I fully transitioned to LED fixtures for the whole house recently so no more actual light bulbs otherwise I'd jump on that
Do you use the Alexa feature? Been thinking about getting the Tap....
I've transitioned most of my house to the Philips Hue eco-system. I have the
white A19 bulbs throughout the master bedroom, hallways, staircase, kitchen, living room, multiple closets, pantry, and laundry room. Then I have the
BR30's in all of my can lights in the living room, playroom, and "theatre". I have the
LED strips under our kitchen cabinets and I'm about to install them under our deck's railing for downlighting. I have all of them automated to turn on/off/dim during certain times. Also, I do have the
Tap for the "theatre" and I have a couple
Dimmer Switches throughout the house for ease of use. I also have a
motion sensor setup in every closet, the pantry, and the laundry room because my daughters (and wife) are notorious for leaving the lights on. This way, they automatically turn off the Hue bulbs associated to the sensor after 1 minute of no motion.
Beyond that, I do not use Alexa nor Google Home because they all connect with my Apple HomeKit so I can use Siri on my iOS devices as well as the remote on my Apple TVs. However, I will get an Apple HomePod this December and it will sync up with all of these lights as well.
Then, there are apps that you can download to really unlock their potential. The Theatre and Living Room TVs will make the lights turn on different colors to match the colors on the screen, there is a music app where the lights sync to whatever song you are listening to, and using the IFTTT app I have them doing different "recipes" for all sorts of things. I freaking love it! haha
I'm only mentioning all of this (and it should probably be its own thread (sorry OP)) to say, if you have any questions on this stuff, I'm here to help! It was a bit of a PITA when I started it because there wasn't a lot of information out there at the time. Now there are quite a few YouTube videos to get some ideas but I am more than happy to help any of you guys with any questions you might have.
NOTE: for these lights to work, you have to have a
Philips Hue Bridge which is connected to your Router. One bridge can control up to 50 Hue Products and the bridge is included in many starter kits.
