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Review on 🔌 Essential Magic Hue Equivalency Compatibility by Warrick Dembo

Revainrating 3 out of 5

Excellent Software Dimmable Light Bulbs

This was the third smart lamp brand I have now tried for use in bedroom lamps as well as entertainment room lighting. brought them back when i tried saudio and they are very bright but still couldn't integrate scenes with google home nor could they fade the light in or out to mimic the sunrise or sunset which I kind of like the lamps in the bedroom. To those bulbs, Magic Tint aka Magic Light/Magic Home bulbs, which still have my favorite software that not only changes the bulb's color or brightness in real-time as you set it in the app (other bulbs don't change until you let go of the color wheel or brightness slider), you have the ability to create scenes that Google Home Assistant can identify AND they can simulate sunrise or sunset with full control over actual duration, far beyond any other software, that I have seen so far. What some might consider professional is that when you set these bulbs to their lowest brightness like 1% they are so dim they barely look like they're evenly on, almost like they're on, just the same color since the subject is otherwise lit, that also has a positive effect on the ability to fade, and in any case they're decently bright *in white mode*. That's breaking the rules a bit for me, and that is when the bulbs are NOT in white mode (like any color like red, blue, green), they are SUPER dim like they don't even look half as bright as Saudio bulbs side by side at 100% brightness, and they give Google's tints too Home doesn't fully return (e.g. the darkest green looks like blue on these bulbs), plus their DIY mode leaves something to be desired as the color fades. The transition speed is even at max speed Speed setting incredibly slow. g, it would be really nice if they fixed it, so if someone wants it to fade quickly, it's not like it takes 5-10 seconds to switch between colors (a 'quick' color transition should have the ability to do 1- 2 colors per second) Finally, if you don't care about smart bulbs being in color mode and don't want DIY transitions to be pretty slow, this is a great buy and good for the bedroom too , as they can be so dim (unlike Saudi Arabian lamps). which can't get nearly as dim as these), but if you want bright bulbs with quick color changes, then in my experience you're better off with Saudio (they have their drawbacks, especially in their app). brighter colored LEDs and faster possible color transitions, if only they had those two things they would be practically perfect.

Pros
  • APP Features: smart light bulbs, various modes such as movie mode, lighting schedule, music timing, scene control, dimmable white color dimmable, color palette, group control, virtual sunrise and sunset function, dynamic mode, custom mode, widget control.
Cons
  • I don't remember but there was something