Philips Hue’s Festavia string lights are as much as $158 off simply in time for Christmas

The Festavia lights are spectacular vacation string lights, boasting wealthy colours, individually addressable LEDs, and a wide range of magical preset scenes that mix to create an impact that outshines most rivals. What’s nice is you need to use them indoors and open air because of their IP54 score, so for those who don’t wish to beautify your porch or walkway, you need to use them to decorate up your Christmas tree or stair rails.

The lights will work over Bluetooth, however with a Hue Bridge or newer Bridge Pro, you may take issues even additional with automations and the flexibility to sync the lights together with your music. They additionally play properly with different Philips Hue gear — like color-changing gentle strips, spotlights, and bulbs — so you may create a festive gentle present that’ll dazzle the neighbors. As a bonus, you may set schedules within the easy-to-use cellular app, so the lights can activate and off even whenever you’re not dwelling. And as a result of they help Matter, they work with all main good dwelling platforms, together with Alexa, Google Home, and Apple Home.

If you’re in search of one thing extra inexpensive or further measurement choices, Govee’s Christmas Lights 2 are additionally on sale proper now. You can seize a 66-foot strand from Amazon and Govee for $63.99 ($36 off), or a 99-foot strand for $11 extra (Amazon / Govee). The longer 164-foot set can also be obtainable for $129.99 ($70 off) from Amazon and Govee, whereas the 328-foot string might be had for $249.99 ($150 off) at Amazon and Govee’s online storefront. As for the way these costs stack as much as prior gross sales, these are the perfect we’ve seen, no matter strand size.

Like the Festavia, the Lights 2 help Matter and might be safely used indoors or outdoors because of their IP65 score. However, the included energy adapter is simply IP44-rated, and the LEDs use drop-style heads reasonably than bullet heads, which is ok for the roof however not almost as putting on a Christmas tree. Govee’s companion app isn’t as intuitive as Philips Hue’s, both, and the Festavia lights nonetheless supply a greater choice of preset scenes.