There's also no new 3rd - gen Hue Bridge, nor were any other Hue bulbs updated alongside the 3rd -
gen color bulb.
You can usually find a 1st - generation start kit on sale, and recently Philips discounted it down to just $ 99 (although it's listed as sold out), which gets you the 1st - gen Hue Bridge and three 1st -
gen color bulbs.
Not exact matches
However, the 3rd -
gen bulb is a lot similar to the 2nd -
gen LightStrip Plus, where you get much better
color production from certain parts of the spectrum.
There's not much difference as far as the brightness and functionality is concerned, but there is a big difference in the
colors that the new
bulb produces over the previous -
gen bulbs.
It lists at $ 179.99, with the only difference being that the third -
gen kit comes with «richer
color»
bulbs.
Any Hue
bulb will do the trick, so long as you've got the current -
gen Hue Bridge plugged into your router, but if your focus is on Siri, I say go big with the full
color - changing capabilities of the Hue White and Color Ambiance
color - changing capabilities of the Hue White and
Color Ambiance
Color Ambiance LEDs.
The Bad The second -
gen bulbs aren't noticeably better than the old ones, and suffer from many of the same flaws with brightness and
color accuracy.