Separate from the Philips Hue line of smart lighting, Philips SmartSleep products focus on improving your rest and wake-up routines, with the Connected Sleep and Wake-Up Light as the brand's premium smart lamp offering. Smart lamps can become a staple product in your home. Many people are first exposed to smart products through smart lighting, and smart lamps are a direct extension of that. These lamps often feature equally as many (if not more) features than a standard smart bulb because they are designed from the ground up to serve a specific purpose. The general consensus seems to be that Google Assistant is, largely, the most accurate voice assistant. If you've got a lot of Apple products, of course Siri is the best and for overall compatibility, you're best opting for Alexa. But they're not hard and fast rules. Is Alexa better than Google? You can certainly find brighter non-smart lamps for lower prices, but you'd miss out on the fine-tuning this smart LED lamp offers: dimmable brightness from 1 to 100 percent, white light temperature tunable between 2000 Kelvin to 5700 Kelvin, and 16 million adjustable colors—in addition to the timer, scheduling, and sunrise/sunset settings.

SYMFONISK is a long-term collaboration between IKEA and Sonos that seeks to bring the worlds of home furnishing and sound closer together. Often, speakers and table lamps are placed next to each other, competing for the same counter space. Sonos sound built into an IKEA table lamp can overcome the most critical pain points of placing speakers: finding counter space for another object and fitting into home décor. By connecting this product to DIRIGERA hub, you get even more out of it and can also control it, together with other smart products, in the IKEA Home smart app. Potential integration with a broader smart home setup is also important to consider, as smart home expert Marlon Buchanan points out. "Good options to look for are whether or not the lamp needs a hub for full functionality, because this may add to your cost and setup complexity. You may also be interested in whether or not the light can function as part of a larger ecosystem of lights, which can help create some very impressive light scenes." Starting with its eye-catching clear, globular design, the Philips Hue Iris makes it easy to see that it's not your typical living room lamp. The integrated LED light, aimed toward the wall or ceiling, can set a custom mood with a vibrant palette of 16 million colors, while also being able to shine a temperature-tunable white light bright enough for reading and everyday activities.When it comes to choosing the right smart speaker for you, there are a number of factors to consider. According to Buchanan, connecting to the hub and additional smart lighting in the Hue line can be worthwhile for smart home aficionados. "I like the Philips Hue Iris because it can easily integrate with Philips' other lights to make impressive displays," says Buchanan. "Like other Philips Hue smart lighting products, the quality and brightness of the lights are top notch." It can go loud too, of course, but focussing more on its output starts to highlight a few of the reasons those after truly great multi-room sound will unsurprisingly have to forgo the lighting and either spend a bit more on the Sonos One or change eco-systems to something such as Audio Pro. On the whole that's subjective. Some people have always liked Apple products the best and stay loyal to Siri. Others really like Alexa after snapping up an Echo as soon as the smart speaker was first launched. You can create a stereo pair by connecting 2 identical Wi-Fi speakers, it also works with 1 floor lamp speaker and 1 speaker lamp base with Wi-Fi.

Combining the best of our two worlds we make high-quality sound affordable and available – and create products neither of us would be able to come up with on our own. You've never heard a lamp like this before SYMFONISK speaker lamp base needs to be completed with a lampshade from the SYMFONISK series. The lampshades are specifically designed to support the best sound experience possible. With a smart home from IKEA, it's easy to create smarter everyday moments with lighting, speakers, blinds and air quality products.In addition to a built-in USB-C port, this lamp has a few physical buttons to control brightness and color temperature and turn it on/off, but detailed controls come through the Dyson app when paired over Bluetooth. Options for Wi-Fi connectivity and voice commands would have added more convenience, but its focus stays on lighting your work or task at hand. Start by working out which voice assistant you want your smart speaker to offer access to. If you already use a voice assistant on your smartphone or tablet, or have existing smart speakers or smart displays in your home, it makes sense to plump for a smart speaker that has the same assistant baked in. However, if you’ve yet to settle on the voice assistant for you, Alexa vs Google Assistant can help you decide. It's not the best-sounding device on this list—take a look at the Bose Smart Speaker 500 for top audio quality—but the Denon Home 150 offers more bass than you'd expect for its size. This means it’ll delight those who don’t have room in their home for a subwoofer—if you’re all about that bass, but you live in a small place. For a tech fan, slightly weaker sound quality in exchange for so much tweaking and app potential means the Denon Home 150 is a great alternative.

The versatile MSL450HK Smart Table Lamp from Meross lets you sample the biggest benefits of smart lighting without spending extra on luxury features or a required hub. Its simple cylindrical shape makes it great for the bedside and nearly any tabletop, and you can operate it with touch buttons on the top if you don't feel like using smart controls.All SYMFONISK speakers connect over WiFi so you can create the system you want in your home. Play a podcast in the bedroom while someone else listens to music in the living room, or group all your speakers to play music in sync. A bedroom is a wonderful place for a smart lamp because you can program the light to dim and brighten with stages of your day," Buchanan says. "Have it slowly dim and turn off at night, and program it to slowly brighten when it is time to wake up. A family or entertainment room can be a great place, too, as you can set the mood with various colors and effects to match what's going on in the room." Extra Features SYMFONISK WiFi speaker allows you to stream music, radio and podcasts from your network and streaming services.