Priced at a sweet Rs 999 during the crowdfunding stage, this is one of the cheapest smart LED bulbs that one can buy.Cozy Home: Strangely bright, but with a blue-white-yellow hue that makes you feel like having warm lights at home. The heat dissipation does seem fairly good, and it would definitely help the bulb’s lifespan. You can also choose between warm white and bright white in the app itself. However, while we thought that this mode would flash when there is a notification or call on your phone, it does not do any of the same.The Xiaomi Mi LED Smart Bulb is constructed using three parts — a high transparency and high light scattering plastic dome which houses the electronics and the LEDs under it, a plastic-clad aluminium structure that allows better insulation and higher heat dissipation apart from offering a ribbed design for a good look, and an E27 base for the power connection.

Date night: Similar to Birthday, but dimmer, with an orangish hue that simulates a candle-lit room.The bulb can be operated by multiple family members and you can also operate or control the bulb from a remote location as long as the Xiaomi Mi LED Smart Bulb is connected to the internet. Using the app, you can set timers, schedules, colours or plain white, set the intensity or use default scene modes such as:Sunrise: which simulates the sunrise early morning and the light gets brighter gradually in 15 minutes. We are not in favour of the E27 base and Xiaomi should make the necessary changes if they are selling it in the Indian market as all bulb sockets here are B22. At every stage where you feel the colour and intensity is just right for you, simply hit the Heart icon on the top right of the screen and you can save the settings as a favourite.

The screen has the colours you want to produce and all you need to do is swipe left to right to choose the colour and swipe up to down to change the intensity.Birthday: A bright reddish-yellow hue that alternates to create a party mood lighting.Flash Notification: Nothing descriptive about it, but it simply flashes the LED in full white brightness, three times and returns to producing an orange light with medium intensity. You can also set schedules to automatically turn on or off the bulb at specific time intervals. The breathing is random and produces a nice warm effect. If you own multiple bulbs, you can form them into a group and control them together too. Lastly, the bulb is also compatible with Google’s Assistant and Amazon’s Alexa where you can use your voice to instruct the voice assistants to control the bulbs..

You won’t find anything cheaper in the market at this price point. The intensity can be controlled on a scale of 0 to 100% with a 1% precision.Candle Flicker: Does not flicker, but produces a candle-lit environment with a breathing style illumination that feels like a few candles are lit around the room.Romantic evening: A pretty dim light with alternating colours between red, blue, pink, purple and in between. On another note, with modern homes adopting to more and more ceiling-based flush LED lights that mount inside false ceilings, we would only wish that Xiaomi also tries to bring in more variants into the market, similar to what other brands such as Syska, Philips, Wipro and a few others have.Sunset: Similar China self drilling screw to Sunrise, but reverse and the light gradually dims in 10 minutes. These bulbs can only be restricted to lamps placed in the corner, on a table or in chandeliers.

The only hiccup is the E27 base that adds the hassle of buying an adapter, which also increases the height of the bulb by a few cms.The Xiaomi Mi LED Smart Bulb is definitely a light bulb that we would recommend if you are looking for something in the category. So next time you want the lights to that particular mood, simply head to the favourites and choose that mode.The Xiaomi Mi LED Smart Bulb does run warm, but it depends on the intensity at which it is being used.Movie: Produces a light blue dim hue to have ambient lighting while watching movies in the room. When at full intensity, it runs slightly hotter, but not as hot as conventional and similar rated bulbs. It would have been nice if the feature was built-in by the app.Using the app to change colours and intensity is very simple too.The app is feature rich and there are a lot of controls available. Firstly, you can lock the access using face, PIN, password or fingerprint so that it is not accidentally controlled by anyone else. This mode can be used to alert someone in the room for attention