Change Your Home's Ambience Depending on the Occasion and Your Mood: Discover Smart Lighting Ideas for Homes to Transform Your Home into a Contemporary, Tech-Savvy and Cosy Living Space (2021)

Emerging technology is continuously making your life more comfortable and stylish. Today’s luxury is becoming the need of tomorrow and going by the trend, smart homes will be the new norm in a couple of years. With smartphones connected to smart speakers, smart locks, smart appliances, why should lighting be left behind! So, smart lighting is the latest addition to a smart home to complete the package.

A bulb with software! That’s right, a smart bulb has software in the core which helps you to automate your lights, increase or decrease the brightness, change colours and even control it remotely through an app without even touching the switchboard. Though you can switch these smart lights on and off like the conventional bulbs, but can also control them with a smartphone, tablet, or a smart assistant like Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant.

The benefits of smart lighting are just not limited to controlling them remotely or automatically, but there are many other advantages of switching to smart lights. Smart LED bulbs are energy-efficient and last much longer than the traditional bulbs, thus providing more savings in the long run. Traditional lights can be either be turned on or off, but the smart lights can be dimmed as per your requirement using a dimmer switch which can be controlled using an app.

No more worries about leaving your light on or ‘Will my home be in the dark if I reach late?’ Now, you can control your light from almost anywhere by just using your smartphone and also check the status. You can also automate your lights by setting a timer that will automatically switch the lights on and off at a specified time, which gives an impression of your presence and is a useful feature to keep the bad guys at bay. You can also connect your smart lights to other smart devices like an audio system and smart speakers to get mood lighting by simple voice commands. The warm white lights can be used for a calm ambiance and the colour lights for a home party at just the click of a button.

Now that you know what exactly a smart light is and the benefits of installing smart lights in your home, but do you know how they work? Well, it’s not as complicated as you think it may be. You simply need an internet-connected hub that acts as a centralised location for all the smart lights in your home and you can fit the smart LED bulbs into the existing sockets of your traditional bulbs. And then, you can control or automate them with the help of an app installed on your smartphone. Smart lighting can be broadly categorised into 3 segments and installing one or more will give different results:

The lighting market is buzzing with various smart lights and it may be a bit challenging to select the right one for your home. The traditional lights are plain lights with white or colour lights, whereas smart lights come in soft white as well as colour-changing models and you can increase or decrease the brightness and choose from millions of colours in the case of the coloured lights. You can choose the right light for different parts of your house as per your requirement and ambiance desired. For example, you may want a soothing and soft white light in the living room while the colour of the bedroom or dining room lights can be changed according to your mood or occasion.

For the convenience of choosing the appropriate smart light for your needs, we have selected some of the best options and segmented them into 2 parts. Firstly, we have mentioned a few smart lights for the bedroom and in the subsequent part of the article we will discuss the smart lights which may be a good fit for your living room.

The room of your house where you like to relax, read a book or even watch TV at times, the bedroom, needs a smart light which can change the ambiance as per your mood and requirement. Mentioned below are a few smart bulbs which can change colours along with your changing moods.

The smart ceiling light by Phlipton is a Wi-Fi-enabled light that can be controlled through an app, Alexa, or Google Assistant. The product dimensions are 16.8 cm x 8.8916.8 cm x 5.2 cm, weighs 230 grams. The 15W bulb can be set for scheduling your day. It has a built-in dimmer, timer, colour control and feedback functions. You can purchase this smart controlled light by Phillips from Amazon for ₹ 1,504.00.

The Wi-Fi enabled smart RGB LED bulb can be controlled by Google Home and Google Assistant and requires an internet connection and a Wi-Fi router. You can remotely access the light, choose from 16 million colours, set different scenes with one-touch, schedule the on-off timings, sync with music to see the lights dancing at your favourite number. You can use features such as image picker, candle flicker, and strobe lighting while listening to your favourite music and has a tuneable white light (warm white and cool white) to give you a peaceful ambiance. You can ask your Google Assistant using voice command to dim, on, off the lights, or even change the colours as per your mood. The Smitch smart LED bulb is available in two variants, 7W (₹ 499.00) and 10W (₹ 399.00), and available on Flipkart.

Wipro is a well-known Indian brand in the lighting segment and their 12W Smart LED bulb provides you the option to choose from 16 million colours or a sober white shade (neutral white, warm white or white). The LED bulb is compatible with Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa, and can also be controlled from anywhere using the Wipro Next Smart App. The white lights are tuneable and dimmable which can be adjusted for your various needs like reading, relaxation, meditation, etc., while the colours can set the right mood for sleeping, leisure, soft, romantic, party, etc. You can also create your own scene and also schedule the lights when away from the home. Wipro also provides you the option to group all the Wipro smart lights in your home and control them together. The smart bulb requires 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi and this LED can be purchased from Amazon for ₹ 699.00.

Syska is known for its excellent electrical and electronic products and the 9W Wi-Fi LED bulb is your perfect companion in the bedroom which can change lights as per your mood and you can choose your favourite lights from the 16 million colours. It has 6 different functions which can help you to schedule the light, control using a voice command or the Syska Smart Home App and all the family members can control the smart bulb through their smartphones. The smart bulb supports Android 4.3 and above, and iOS 6.0 and above and can be ordered from Reliance Digital for ₹ 649.00.

Solimo, a brand by Amazon is known for its good products at reasonable prices and the Amazon Solimo 12W Smart LED Light has all the characteristics of a smart LED bulb. With 16 million shades of RGB light, yellow light, warm light, and cool daylight, the Alexa-enabled smart bulb can be easily controlled through the Smart Life App (available on iOS and Android). You can set timers, adjust brightness, change colours, and give voice commands to set the lighting as per your requirement. It can be simply connected to a 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi enabled internet connection and you don’t require any special hub or gateways. Equipped with a B22 holder, the Solimo 12W smart LED light can be ordered from Amazon for ₹ 529.00.

Either you are enjoying with your guests, playing your favourite game on the Xbox, or binge-watching the latest Netflix web series on the couch lying in your living room, you need a different ambiance and lighting for different occasions. The LED lights mentioned below do the same, smartly and efficiently.

Another smart LED by Wipro, this colour-changing batten is perfect for your living room with a power of 20W providing luminescence of 1880 lumens to brighten your room. The LED batten can be both remote and voice-controlled to tune or dim the white light to get different shades of white from 2700k to 6500k. You can use Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant to give voice commands and the smart batten can also be controlled using the Wipro Smart Home App available on the iOS store and Google Play. The 4 feet long LED smart tube can be ordered from Best of Electricals for ₹ 1,200.00 and it comes with a 2-year warranty.

A smart light of a different kind, the Jaquar Strella Smart is a downlight smart light that has motion sensors and it automatically switches on the moment it senses the movement of a person. Though meant for commercial use, yet it can be helpful for the rarely visited corners of your house which are not supposed to be permanently lit. Jaquar Lighting has listed this product for ₹ 1,480.00.

The list of smart lighting can’t be complete without the mention of Philips, a pioneer in electronics, electricals and lighting. The 9W smart LED bulb by Philips produces 825 lumens light, can be controlled through Alexa, Siri, and WIZ apps to produce different shades of white light and shades from millions of colours. Few pre-set themes can be used with the tap of a button to get the perfect ambiance for your mood. You can plug and light it using a Wi-Fi connection, and this smart bulb can be purchased from Paytm Mall for ₹ 1,218.00.

The Mi Wifi LED smart bulb consumes 80% less energy than a traditional bulb and the 10W bulb has a white dimmable light that can be controlled by voice via Google Home and Google Assistant or through your tablet or smartphone through Mi Home App You can customise different lighting scenes and also automate the on-off timing. You can switch between about 16 million colours to transform the ambiance of your home as per your mood. This smart LED bulb is available for ₹ 1,299.00 on Flipkart.

Halonix is often known for its commercial lighting products, but the Halonix Prime Prizm 12 Watt LED Bulb for homes won’t disappoint you as it provides 16 million shades of RGB colour, voice, and remote controlling options along with the automatic timer function for auto on and off. The Halonix Prime Prizm 12 Watt LED Bulb comes with a 12-month warranty and Croma is selling it for ₹ 690.00.