago...1 died yesterday...didn't repurchase only because I wanted higher wattage bulbs...use them w/ the SmartLife app.

Use "Smart Life" App instead of their HVS Smart app (HVS Smart does not exist in google home app) Add device and link to Google Home

A little hard to connect but work well

These bulbs work great for a couple months and then randomly start flickering, won’t reconnect to the WiFi/app, and then won’t turn back on. I’ve bought 6 of these packs (24 bulbs!) for 4 lamps over the course of 2.5 years. I had originally put them in 2 additional kitchen pendant lights as well, but they would overheat and show signs of actually burning, so I had to put regular bulbs in those. The quality seems to be worsening overtime with the lifespan shortening with every box purchased. I’m tired of constantly replacing and buying new bulbs. No longer buying these, switching to a different brand. While they are cheap, I’d recommend going with a different brand to save money in the long run.

I had trouble with one of the bulbs about 30 days after purchase, but after reading my original review the seller got in touch with me and sent out a new set, which has worked beautifully ever since. I'm very happy with this purchase and will order these bulbs again.

We purchased a 4 pack in August, and now in October 2/4 don’t work properly (they constantly go offline and don’t sync). Aside from that, these light bulbs are nice to have. It’s great being able to pair them with Alexa to dim and change colors just by speaking.

I bought these smart bulbs to try in different area of house so far been using them for over a month without any problems set up was easy so far no problem with app.

Es fácil de instalar y se conecta bien con Alexa.

But worked after along time trying

I would like to note that these worked for three years but now the Smart Life app won't connect to my phone for the light bulb to work. It wants me to use a hotspot that I don't have showing up on my connection list. So got new ones that won't need an app. These worked until today. Also the chatbot for smart life is useless. I did all the toubleshooting and still nothing. I would suggest just buying some that uses a remote.

Great light bulbs! Everyone should have these LoL

These bulbs are nice and bright. Love the colour changing and white light settings from 2700k to 6500 plus dimming. Wish the instructions were better. The native app is called HVS Smart. The instructions within the app to link to Alexa says to use Tuya Smart app. The product description says it uses the Smart Life app. Anyways, HVS Smart app won’t link to Alexa. I downloaded the Tuya Smart app to find out it’s identical to the Smart Life app I’m already using. Wish I knew this all at the start instead of creating 2 new accounts and now not using them. Works 100% with Smart Life app and connects to Alexa easily.