Philips Hue Smart Bulb - White and Color 800 vs Ring A19 Smart LED Bulb

The Philips Hue Smart Bulb - White and Color 800 wins by a wide margin, with full colour, tunable white, dynamic scenes, six-platform integration and a higher owner rating. The Ring A19 Smart LED Bulb is a fixed-white, Alexa-only bulb that needs a Ring Bridge; its lone advantage is a lower price.

Capability. The Philips Hue Smart Bulb - White and Color 800 is a full-colour, scene-capable bulb that works across many platforms, while the Ring A19 Smart LED Bulb is a fixed 3500K white that only works with Alexa and requires a Ring Bridge to function as a smart light.

Yes. The Ring A19 Smart LED Bulb requires a Ring Bridge to operate and integrates only with Alexa. The Philips Hue Smart Bulb - White and Color 800 uses Bluetooth for basics and a Hue Bridge over Zigbee for full features across Alexa, Google Home, HomeKit and more.

No. The Ring A19 Smart LED Bulb is fixed 3500K white with no colour, dimming or scenes. The Philips Hue Smart Bulb - White and Color 800 offers full RGB colour, 2000-6500K tunable white, app dimming and dynamic scenes.

Buy it if you want colourful, scene-rich lighting that works across Alexa, Google Home, HomeKit, SmartThings, Home Assistant and IFTTT with Hue's reliability. It is the far more capable and flexible bulb.

Choose it only if you already run Ring with a Ring Bridge, want a cheap Alexa-linked white bulb, and do not need colour, dimming or non-Alexa platforms.