Voice
Amazon Alexa
Control lights by voice, add them to Alexa Routines, and group rooms alongside the rest of your Echo devices.
"Alexa, set the kitchen to warm white."
Integrations
Works with what you already have
Your LIFX lights connect to Alexa, Google Home, Apple Home, SmartThings and more, so voice, routines and automations just work, right out of the box.
Works with
Amazon Alexa
Google Home
Apple Home
SmartThings
Home Assistant
Homey
IFTTT
SmartThings Music Sync
Your ecosystem
Pick your platform
However you already control your home, LIFX fits in. Here's what you can do on each, and how to connect it.
Voice
Voice
Google Home
Ask the Assistant to dim, brighten or recolor any room, and trigger lights inside your Google Home routines.
"Hey Google, dim the bedroom to 20%."
Home app
Apple Home
Add lights to the Home app, build scenes and automations, and control everything hands-free with Siri.
"Hey Siri, set the scene to Relax."
Automation
Samsung SmartThings
Let motion sensors, doors and schedules drive your lighting, and run whole-home scenes from one dashboard.
Motion detected → hallway lights on
Music Sync
SmartThings Music Sync
Make your LIFX lights dance to whatever's playing, with color and brightness pulsing in time with the music.
Now playing → lights pulse to the beat
Local · Advanced
Home Assistant
The tinkerer's favorite. Local control, deep automations and fully custom dashboards, all self-hosted.
Sunset → fade porch to 2700K
Automation
Homey
Build visual Flows that link LIFX with thousands of other smart devices, no matter the brand or protocol.
If TV on → living room to Movie
Applets
IFTTT
Connect lights to almost anything with Applets: weather, calendars, doorbells, fitness apps and more.
Calendar event starts → focus light
Matter enabled
One light.
Every ecosystem.
Your LIFX light uses Matter, a smart home standard that lets one device work with multiple platforms at the same time, so there's no need to choose just one.
Since your light is already set up in the LIFX app, sharing it to another ecosystem takes just seconds. You're not moving it or disconnecting it from anywhere else. You're simply giving that platform its own secure connection to the bulb, alongside any other apps you're already using, like Apple Home or Amazon Alexa.
Here's what that looks like using Google Home as an example.
What actually happens
- Open the LIFX app, choose Share With Other App and select Google Home. No QR code or setup code to hunt down
- LIFX securely hands off the connection details to Google Home in the background
- Google Home connects directly to your bulb over your home Wi-Fi or Thread network
- Your bulb now recognizes Google Home as a trusted controller, independent of any other app you've connected
What this means for you
Both apps, at once. Control your light from the Google Home app and keep using the LIFX app.
Mix and match. Voice with “Hey Google,” schedules in LIFX, automations in a third app, all on the same bulb.
No cloud round-trips. Google Home talks to your light directly over your home network, so it stays fast.
Nothing breaks. Remove it from one app and it keeps working perfectly in the others.
Think of it like adding a second TV to your Netflix account. Both work independently, and using one doesn't log the other one out.
Connect to
Amazon Alexa
Control your LIFX lights with Amazon Alexa. First pick how you'd like to connect.
Tap the + icon
From the Alexa app home screen, tap + in the top-right, then choose Add Device.
Choose Light
Select Light from the device list.
Find LIFX
Scroll the brand list and tap LIFX.
Confirm it's powered on
Your light needs power to connect. Tap Yes.
Confirm the LIFX app works
If your lights already work in the LIFX app, tap Yes.
Connect your LIFX account
This lets Alexa discover and control your LIFX devices. Tap Next.
Sign in to LIFX
Use the same email and password you use for the LIFX app, then tap Sign in.
Authorise
Give Alexa permission to control your lights. Tap Authorise. You can revoke this any time.
Account linking
Wait a moment while Alexa links your account. Don't leave the page.
Successfully linked
LIFX is now connected. Tap Next to discover your devices.
Open Devices
Alexa confirms the LIFX Skill is enabled. Tap Devices to see your lights.
Find your lights
Your LIFX lights appear under Devices. Tap one to open its controls.
Control your light
Adjust brightness, color and FX like Flame or Morph where firmware supports it, or just use your voice.
Follow these steps in the Amazon Alexa app
Try these voice commands
"Alexa, change the lights to blue"
"Alexa, set the lights to warm white"
"Alexa, set lights to 20%"
"Alexa, make lights warmer"
Any LIFX Scenes you've made in the app appear at the bottom of the Devices screen, so you can trigger them by voice too, e.g. "Alexa, turn on movie night scene".
- Open the LIFX app and choose Share With Other App
- Select Amazon Alexa and follow the prompts
- Since your light's already been onboarded via Matter to the LIFX app, there's no need to dig up a QR code or hunt for a setup code.
What this means for you
Both apps at once: Alexa and LIFX
Voice, schedules and automations on one bulb
Direct over your network, no cloud round-trips
Remove it from one app, others keep working
Connect to
Google Home
Control your LIFX lights with Google Home. First pick how you'd like to connect.
Tap Add
From the Google Home app, tap the + Add button.
Choose Device
Select Device from the Add list.
Works with Google Home
Tap Works with Google Home to link an existing service.
Find LIFX
Search or scroll the list and tap LIFX.
Link your LIFX account
Tap Continue, then sign in with the email and password you use for the LIFX app.
Agree and link
Give Google permission to control your lights. Tap Agree and Link. You can revoke this any time at cloud.lifx.com.
Select your light(s)
Choose the LIFX light(s) you want to add, then tap Add to a room.
Choose a home
Pick which home to add the lights to, then tap Next. (Not populated from the LIFX app.)
Choose a room
Pick the room for each light, then tap Next. (Not populated from the LIFX app.)
Control from Devices
Tap to toggle power, slide across to dim, and long-press for more controls.
Full control
Adjust color, white temperature and brightness right from this screen, or just use your voice.
Follow these steps in the Google Home app
Try these voice commands
"Hey Google, change the lights to blue"
"Hey Google, set the lights to warm white"
"Hey Google, set lights to 20%"
"Hey Google, make lights warmer"
- Open the LIFX app and choose Share With Other App
- Select Google Home and follow the prompts
- Since your light's already been onboarded via Matter to the LIFX app, there's no need to dig up a QR code or hunt for a setup code.
What this means for you
Both apps at once: Google Home and LIFX
Voice, schedules and automations on one bulb
Direct over your network, no cloud round-trips
Remove it from one app, others keep working
Connect to
Apple Home
Control your LIFX lights with Apple Home and Siri. First pick how you'd like to connect.
Follow these steps in the LIFX app
- Open the LIFX app on your iPhone or iPad and start adding a new light
- Follow the on-screen prompts to connect the light to your Wi-Fi network
- iOS adds the light to Apple Home at the same time, so it appears in both apps once setup finishes
- Open the LIFX app and choose Share With Other App
- Select Apple Home and follow the prompts
- Since your light's already been onboarded via Matter to the LIFX app, there's no need to dig up a QR code or hunt for a setup code.
What this means for you
Both apps at once: Apple Home and LIFX
Siri, schedules and automations on one bulb
Direct over your network, no cloud round-trips
Remove it from one app, others keep working
SmartThings feature
Music Sync
Music Sync makes your LIFX lights change color and pulse in time with whatever's playing on your phone.
Before you start, make sure your LIFX lights are already connected to the SmartThings app. Music Sync is only available on Samsung Galaxy devices.
Open the Life tab
From the Samsung SmartThings app, tap the Life icon in the footer menu.
Find Music Sync
Scroll down to Music Sync.
Start
Tap Start.
Allow permissions
Allow the required permissions by tapping Continue.
Choose LIFX
Tap LIFX from the list of partner brands.
Get ready
Tap Next.
Open light selection
Scroll down and tap Lighting to sync to choose the lights you want to sync.
Check your lights
Check the lights you want to sync. Only accessible lights show as Available for sync. When done, press the back arrow to return to the Music Sync screen.
Start syncing
With your music playing, press Start syncing.
Tune the vibe
Alternate between color palettes and intensity levels to suit the mood. Stop anytime with Stop syncing.
Follow these steps in the Samsung SmartThings app
Connect to
Samsung SmartThings
LIFX lights connect to SmartThings so you can control them from the SmartThings app. First pick how you'd like to connect.
Tap the + icon
From the SmartThings dashboard, tap + in the top-right.
Add device
Choose Add device from the menu.
Search for LIFX
Tap the magnifying glass to search.
Find LIFX
Type LIFX and tap the LIFX result under Brands.
Choose Lighting
Select Lighting as the device type.
Choose LIFX
Select LIFX as the device type.
Link your account
Tap Link account to connect your LIFX account with SmartThings.
Sign in to LIFX
Use the same email and password you use for the LIFX app, then tap Sign in.
Authorise
Give SmartThings permission to control your lights. Tap Authorise. You can revoke this any time.
Lights connected
Your LIFX lights now show on the dashboard. Tap the Lights button to open them.
Control your lights
Control all your lights together, or tap an individual light for more granular control.
Follow these steps in the SmartThings app
SmartThings walkthrough
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- Open the LIFX app and choose Share With Other App
- Select SmartThings and follow the prompts
- Since your light's already been onboarded via Matter to the LIFX app, there's no need to dig up a QR code or hunt for a setup code.
What this means for you
Both apps at once: SmartThings and LIFX
Voice, schedules and automations on one bulb
Direct over your network, no cloud round-trips
Remove it from one app, others keep working