LIFX is an Australian-born smart lighting brand, now owned by Feit Electric. Its Wi-Fi bulbs, light strips, Beam and Tile panels and switches connect straight to the home network and are set up and controlled through the LIFX app.
Visit LIFX website Back to all brands
Works with full table
LIFX lights need no hub or bridge. They join the home Wi-Fi network, and LIFX publishes a local network protocol as well as a cloud HTTP API, so controllers can talk to the lights without going through LIFX's servers.
Matter is the main caveat. Newer LIFX products ship with it and some existing strips, Beam panels and switches can receive it by firmware update, but LIFX says existing bulbs will not get Matter updates. Older bulbs keep working with Apple Home, Google Home and Alexa through LIFX's own integrations.
Source: LIFX technology page
The main app for setup and control: power, brightness, colour and white temperature, groups, scenes, schedules, effects and moods. The App Store listing says it is published by LIFI Labs Management Pty Ltd under the LIFX name. LIFX also offers a separate Desktop Onboarder for Windows and macOS to set up and update lights from a computer.
Official supported by the brand Community built by someone else Not found searched, nothing found Unconfirmed sources conflict or could not be opened
| Platform | Status | What it means | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connection | |||
| Wi-Fi | Yes | LIFX lights connect directly to Wi-Fi. LIFX describes it as no bridge and no hub. We did not find a frequency band stated on the pages we read. | LIFX technology page LIFX in the App Store |
| Bluetooth, Zigbee, Z-Wave, Thread | Not mentioned | None of these are mentioned on the LIFX pages we read. LIFX's Matter update article does not say which transport Matter uses on its devices. | LIFX Matter updates |
| Matter | Yes | LIFX says its products are Matter certified. New-generation products ship with Matter and carry the badge. Beam, Lightstrip, Switches, Neon and String can receive Matter by firmware, but only on Generation 3 controllers (firmware starting with v3), and a small batch of Switches sold in Australia and New Zealand is excluded. LIFX says it cannot provide Matter updates for existing bulbs. Home Assistant's page says a LIFX Switch on firmware 4.100 or later supports Matter over Wi-Fi. | LIFX support: What is Matter? LIFX Matter updates Home Assistant LIFX |
| Voice assistants and ecosystems | |||
| Google Home | Official | LIFX lists Google Home and Google Assistant for voice control. The Matter update article also says Matter-updated LIFX devices work with Google Home, with a compatible hub or speaker needed for its Matter features. | LIFX technology page LIFX Matter updates Google Home compatible devices |
| Amazon Alexa | Official | LIFX lists Alexa for voice control, with dimming as its example. The Matter update article says Alexa's Matter features need a compatible hub or speaker. | LIFX technology page LIFX Matter updates Alexa Skills store |
| Apple Home | Official | LIFX lists HomeKit, Apple Home and Siri. The App Store listing says pairing uses the HomeKit QR code on the product packaging. LIFX warns that the Matter firmware update removes existing HomeKit integrations, which then have to be reconnected manually. | LIFX technology page LIFX in the App Store LIFX Matter updates Apple Home accessories list |
| Samsung SmartThings | Official | LIFX lists SmartThings as an integration, for example to pair lights with motion sensors. The Matter update article says Matter-updated devices work with SmartThings. | LIFX app page LIFX Matter updates SmartThings supported devices |
| Open platforms and developer access | |||
| Home Assistant | Yes | A built-in integration in the Home Assistant project, which LIFX does not maintain. It finds lights on the local network and does not use the LIFX cloud, so the lights keep responding during an internet outage. All LIFX lights are supported, but the LIFX Switch is not because it does not use the LAN protocol. | Home Assistant LIFX |
| Homey | Yes | An app published by Athom B.V. and labelled Official on Homey's store, not by LIFX. It covers a list of bulbs, strips, Tile and Beam, with scenes. The store lists the technology as Cloud and says a Homey Bridge is required, while the supported platforms include Homey Cloud, Homey Pro, Homey Pro mini and Self-Hosted Server. We could not resolve how those two statements fit together. The page showed version 5.1.0, last updated about two years before our check. A separate community thread titled LIFX (LAN) also exists on the Homey forum, which we did not open. | Homey LIFX app |
| openHAB | Yes | The LIFX binding is in openHAB's official add-on list, which means the openHAB project maintains it rather than LIFX. It talks to the lights over UDP on the local network. Lights must first be added to the Wi-Fi with the LIFX app. The page does not mention cloud or Matter. | openHAB LIFX binding |
| IFTTT | Official | LIFX lists IFTTT on its app page. IFTTT's LIFX service offers actions such as turn on or off, change colour, activate a scene, blink and breathe, and start or stop a clean cycle. The page showed no LIFX triggers. | LIFX app page IFTTT LIFX service |
| Node-RED | Unconfirmed | No dedicated Node-RED node was confirmed. Community libraries built on the published LAN protocol exist in general, but we did not look for a Node-RED package. | Searched, no source |
| Hubitat | Unconfirmed | We could not confirm a Hubitat driver or app for LIFX. No page was opened for this. | Searched, no source |
| Domoticz | Unconfirmed | We could not confirm a Domoticz plugin for LIFX. No page was opened for this. | Searched, no source |
| Control4 | Unconfirmed | We could not confirm a Control4 driver for LIFX. No page was opened for this. | Searched, no source |
| Philips Hue | Unconfirmed | LIFX's technology page does not mention Hue, and we found no bridge or integration between the two. | LIFX technology page |
| LIFX LAN protocol | Official | LIFX publishes documentation for controlling its devices directly over the local network with a binary message format over UDP, aimed at third-party developers. The page warns that undocumented messages or excessive message rates may cause unexpected behaviour. | LIFX LAN protocol docs |
| LIFX HTTP API | Official | Control over the internet goes through a separate LIFX HTTP API, according to the LAN protocol docs. LIFX's technology page also links to its HTTP API reference. We did not open the HTTP API reference itself, so authentication and limits are unconfirmed. | LIFX LAN protocol docs LIFX technology page |
Checked 11 November 2026 against the brand's own pages, app store listings and each project's own page. “Not found” means we searched and found nothing, not that it is impossible. Compatibility changes often. Spot an error? Tell us and we will fix it.
Yes. LIFX says its products are Matter certified. New-generation products ship with Matter and carry the badge. Beam, Lightstrip, Switches, Neon and String can receive Matter by firmware, but only on Generation 3 controllers (firmware starting with v3), and a small batch of Switches sold in Australia and New Zealand is excluded. LIFX says it cannot provide Matter updates for existing bulbs. Home Assistant's page says a LIFX Switch on firmware 4.100 or later supports Matter over Wi-Fi.
Yes, officially. LIFX lists Alexa for voice control, with dimming as its example. The Matter update article says Alexa's Matter features need a compatible hub or speaker.
Yes, officially. LIFX lists Google Home and Google Assistant for voice control. The Matter update article also says Matter-updated LIFX devices work with Google Home, with a compatible hub or speaker needed for its Matter features.
Yes, officially. LIFX lists HomeKit, Apple Home and Siri. The App Store listing says pairing uses the HomeKit QR code on the product packaging. LIFX warns that the Matter firmware update removes existing HomeKit integrations, which then have to be reconnected manually.
Yes. A built-in integration in the Home Assistant project, which LIFX does not maintain. It finds lights on the local network and does not use the LIFX cloud, so the lights keep responding during an internet outage. All LIFX lights are supported, but the LIFX Switch is not because it does not use the LAN protocol.
Yes, officially. LIFX lists SmartThings as an integration, for example to pair lights with motion sensors. The Matter update article says Matter-updated devices work with SmartThings.
Yes. An app published by Athom B.V. and labelled Official on Homey's store, not by LIFX. It covers a list of bulbs, strips, Tile and Beam, with scenes. The store lists the technology as Cloud and says a Homey Bridge is required, while the supported platforms include Homey Cloud, Homey Pro, Homey Pro mini and Self-Hosted Server. We could not resolve how those two statements fit together. The page showed version 5.1.0, last updated about two years before our check. A separate community thread titled LIFX (LAN) also exists on the Homey forum, which we did not open.
Unconfirmed. We could not confirm a Hubitat driver or app for LIFX. No page was opened for this.
Answers come from the sourced table above. See how LIFX compares with all brands on the smart home brand statistics page.
Other brands in LED Light Strips, Smart Bulbs.