We all love to invite friends around to our home every now and then. So it's nice to furnish our homes for both style and comfort. But home furnishings should not be taken lightly, especially lamps.

Apart from providing lighting, many lamps come with smart features that can enhance the overall atmosphere of our living space. Smart lighting is in fact the first step to creating a smart home. You can download programmes provided by the lighting brands to manage your lights at home easily.

But what if you don’t know much about smart lighting. Well, you’ve probably heard of Xiaomi and Philips. But there are plenty of other high-quality and affordable smart lighting brands, such as Aqara , Nanoleaf , LifeSmart . Check out this shopping guide to find the right smart lights for your home.

✔️Convenience: Control your lights via voice or a mobile app

✔️Enjoyment: Change colour tones to create a sense of comfort or enjoy rhythmic colours that can even change to music.

✔️Safety: The intelligent sensor light bulb automatically switches on when someone is walking around, preventing accidents due to insufficient lighting inside the home.

✔️Energy saving: The light bulbs can be set to turn off when you leave the house on weekday mornings to avoid excess power consumption should you forget to turn them off.

Different brands of smart light fittings have different connection options, so it is advisable to check what you need before you buy.

Many people think that smart lighting costs a lot, but in fact FORTESS offers a wide range of smart lighting options at very affordable prices. Now you can create a smart home even with a small budget.

✔️Colour: Most brands offer three types of light bulbs: warm white single colour, white variable colour, and variable colours. Decide whether you want your light bulbs to change colours according to living habits, or whether you want to be able to change between different tones such as warm yellow, warm white and cool white light.

✔️Maximum brightness: The maximum brightness of a light bulb affects your visual enjoyment. If the room is large, but the light bulb is not bright enough, it could dampen your mood.

✔️Applicable area: Choose from a range of options to suit the needs of your home