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Decent single-admin Matter over WiFi bulb
As long as it can talk to your WiFi network, you can get it working, but it speaks Matter, so you can do so much more.The Praise========+ Standard Matter-over-WiFi that connects using WiFi 3 (Previously 802.11g)+ Just Works™ with a proper setup+ Full color options and dimming – RGBW+ Matter-over-WiFi does not require a Matter hubThe Raze=======- Struggles to function in multi-admin setups- Non-linear long transitionsThe Haze=======* WiFi 3 has higher airtime use* Networking know-how recommendedThe Details…There are two ways this can be approached: With or without a dedicated Matter Controller. You get more capability with a Matter Controller though. Home Assistant or recent Amazon Echo devices work fine as controllers, keeping in mind that they should be on the same WiFi network as the bulbs, otherwise AiDot will work instead – like it will work with any Matter devices on the network.People who are getting bulbs like this often know what they are looking for before they buy, otherwise they should be willing to learn and have fun. Since both of these kinds of people shun excessive explanation, I’ll simply provide the details that I wish I knew beforehand.Not the admin!The bulbs have distinct trouble when set up in multi-admin settings. To the point that one Matter admin is fine, and when two were set up, every bulb randomly fell off the network and never recovered until power cycled. Needless to say, this is not great. But with a single Matter admin, they work well. Rock solid in a sandstone kind of way – one problem on one bulb in four months, solved by a quick power cycle.Transitions? 10, 9, 8, 0!One of the built in features of Matter is the transition time configuration. The controller should be able to tell the bulb to slowly turn off or turn on over a number of seconds or even up to over an hour. These transitions should normally be linear across the time period. In this case, the bulb treats only about the top 30% of the power level as the transition range, making transitions from low power somewhat tricky without workarounds.Colors!The full RGBW set of LEDs in this means that it can handle a wide gamut of colors, from variations on white and near-white to specialty colors. A great example is Red, 1%, as a night light that doesn’t interrupt sleep at all. It’s important to remember that one bulb is one color at a time. You won’t see a rainbow on the bulb like the RGB in computers, so make any necessary rainbows out of multiple bulbs.Why WiFi?Being WiFi, they do need a good signal where they are installed. It’s also not necessary, but good practice to segregate them onto a separate network and restrict their ability to communicate with anything but the controller. Being WiFi 3 (g), they do take up a chunk of 2.4GHz airtime, but most people who are not pushing their 2.4GHz network to extremes will not need to worry about this – the impact is less than a hundredth of a percent of airtime per bulb.In the end……the trouble with multi-admin had me fighting these for a while, but once I got that figured out and kept it to a single admin system (on Home Assistant in this case), they became reliable and useful. Set it and forget it and get your automation going. You’ll find these to be an excellent option for bulb-based smart lights without getting into the complexity of Thread.

Super easy to use and set up.
These are great light bulbs. I just moved into an apartment with zero overhead lighting. The thought of having to manually turn on 8-10 lamps every single time I came home or left sounded horrible. These bulbs were easy to install, easy to set up with my Alexa’s, and are a good brightness. It’s fun you can change their color and their brightness. The app is easy to use, and you can set up shortcuts on your phone so you don’t have to go into the app every time you want to turn off the lights in one room without using Alexa. They’re almost comparable in price to regular light bulbs, which is great. If you’re looking for some smart light bulbs, these are a great option.