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The Nanoleaf Essential A19 bulb puts the latest technology in the familiar basic basic shape. Together with HomeKit Adaptive Lighting, the Nanoleaf bulb supports millions of colors, dimming, thread and a maximum brightness of 1,100 lumens. If all this was not enough, this bulb also happens to be the cheapest HomeKit Adaptive Lighting option on the market.

Perfect for the bedside table at home or on the go, the Philips Hue Go with HomeKit adaptive lighting has a rechargeable battery that lasts up to 18 hours on a single charge. While portable, the Hue Go is packaged in the same colored light as the rest of the Hue line and with 520 lumens of strong light, it is an excellent alternative to traditional lamps.

Philips Hue Lightstrip Plus adds a touch of color - and adaptive lighting on almost any surface, with a simple peel and stick installation. This 1,600-lumen, six-foot light strip can meet most needs by reducing excess length or with extensions if you need to cover larger areas - up to 32 feet!

Eve's light strip takes HomeKit adaptive lighting to the extreme with the ability to produce up to 1,800 lumens of incredibly bright light inside. Eve Light Strip also has a unique triode design that produces millions of clean colors and shades of white that go beyond the cheaper alternatives.

While marketed as a bias light for TVs and office sets, the Philips Hue Play Bar is an excellent lamp with a slim, mountable design and HomeKit Adaptive Lighting. The game bar has a maximum of 530 lumens, each with millions of colors, and if you decide to put it behind the monitor or TV, its power supply with three ports at hand makes it an easy expansion.

The Philips Hue smart recessed downlight brings adaptive HomeKit lighting to those who are hard to reach - but essential areas. These recessed lights are equipped with long-lasting LED technology capable of reaching a maximum of 700 lumens and producing up to 16 million colors. However, the best feature is the clean, uninterrupted design that you get with the lighting integrated in the body.

Like most light strips, Nanoleaf Essentials Lightstrip makes it easy to add a splash of color to any surface. However, what really differentiates Essentials Lightstrip is its crazy brightness - a peak of 2,200 lumens and wireless Thread connectivity. With Thread, you'll get ultra-fast response times and fantastic reliability if you have a mini HomePod at home.

Philips Hue Enchant includes a beautiful, minimalist pendant lamp with a Hue E12 light bulb at a great price. Usually $ 50 on its own, the E12 candle bulb inside produces 450 lumens of light, rich colors and HomeKit Adaptive Lighting - so for just a few extra dollars, you can upgrade smart devices and an outdated device at the same time .

If the Enchant pendant isn't big enough for your needs, the Philips Hue Flourish can fit your bill with its 15-inch glass globe. The round design is a great match for dining areas, especially when you think about filling its room with 3,000 lumens of bright, colorful lighting and dimming capabilities.

The standard Philips Hue White and Color Ambiance A19 / E26 bulb is the gold standard for smart lighting thanks to its excellent color reproduction and 800 lumens of bright white light. The state-of-the-art Hue color bulb comes with Bluetooth on board, so you can use it right out of the box without the Hue Bridge, but if you want HomeKit Adaptive Lighting, you’ll need to make ponies for one.

Most modern kitchens and living spaces are based on recessed lighting above the head, so if you want adaptive HomeKit lighting, you should either go with a Philips Hue Downlight or with these BR30 bulbs. Sure, they're expensive, but since they're LEDs, they have a life expectancy of 22 years or 25,000 hours, so your wallet won't hurt for a while.

E12 chandelier-style evasive light bulb - found in ceiling fans and chandeliers, is the latest piece of the smart lighting puzzle for many and becomes even harder to find when it comes to HomeKit Adaptive Lighting. In fact, this is yours no more option now, but since it is part of the Philips Hue line, you know you get a quality light bulb with lots of colors and 450 lumens each.

This smart GU10 reflector bulb from Philips Hue pairs well with HomeKit adaptive lighting, highlighting key areas - or decorative pieces, with customizable colors and color temperature. The Hue G10 bulb supports color temperature adjustments from 2000 to 6500K and, of course, the industry standard of 16 million colors.

Despite supporting HomeKit adaptive lighting, the real star of the show with the Hue Play Gradient Lightstrip is its ability to produce multiple colors in the three sizes available - 55, 65 and 75-inch. Combined with media synchronization, the multicolored capabilities make the Gradient a natural fit for the living room behind the TV. However, during the day, you can take advantage of the gradual light changes you get with HomeKit.

Philips Hue Signe really makes a statement with its striking industrial design. Available in this floor lamp or as a smaller table lamp, Signe's ultra-thin speaker gives a beam-like effect, which looks incredible, either in color or in various shades of white, through HomeKit Adaptive Lighting.

One of the first smart color accent lamps available, the Philips Hue Bloom Table Lamp, is still alive and offers the latest features, such as HomeKit Adaptive Lighting. The newest Hue Bloom model now has a maximum brightness of 500 lumens and supports Bluetooth pairing, so you can use it without the Hue Bridge. As always, though, you'll need a bridge to get HomeKit features.

Another piece from Philips Hue - Hue Iris smart lamp, has a complete directional design, covered by a clear base that illuminates with your choice of over 16 million colors and whites. Iris reaches a peak of 570 lumens, while sucking only eight watts of power, much for the home lighting powered by HomeKit Adaptive Lighting during the day.