Smart Light Bulb, meross Smart WiFi LED Bulbs Compatible with Apple HomeKit, Siri, Alexa, Google Assistant and SmartThings, Dimmable E26 Multicolor 2700K-6500K RGBCW, 810 Lumens 60W Equivalent, 4 Pack

I have Apple HomeKit with several HomePods and other assorted Apple toys. I decided to take the plunge into smart bulbs and have some fun with the lighting in my office at work. I bought a pack of four of these bulbs and a floor lamp that took three E26 bulbs. The bulbs arrived in perfect condition and pairing with the Home app was super easy. But, here is what I did not know: **you can not use smart bulbs with a lamp with a dimmer switch, even if the bulbs are marketed as dimmable.** If you put smart bulbs (of any brand) into a lamp with a dimmer, they flicker rapidly in an unceasing, potentially seizure-inducing way that is similar to a strobe light. There is no way to fix the problem without either rewiring the lamp or buying a new one, so my dreams of turning my office into Studio 54 After Dark were dashed. I took the bulbs home and put them in the ceiling fan above my bed. It was fabulous, because now I could read in bed and then tell Siri to turn off the lights without leaving my warm, comfy nest. That first night was fabulous. The second night, a bulb burned out after being on for about 20 minutes. On the fourth night, one bulb would not turn on, and another died about an hour later. The lone surviving 4th bulb still works, but I removed it when I replaced the other bulbs. I don't know if it's worth even trying it in another lamp given that the outlook for its long term survival is poor. So, I spent $45 for four lightbulbs; I paid more than $1 per hour of lighting. I bought these bulbs because I thought they cost much less than Hues, but they ended up being a lot more expensive. I will never buy this brand of smart bulbs again. P.S. I did quite a bit of reading about smart bulbs after I ran into the flickering problem with these. Here is what I wish I had known before I bought my first smart bulbs (I hope this info is useful to someone in the future): It is possible to use smart bulbs with various specially designed dimmer switches, although there is really no reason to go to the trouble and expense of installing them, since you can tell Siri/Alexa/Google to dim the lights or use the app to do so without a dimmer switch. You can also use smart bulbs in virtually any lamp or other lighting fixture as long as it doesn't have a dimmer switch. It's not possible to search specifically for lamps without dimmer switches on Amazon and your options are somewhat limited, but you can find compatible lamps pretty easily. Good luck!

I have purchased multiple Meross devices to use with my apple HomeKit app. Most of them work but a few of them won’t stay connected. Their support is a joke. They give you a list of steps to do and if that doesn’t fix it they ask for some more info. That’s as far as it goes. They don’t communicate past the first message. Looks like I’ll be looking for another company that works with HomeKit and dump all the Meross products I have.

These lightbulbs are poorly made and do not stay connected to your wifi. For instance, I have multiple of these in my dome lamp and half are connected; however, half are non-responsive. I also have one on my desk and it is connected; therefore, I know it’s not my wifi or the app, but the bulbs that are the issue. They take a long time to set up and are not reliable sadly.

I gave you two stars for working at least working few months. I tried everything to troubleshoot, reboot...etc. Contacted customer service.... NO RESPONSE!

These are just terrible. They were a nightmare to setup initially, and once setup, the lose connection all the time and have to setup again. Miserable experience.

We have 3 bulbs set up over a table - one of the 3 bulbs does not respond to iOS HomeKit requests anymore, but works just fine with Alexa? And HomeKit can dim the lights but Alexa says they don’t support brightness control? the lights themselves work great though and having colours is great

Using with Apple HomeKit. 2 out of 4 already stopped working. They will not connect to wifi and won’t reset to fix connection issues. Both bulbs just stuck on red bulb colour. While they worked I had to remove and add again at least 4 times each, over the period of less than 6 months. They just would not stay connected, they would stop responding. Definitely not buying them again.

Two of the four work no problem. The remaining two do not want to install AT ALL. I'm not doing anything different, and I have factory reset them multiple times. No dice. Idk what their damage is, but it's not great! For the price you'd hope these would be much easier to install and more reliable.

Pairing with Home Kit is impossible after spending hours going through troubleshooting. Additionally, some of the troubleshooting links in the Meross app do not even lead to a working page. Very disappointing.

Regardless of what I tried, they are not HomeKit compatible (via HomePod minis anyway)