Meross Smart Wi-Fi LED Bulb vs Philips Hue Smart Bulb - White Ambiance 800

The Philips Hue Smart Bulb - White Ambiance 800 wins overall, with a higher owner rating, a three-year warranty, dynamic scenes, power-off memory, Zigbee routing and IFTTT. The Meross Smart Wi-Fi LED Bulb counters with a lower price and full RGB color, so it is the value and color pick rather than the overall winner.

Color versus tunable white and scenes. The Meross Smart Wi-Fi LED Bulb produces full RGB color, while the Philips Hue Smart Bulb - White Ambiance 800 adjusts warm-to-cool white (2000K to 6500K) with dynamic scenes but no color, on a reliable Zigbee mesh.

No. The Philips Hue Smart Bulb - White Ambiance 800 changes color temperature only, from a warm 2000K to a cool 6500K, and cannot produce RGB colors. The Meross Smart Wi-Fi LED Bulb is the one that offers full color, though it lacks the Hue's dynamic scenes.

The Philips Hue Smart Bulb - White Ambiance 800 adds IFTTT on top of Apple HomeKit, Alexa, Google Home, SmartThings and Home Assistant. The Meross Smart Wi-Fi LED Bulb covers HomeKit, Alexa, Google Home, SmartThings and Home Assistant but not IFTTT. Both support HomeKit.

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 lacks scenes but adds color the White Ambiance cannot produce.

Buy the Philips Hue Smart Bulb - White Ambiance 800 if you want dependable tunable warm-to-cool white with dynamic scenes, HomeKit, a higher rating and a three-year warranty, and you do not need full color.