When selecting the best smart lights for you, you’ll need to consider the type of fitting the bulb has and if it's compatible with your existing lighting or if you’ll need to buy adapters. It’s also worth considering the number of different colours the smart light bulbs can illuminate and if you need to invest in the extra kit for them to work. Smart Camera Smart Bulb TP-link L530E for example has multicolour with up to 16,000,000 hues.

A good and easy to use app is also a consideration. For example with TP-Link L530E, from the app Tapo itself, you can control the brightness, colour, schedule and many other features such as letting users set up their own preset colours, and also schedules. Of course, if you use a smart home voice assistant, you’ll mainly use that to control it. However, the app is handy especially if you want to switch lights on before you arrive home for example.

One of the cool features that is very useful for many of us now that are working from home is the sunrise to sunset feature. This sets the light to automatically come on at sunrise and slowly dim and switch off at sunset. It is very good for those rooms which have little to no daylight, which can help you stay connected to the outside world. You can adjust the warmth of the light itself by making it cooler, to help imitate natural bright daylight. Then in the evening, you could make the light warmer and cosy.