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About this app

Like you, LIFX wants smarter light. This means we care about the way you control your smart lights, as much as we do about the lights themselves. We make it easy to get started with WiFi-enabled, bright, colorful smart lights that need no hub. Yep, you can start with just one device.

LIFX App can not only help give you the best start, but will turn your experience “up to 11”. Automate your wake up Schedule, or set up your movie-watching Scene (then set up voice control so you don’t even have to leave the sofa), or play with Effects next time you’re entertaining.


Features.

The LIFX app is packed full of features like:

- The Basics: on/off, dim, change color, change white temperature.

- Groups: control all lights in a group easily, including on/off and dimming with one touch from the Home Dashboard.

- Group personalization: choose a LIFX illustration to suit or personalize Group cards with your own pictures.

- Schedules: automate your lights to fade, change color, and turn on/off, all visible in an easy calendar-style view.

- Effects: play with special effects like the music visualizer, fire, move, candle flicker, strobe, color cycle & more, all in one place.

- Scenes: set your lighting just the way you like it and save it for later.

- Themes: a library of one click color combinations for a Group, from ‘Proud’ to ‘Soothing’.

- Paint: with your finger in the app, paint color live onto your LIFX Z, Beam, Tile and Candle.

- Custom color palettes: add your favorite colors to a custom color palette.

- Discover Tab: find How To guides, learn about integration partners, or shop for LIFX

- Switches: configure switches to control your LIFX lights, groups and scenes, as well as other non-LIFX devices

- and much more.




Example uses from our customers:

- Ambiance: schedule warmer light in the evening - to calm - and whiter light in the morning - to energize.

- “Moccupancy”: set irregular schedules to make it seem like you’re home when you’re not.

- Sleep: set your bedroom lights to deep red just before bed to produce more melatonin which helps you get better quality sleep.

- Stay put: you’ve settled into the sofa for a streaming binge but left the lights on. No need to jump up to the switch, just ask your voice assistant.

- Pet owners: if you're unexpectedly late home from work, turn the lights on for your dog from wherever you are.

- Silent notifications: use partner apps to give you a light flash if… your car is arriving, or the forecast says it will rain, or you are mentioned on social media, and much more.



HomeKit

Best color-changing smart bulb for HomeKit - CNET

Pairing LIFX with Apple HomeKit is easy using the HomeKit onboarding QR code available in the product packaging.



Stay in touch.

Need a helping hand, or want to offer us some advice? We would love to hear from you about your LIFX experience. You can reach us at support@lifx.com.

LIFX lights are available at lifx.com
Updated on
May 3, 2026

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
No data shared with third parties
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Location, App activity and 2 others
Data is encrypted in transit
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Ratings and reviews

2.8
13.8K reviews
Jamie Roberts
April 10, 2026
Absolute junk app, and light. The "hues" has never worked, it's just one shade, and recently the light "deleted" itself, it's no longer in the list of lights and when I go to add it again, nothing shows up when I scan, and when I add manually, the "list of products to choose from" doesn't even load. I have a Samsung S10. This app does not work at all for me and now I can't control my light. Thanks. 🙄
3 people found this review helpful
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Alex Nelson
October 8, 2024
The notification ads had me questioning whether to uninstall, but fortunately, this app just doesn't let me connect lights anymore anyway. "Light claim failed" every time. As they slowly crash themselves one by one (a weekly occurrence normally) and fall off my network for good, I can rest easy in the knowledge that I will NEVER be buying another one of these stupid $50 bulbs again. There's no way to fix them anymore. It's over. Thank god. I can throw them all in the trash and move on.
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Ed Pong
January 2, 2026
Moved from Galaxy S22 to S25 and ever since the app refuses to show my lights when I first launch. I have to restart the app before it decides to show them. Cleared cache and data, reinstalled the app, gave it full permissions, nothing seems to work. I used to like the app, but this is beyond infuriating. I've been using these lights for years and I'm honestly about to switch to another brand. edit: Rolled back to a year old version of the app and the issue went away. Keeping this as a 1 star.
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What’s new

Various bug fixes and stability improvements