How To Set Up Philips Wiz Smart Light Bulb : Better Than Philips Hue?

I bought Philips Hue and Wiz to test. Philips runs like a breeze and with the Wiz I have had the following problems. keep initializing, can't find the bulbs, once on some suddenly turn off or start flashing. Color is also not good compared to Philips. Wiz is a cheaper product but not worth the hassle. Too bad as it is cheaper, but I'm forced to keep the more expensive Philips. If you want Hue then Philips it is.

How does the fade in fade out thing work cuz I have it set up for like 5 seconds but it's on within 2 how does that work cuz it's clearly not doing what's supposed to

They work great for me. I have a big house and don’t want to walk around to turn off and each light. I have 7 and about to add another one

Lost me at WiFi.
Nope. Zigbee or Z-wave. WiFi is not for lightbulbs.

Once set up for a specific color and brightness level can the bulb be turned ON/OFF like a regular bulb using a switch on the wall?

Thank you so much for your detailed explanation. I almost gave up because I couldn’t find the right app in the first place then I found your video and pairing is a success. Guys this video is very informative, like it tells you what to do step by step. You are the best👍

Is it safe to give the same Wi-Fi password to Wiz app as I also do online purchases with cards and UPI with the same Wi-Fi connected Pcs and phones?

Will this still work if you were outside of your net work with just a data connection

I bought these by accident. There was. O signage at HD that this was different than a hue bulb. In fact the boxes and the bulbs were intermingled with hue. Who needs a second app to control lights. Hue may be more expensive....but I have them in most places already. This is deceptive and bad karma for Philips and home depot. I am taking two back and buying 2/3 of a hue bulb..ok 1 hue bulb but I will pony up the extra. Deception no is good. Erodes trust and goodwill.

so either use with switch like a classic bulb, or use with phone for on off and settings

do you know if these smart bulbs use more electricity, in stand by mode, as in when they are turned off?

do you need to install wiz, can't you use one of the Smartthings or other app that is compatible without wiz?

chutiye ..bhosdi wale.. wifi password kaise connect krte hain,us topic ko skip kr gya

Not even half-way thru…this is awful, a wifi “remote” light by light? Way too complicated, and apparently comes with all the usual hassle of wifi devices. I’ll save my energy for keeping up with my streaming—priority.

I got one from a friend today it won't pair what do I do ? Please help

Does this light bulb switch on with the switch already on my sons bedroom wall. What happens if his not home with his smart phone, does someone need to download app just to use the light bulb.

Why not show schedule feature?

Wont work...

2.4 wifi makes it a pain in the ass.

Thanks for helping me

I try many times but couldn't searching my light. I don't know what's going to my light.

911

I got locked out of my wiz account this is stupid I hate this company

I don't know why mine disconnect (shows offline) after some time

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Does it work with tuya Smart Life app?

One thing you should have added, you cant like combine the color settings, i didn’t know that,(flashing colors of the spectrum)

Can you use a hexadecimal color code for the light?

Hello, has the application option to turn off the light at a specific time? For example a want to turn of the light on 23 p.m. Is it possible? Thank you

Can my ring doorbell trigger it to turn on

Is there a way to keep certain lights off until I manually turn them back on from the app? I find after I turn off some of my lights they all come back on whenever I turn on my light switch. Ideally I want to only keep some lights on and only turn on the rest when I want a brighter room to save energy but it always turns on all of my lights when I turn the light switch on.

Can you tell me why when I leave my house the app sometime cannot find the light

This system absolute garbage? It does not connect to my Wi-Fi like my other smart bulbs. I have to keep on putting in my Wi-Fi password. Multiple times keeps on forgetting my Wi-Fi password.

Thanks for the explanation. I had problems trying to make my work .but now .I am sure I will do it . I was making one mistake

Absolutely rubbish, I bought 6 of these and experienced the same issue on all of them. The manual pairing doesn't work, you have to use smart pairing.

The common issues that I get and also read from others is that the WiFi drops out and can't see the device and you have to reset it (not factory reset, regular reset) by simply turning off the light switch once and and turn it on once. These are not ideal for a permanent smart home.

You are better off looking elsewhere, I have used 2 Callex smart lights, they seem to be working with no issues so far.

when I turn on my lights with the switch they are 2 different colors very annoying

Mam 😂that’s so nice 👍🏻 great video

Thanks very helpful. Could not figure out how to change colors. This helped a lot.

I cant find the option to turn on at sunset or 10mins before sunset etc etc... I'm guessing that option is not available in Wiz schedules?

Use a vpn if you don’t have 2ghz wifi!

the app just cant find the light, even though the light is pulsating whats wrong with it?

I got mine for $1.74 each on clearance at Walmart yesterday. I bought about all of them. 🤣

Use another mobiles hotspot, instead wifi, at first when setting up. Then create account if not already created, save the configuration. This worked for me.

They worked at first and great if you can configure them with IFTTT but as has happened with others, the Wiz bulbs just seem to forget. Terrible product and terrible support.

I have the original wiz bulbs before it came Phillips. Those bulbs look completely different to the Phillips whiz bulbs

not the same functionality as hue . i use hue to watch movies and synchronized to my Philips ambiilight Tv / Wiz bulbs don't have that functionality. also Wiz company was bought by the same comapny that owns Philips but they still don't support the wiz appas theirs due to problems and they don't want their company associated toi wiz yet

Rubbish -unable to pair these bulbs I’m sticking with Philips hue or lifx much more reliable

These are garbage. The software never finds them on any network. Tried them at work, home, a friend's and my sister's. They don't work. Buy better quality bulbs.

Great vid thank you