GoveeLife Smart RGBWW Light Bulb vs Philips Hue Smart Bulb - White and Color 1100

The Philips Hue Smart Bulb - White and Color 1100 wins overall, with a higher owner rating, a three-year warranty, power-off memory, adjustable transitions, Zigbee routing and support for HomeKit, SmartThings and IFTTT. The GoveeLife Smart RGBWW Light Bulb counters with a lower price, hub-free setup and slightly higher brightness, so it is the value pick rather than the overall winner.

Platform and reliability versus price. The Philips Hue Smart Bulb - White and Color 1100 runs on Zigbee with a Hue Bridge and adds HomeKit, SmartThings and IFTTT, while the GoveeLife Smart RGBWW Light Bulb pairs hub-free over Wi-Fi and Bluetooth for less money. Both are full RGB bulbs with tunable white.

The Govee, narrowly. The GoveeLife Smart RGBWW Light Bulb reaches 1200 lumens against the Philips Hue Smart Bulb - White and Color 1100's 1100, so brightness is close and slightly favors the Govee. The Hue wins on rating, warranty and features rather than raw output.

No. The GoveeLife Smart RGBWW Light Bulb has no Apple HomeKit or SmartThings support; it works with Alexa, Google Home, Home Assistant and IFTTT. The Philips Hue Smart Bulb - White and Color 1100 does support HomeKit, SmartThings and IFTTT through the Hue Bridge.

Buy the GoveeLife Smart RGBWW Light Bulb if you want full-color lighting at a lower price with no hub, on Alexa or Google Home, and you are happy without HomeKit. It matches the Hue on brightness while costing less.

Buy the Philips Hue Smart Bulb - White and Color 1100 if you want a higher-rated color bulb with Apple HomeKit and SmartThings, a three-year warranty and Hue's dependable Zigbee mesh, and you are willing to add a Hue Bridge.