Pros & Cons
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- Solid sound quality.
- Warm, pleasant light.
- Syncs music with other bulbs.
- No hub required.
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- Can't be used with a lampshade.
- Light shines up or down, but not out.
- Lackluster mobile app.
Sonos, meet Hue. OK, the Awox Striimlight WiFi might not give the Sonos Play:1 or the Philips Hue a run for their money, but it is a connected light bulb that's also a speaker, and that's pretty cool. Awox isn't the only company to sell light bulb speaker hybrids, but it might be the most prolific. The $129 Striimlight WiFi is one of five different connected speaker bulbs Awox offers, and in terms of features it sits right in the middle of the pack. It offers surprisingly decent sound quality for a light bulb, and pretty good lighting for a speaker. You're still better off buying your connected lighting and wireless speakers a la carte, but the Striimlight WiFi shows the potential for the two digital home devices to merge in the future.
Design and Features
The Striimlight WiFi doesn't look much like a light bulb…or a speaker. The conical shape ends in a traditional E27 screw base, but the 4.39 by 3.74 by 3.74-inch (HWD) device is a lot larger than your standard light bulb. In fact, you probably won't be able to use the Striimlight with most of your existing lamps or light fixtures. It's too big to accommodate some lampshades, while its non-traditional shape means that other shades are out of the question entirely. Your best bet is to stick the bulb in a floor lamp like a downbridge or torchiere, or perhaps a hanging pendant lamp.
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