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Nanoleaf 4D lighting kit and box on teal background

The best Ambilight alternatives 2025: enhance your home theater experience

By Cat Ellis last updated

Updated The best Ambilight alternatives for immersive movies and games without replacing your TV.

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The Govee Outdoor Projector Light projects a colorful aurora scene onto a white wall.

Govee Outdoor Projector Light review: this smart projector left me more annoyed than overjoyed

By Cesci Angell published

This smart outdoor projector is a few things short of meeting its full potential.

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Mostly blue image shown on TV with Philips Hue Play Light Bars beside it

Philips Hue Play Light Bar review: a fun and flexible addition to your home theater setup

By Cat Ellis published

Got a Philips Hue Play HDMI Sync Box? This compact light will add a new dimension to your movies and games, wherever you put it.

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Philips Somneo wake-up light on blue background

The best wake-up lights 2025: sunrise alarms tested by experts

By Cat Ellis last updated

Updated Rise and shine with a natural-looking gradual sunrise and soft audio effects.

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A living room kitted out with Philips Hue Smart Lights in various lamps

Got Philips Hue lights? A free software update could turn them into motion sensors

By Cat Ellis published

Occupation detection with no extra hardware required.

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Philips Hue Twilight Lamp in Bedroom

Forget AI, there's only one thing I want from Philips Hue this year

By Cat Ellis published

An assistant that can design custom mood lighting sounds fun, but it's not my top priority.

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GE Cync Lighting Dynamic Effects Smart Bulb illuminated pink

GE Cync Lighting Dynamic Effects Smart Bulb review: colorful, bold lighting in traditional bulb form

By James Holland published

The GE Cync Lighting Dynamic Effects Smart Bulbs provide fantastic dynamic effects and rock solid connectivity, though it is limited to certain smart home ecosystems.

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Nanoleaf 4D V2

Nanoleaf's Ambilight alternative is now even easier to install – no more corner brackets

By Cat Ellis published

CES 2025 Nanoleaf 4D V2 comes with a lightweight, bendy light strip, and supports wider screens.

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Screen grab of AI assistant in Philips Hue app

The Philips Hue app is getting a big upgrade this year, with a new generative AI assistant

By Cat Ellis published

CES 2025 Details are scant so far, but Signify claims it's the start of "a new era in smart lighting".

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The Govee Table Lamp 2 sits on a stone-effect table in a dimly-lit pink room. It is lit up with yellow at the top, transitioning in a gradient to green at the base,

Why the Govee Table Lamp 2 is top of my Christmas Wish List

By Cesci Angell published

If it's wrong to appreciate a smart lamp this much, I don't want to be right.

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