Govee 1600 Lumens Smart Light Bulbs, A21 LED Bulbs 100W Equivalent for Living Room, RGBWW Color Changing Light Bulbs Compatible with Matter, Alexa & SmartThings, CRI 90, E26 Base, 2.4GHz Only, 2-Pack

Just wipe off the thermal paste and they’re great
Mine came with thermal paste leaked out onto the base of the bulb inside the bags the bulbs come in. I looked it up, though, and this is a common thing that happens with smart bulbs when they’re in storage somewhere and temperature levels change. Because the thermal paste can dry out and become ineffective over time or in certain conditions, they’ll add something to it to keep it more moist and working for longer so the bulbs don’t overheat, which means it can sometimes leak a bit out of the bulb base seam. You can just clean off the thermal paste on the outside of the bulb with a dry paper towel (don’t use cleaning solutions or water, you don’t need them anyway cause it wipes off easy), and make sure to wipe it well in all the crevices on the outside. Then you can use the bulb just fine with no issues, it’s an easy fix. Just be careful opening your bulb bags just in case yours had this happen so you don’t get any of the thermal paste on things cause it’s annoying to clean up. It’s been about 10hrs since I wiped them down and installed them, and no more leakage so far. I’m not sure yet if losing that extra bit of paste on the inside will lower the lifespan, but I’ll update my review if anything changes. Other than that issue the bulbs are working great, color is consistent between the two bulbs when set the same way. All the functions work instantly through the Govee home app on my phone, and there is no flickering unless it’s a scene mode that is actually meant to flicker, like the fire effect one, etc. Color range is huge, and they’re definitely a lot brighter than the 75watt incandescent bulbs I had before. Dimming is great but only takes effect once you stop moving the slider and take your finger off your phone screen, scene modes are great, you can even make your own custom scenes and timed modes. I like that I can group the lights into different groups in the app if I only want to affect a few of them or all of them, etc. You can name each light in the app to keep track of which ones you’re adjusting in your home. The purple colors have a big range rather than just only bluish purple or pinkish purple, which is hard for me to find in lighting stuff lol. The app is super easy to use and even has a social media-like feed where users can make posts and share pictures and videos or ask questions, etc. You can also download custom settings and themes from other users if you like what they’ve done. I don’t have a smart home device, so I’ve just been using the app with it setup to my wifi. These bulbs only work on 2.4ghz, though, but usually your internet provider gives you both 2.4ghz and 5ghz. I have Xfinity and my wifi automatically directs 2.4ghz only stuff to that channel so my lights showed up right away. If you have issues connecting your lights to your wifi when they’re turned on, just go into your wifi advanced settings to set up the channels for it. There are tutorials online that show how to do it for different providers, etc. From what I’ve read, most smart home stuff runs on 2.4ghz because of the better range to it, and the 5ghz is more for high speed things like streaming, etc.

Awesome bulb
I love govee products. These bulbs are awesome with the option to select the white hue you want on top of other colors and plenty of scenes to choose from. Easy to operate with the govee app and my Alexa.

I LOVE GOVEE
I love govee. I don’t understand how they can make light bulbs which are connected to my wifi and RGB and AI controlled. For roughly the same price as a good LED bulb down at home depot that has no wifi or RGB.Almost every week they introduce new AI capabilities for their lights. So the products I already purchased, they just keep getting better and keep getting more features added to them. It’s awesome.As an example of what I mean, a couple days ago I updated my Govee app and they introduced an AI mode where it recognizes all of the lights in your house, treats them as one big system, uses any microphone you want and turns your home into a literal lightshow visualizer night club that reacts to your music (or any other sound, like me playing my practice drum pad).It’s actually quite impressive how well it works, and you don’t even need an Alexa mic or the Bead Lamp 2 speaker lightshow thing that I have. Although I’d recommend that too XD. You can use your phones mic if you don’t have any other one and it will work just as well. I’m going to upload a clip of what I’m talking about, because it’s f’ing awesome and I want to show you how awesome it is.