I don’t get it. They’re colored lights. I think of my self as a pretty tech-savvy GenXer, and I’m kind of a lighting geek, but I can’t for the life of me figure out why I would want a lamp to be a particular color (other than 2800/3000/3200K) .
Note: I have 95CRI 3200K LED lighting in my kitchen and office where I spend most of my time and I have Caseta programmable/networked lights in the house. I’ve never felt the need to actually use the networking feature. What am I missing with Hue?
IMO, it’s the combination of hue lights and a voice assistant that makes these lightbulbs life-changing. When you first get them, yeah, you just play with the different colors they can make. Maybe you get a nice warm beige that you like, or a dark orange at low intensity for watching TV. But eventually you get to the point where you have lots of these lights in different rooms, and you can control them as you move through the house.
“Hey Siri, bedroom lights 100” “Hey Siri, basement lights dark orange.” “Hey Siri, living room lights 50.”
Suddenly you can be carrying things in the house and turn on the lights you need to, the way you want to, without having to futz with a switch or dial. You can turn the lights on outside before you get to the driveway in a dark winter night. Or you can have certain lights turn themselves on at sunset. I’ve done all these things. It’s just so damn convenient!