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From string lights for outdoor use to smart lighting enabled by voice control, you can build your own smart lighting solutions with our expert recommendations for the best smart lights. Smart lights are also one of the best smart home gifts for 2024, so consider snagging a set for a friend or family member, too. This color-changing Philips Wiz Connected LED works with Alexa and Google, and costs just $13. Ry Crist/CNETYou can build entire smart lighting systems with budget-friendly white light smart bulbs that cost less than $10, fun color-changing bulbs, solar-powered outdoor smart lights for as low as $35 a pop, plus dimmable smart light switches and nifty new lighting accessories for less than $50 each. Willing to splurge a bit? Smart statement pieces from names likeNanoleaf promise to cover your walls in color. Yes, there are a lot of options when it comes to picking smart bulbs. However, once you're ready to upgrade your smart home system with smart lights -- that's where we come in. We have the best picks for LED smart bulbs, wall panels, strip lights, smart switches, Bluetooth bulb options and accessories you're after -- we've tested plenty of them. These are our top recommendations for the best smart lights you can buy. Best smart lights $17 at Amazon Pros Affordable Good range of tunable whites Can act as motion sensor Matter compatible Cons Motion setup can be tricky Matter is hit and miss Available connectivity 2.4GHz Wi-Fi and Matterdisplayed Whites from 2700K - 6500KSmart home platform compatibility Google Assistant, Amazon Alexa, Siri, IFTTTForm factor A19 light bulbPrice $10 $17 at Amazon $17 at Amazon If you've been led to believe that you need to spend a lot of money to get the best smart light bulb, you've been misinformed. As it turns out, one of the cheapest smart bulbs is one of the best smart lights, and that comes from Wiz. While the brand name may not ring a bell for you, its sibling company that's under the Signify umbrella likely is familiar -- Philips Hue.Wiz does make color-changing bulbs that are also quite good, but here we are focusing on the brand's high-quality tunable white bulbs. These are a typical-shaped bulb, A19, with an E26 base with an incandescent equivalent rating of 60 watts. In terms of how bright this bulb can get, you'll get plenty of output from the Wiz Tunable White LED Smart Bulb is rated at 800 lumens with a color range from a warm 2700K to a cool 6500KThere are multiple ways to control this bulb: Use the Wiz app on your phone, Google Assistant, Alexa, Siri or IFTTT. While these smart home platform integrations aren't necessarily unique, Matter support is a bit more novel -- at least right now. These options mean that you'll have a lot of flexibility in where and how you manage your Wiz smart bulbs. One of the ways people use these smart home platforms is for automation, like connecting to a smart sensor to turn on the lights when motion is detected. With these new Wiz bulbs, that ability is fully built into the light with the need for a secondary sensor.Read more:Best Cheap Home Security DevicesThere are some downsides to the Wiz bulb, and that is in the motion automation feature and Matter connectivity. As for what Wiz calls Spacesense, this feature works mostly well, but in order for bulbs to link together and interact properly for motion detection, you have to ensure that bulbs are at least 6.5 feet (or 2m) apart. I've also had some inconsistencies with the reaction time for the feature. It's not a deal-breaker for me, but it's worth noting. As for Matter, that is more of an issue for the new smart home device standard and hopefully improves with a future update. Photo Gallery 1/1 Other white-light smart LEDs worth considering If you want something a little more advanced than the Wyze Bulb, then consider going withPhilips Hue LED bulbs. At $14 each, Philips'Hue White LEDbulbs are a lot more affordable than you might expect, and the newest Bluetooth versions of the Philips Hue bulbs can pair directly with Alexa or Google Assistant without the need for the Hue Bridge. The same goes for the Lifx White LED, which works with Alexa, Google Assistant, Siri, and IFTTT. As of writing this, that one's $16 on Amazon.See Lifx on AmazonWant something more decorative? Philips has vintage-style LED bulbs with fake filaments twisted inside (you've probably seen bulbs just like them at your local hipster dive bar). They'd be a good pick for exposed-bulb setups where you aren't hiding your light source under a lampshade. See Philips on AmazonIf you prefer Google Assistant, then you might be better off with a C by GE smart bulb. These LED smart bulbs are designed to pair seamlessly with yourGoogle Home smart speakerand Google Nest Hub smart display. You don't need a hub, and you don't even need the GE smartphone or tablet app -- just turn the LED lights on and sync them with your setup right from the Google Home app. From there, you'll enjoy some of the snappiest and most responsive voice controlwe've tested. See C by GE at Amazon $39 at Amazon