Meross Smart Wi-Fi LED Bulb vs Philips Hue Smart Bulb - White and Color 1600

The Philips Hue Smart Bulb - White and Color 1600 wins overall. It is far brighter at 1600 lumens, has a higher rating and three-year warranty, and adds dynamic scenes, power-off memory, Zigbee routing and IFTTT. The Meross Smart Wi-Fi LED Bulb answers with a much lower price and hub-free HomeKit setup, so it is the budget pick rather than the better bulb.

Brightness and platform depth. The Philips Hue Smart Bulb - White and Color 1600 puts out 1600 lumens on a reliable Zigbee mesh with dynamic scenes and IFTTT, while the Meross Smart Wi-Fi LED Bulb is an 810-lumen 2.4GHz Wi-Fi bulb with no scenes. Both offer full RGB color and Apple HomeKit.

The Philips Hue Smart Bulb - White and Color 1600, by a wide margin. It reaches 1600 lumens against the Meross Smart Wi-Fi LED Bulb's 810, making it far better for larger rooms and floor lamps. The Meross is better suited to accent and mood lighting.

Both support Apple HomeKit, but the setup differs. The Meross Smart Wi-Fi LED Bulb pairs directly over Wi-Fi with no hub, while the Philips Hue Smart Bulb - White and Color 1600 uses Zigbee and needs a Hue Bridge for HomeKit and full features.

Buy the Meross Smart Wi-Fi LED Bulb if you want cheap, hub-free color lighting with Apple HomeKit for accent and mood use. It is dimmer and skips scenes, but it is a strong budget HomeKit color bulb.

Buy the Philips Hue Smart Bulb - White and Color 1600 if you want maximum 1600-lumen color brightness, dynamic scenes, a three-year warranty and Hue's dependable Zigbee reliability, and you are willing to add a Hue Bridge.