Once you’ve got the bulbs seated in their fixtures you’ll need to make sure they’re powered on in order for them to be discoverable. Installation will vary with the complexity of your setup, but we found it to be about as painless a process as it could be. Philips also sells a couple of different switches, which allow you to control your lighting without getting your phone out of your pocket (although, yes, we appreciate this is something you can already do with your existing lights - we’ll get to that later). You’ve got additional bulbs that are available in a wide variety of different form factors from candle bulbs through to spotlights, lamps and lighting strips.
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Outside of this starter kit, you have a huge number of options for how to proceed. If you’re looking to jump into Philips Hue then this color-changing starter kit is probably the best way to do it, since it will allow you to play around with Hue’s more advanced features without investing too heavily in your initial setup. Additional lights and switches can all be synced with this same bridge as you build up your home system. Once you’ve bought this starter kit things get a lot cheaper, however, as you only need one bridge to control your whole setup. The standard starter kit comes with a bridge and three bulbs (Image Credit: Philips)