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Yeelight
Smart lighting for modern homes
As of 30 August 2026, Yeelight's pricing is not published; the vendor quotes on request. Yeelight offers affordable smart lighting solutions including bulbs, light strips, and fixtures. Softwr lists it under Smart Home. Yeelight is made by Yeelight (Xiaomi Ecosystem), launched in 2012, available on iOS, Android.
Overview
What Yeelight does
Yeelight offers affordable smart lighting solutions including bulbs, light strips, and fixtures. With WiFi connectivity, color options, and integration with major smart home platforms, Yeelight provides versatile lighting control for any room.
What people use it for
- Ambient lighting
- Entertainment sync
- Automated schedules
- Energy saving
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Where it falls short
Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about Yeelight.
- Requires owning Yeelight-branded smart lighting hardware; the app itself is a controller with no standalone function
- Requires iOS 16.2 or later, per the App Store listing
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Pricing
What Yeelight costs
Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.
Smart Bulb
$15 /mo
- WiFi
- 16M colors
- Voice control
- App control
Light Strip
$30 /mo
- Music sync
- Extendable
- Scene modes
Capabilities
Features
Color control
Brightness dimming
Schedules
Music sync
Sunrise/sunset
Scenes
Google Assistant
Integration with Google Assistant
Amazon Alexa
Integration with Amazon Alexa
Apple HomeKit
Integration with Apple HomeKit
SmartThings
Integration with SmartThings
Home Assistant
Integration with Home Assistant
IOS support
Available on iOS
Answered, with sources
Questions people ask
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Where can I find Yeelight pricing?
The main Yeelight website redirects to a Chinese regional site (cn.yeelight.com) which does not display pricing information. Specific pricing details would need to be found through product pages or local retailers.
SourceBehind it
Who makes Yeelight
- Company
- Yeelight (Xiaomi Ecosystem)
- Based in
- Qingdao, China
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