The Best LED Strip Lights of 2026

• Color: RGBIC
• Wattage: ‎72 watts
• Smart assistant: Alexa
• Trimmable: Yes
• Extendable: Yes
• Connectivity: Bluetooth, Wi-Fi (no support for 5G)

The Govee M1 is the best LED strip light you can buy.

With the Govee M1 Strip Light, you're not just getting a light source, but a versatile tool to create the perfect ambiance for any occasion. Whether you're hosting a vibrant dance party or setting a calm, dreamy mood, the countless bright colors and patterns, thanks to its RGBIC technology, allow for endless customization with just a touch of a button.

Setting up the Govee M1 is a breeze, and it can be adhered to almost any surface. With a simple pair of scissors, you can adjust the length of the strip to your liking. The app, accessible via a QR code on the box, offers a wide range of features, from timers and brightness control to themed color groupings and flashing patterns. This versatility and user-friendly interface make it a great choice for any smart home setup.

The Music DreamView feature even syncs your playlist with the lighting effects, giving a nightclub feel when you’re energized or a subdued, dreamy ambiance when it’s time to settle down. There are a couple of downsides. The exposed tech look when the lights aren’t on is unappealing. And if you remove it someday, it may take some of your paint with it—but this could happen with any light strip.

The M1 also comes in a Manner-compatible version if you’re looking to expand the number of Matter smart home devices in your house.

Overall, Govee’s M1 light strip offers the best blend of value, smarts, customizations, and colors, making it the best you can buy.

Read our full review of the Govee M1 Smart LED Strip Light.

• Color: Gradient
• Wattage: ‎20 watts
• Smart assistant: Alexa, Google Assistant, Siri
• Trimmable: Yes
• Extendable: Yes
• Connectivity: Bluetooth, Wi-Fi (hub required)

Philips Hue makes the best smart bulbs, so we had high hopes for them ranking among the best LED strip lights. We love that it works with Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, Apple HomeKit, Microsoft Cortana, SmartThings, and IFTTT. However, for remote access, you will need to purchase a Philips Hue hub—an extra cost to consider—which is one reason we named this our Best Upgrade pick for the best LED strip light.

You can skip the hub and opt for Bluetooth control only via the Philips Hue Bluetooth app for iOS and Android—make sure you stay within range.

The Philips Hue Light Strip Plus puts out 1600 lumens, which illuminates dark spaces. In the Hue app, you can set the lights to one of 16 million colors or opt for one of the many fantastic preset light settings. The app is straightforward to navigate and use.

One feature that impressed us is that cut segments can be reused and reconnected to other strip portions using the Philip Hue connector. This is not the case for most smart light strips. You can sync them with your home entertainment system, which is an excellent feature, but the Philips Hue Play HDMI Sync Box is required to make it work.

This light strip is sleek, easy to use, and full of awesome features, making it a great LED strip light if you want a premium upgrade. It's also ideal for people who are already invested in Philips Hue lights or want to start using them for their smart lighting system, as Hue offers a wide range of smart lighting options.

• Color: Multicolor RGBW
• Wattage: ‎23 watts
• Smart assistant: Matter compatible, Apple Home, Google Home, Samsung SmartThings
• Trimmable: Yes
• Extendable: Yes
• Connectivity: Bluetooth, Wi-Fi

The Nanoleaf Essentials Matter Lightstrip is a trimmable and dimmable LED smart light with a maximum brightness of 2,200 lumens—the brightest in our guide. The color output is incredible, with a temperature range from 2700K to 6500K. The strip is thick and durable and made for long-term use. It also supports Matter, so you can use it across your preferred smart home ecosystem, like Amazon Echo, Google Home, or Apple HomeKit.

While this LED strip light produces incredibly vibrant shades of tunable whites and over 16 million colors, there are a few qualms to note. The cord connection between the strip and the controller tends to come apart. This shouldn’t be much of an issue once you install it, but it was a bit annoying during our setup.

Additionally, the Nanoleaf app is challenging to navigate and lacks certain features that others in our guide have. Compared to other light strips from Kasa, Govee, and LIFX, it’s also pretty hot after being on for more than 15 minutes.

If you’re OK with a few quirks, this is one of the best LED strip lights that displays the most colorful, striking colors and works with Matter-enabled smart homes.

• Color: Multicolor
  
• Wattage: ‎8 watts
• Smart assistant: Alexa, Google Assistant, Siri
• Trimmable: Yes
• Extendable: Yes
• Connectivity: Wi-Fi (2.4Ghz only)

The LIFX Lightstrip with Color Zones are RGBW LED strip lights that easily connect to Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, and Apple HomeKit. Uniquely, it offers eight different color zones. Each zone can be set to a different color (from millions of options), allowing you to get creative with your custom lighting setup—something not every strip light offers.

At 1,400 lumens, these weren't the most radiant lights we tested, but we had no issues illuminating a dark room even at 30% brightness. On the downside, during our long-term testing, we've experienced issues with the strip randomly going offline and needing reconnection, which is one of the reasons it is no longer our No. 1 pick.

The strip light is available in two lengths: 40 inches and 80 inches. Up to 33 feet of additional 40-inch extension strips can be added, or the strip can be cut down to a smaller size.

The LIFX app has useful controls like scheduling and grouping, plus a bevy of fun lighting effects and preset color themes. The app can even make the lights dance to the beat of a song or the sound of a movie via your phone’s or tablet's microphone.

• Color: Full-color spectrum and white
• Wattage: ‎24 watts
• Smart assistant: Apple HomeKit, Siri
• Trimmable: Yes
• Extendable: Yes
• Connectivity: Wi-Fi

The Eve Light Strip is made for the Apple ecosystem, making it the best LED strip light for HomeKit that you can buy. The 1,800-lumen strip light offers a wide array of full-spectrum white and colors. While we had a pleasant and easy experience with the Eve strip, there are a few shortcomings.

This strip light isn’t as customizable as some others. It offers no fun lighting effects or presets—you're limited to single colors only.

The only smart home assistant it’s compatible with is Siri, which enables Apple users to change the color, adjust the brightness, and turn it on/off. You can do so remotely with any iOS device that functions as an Apple home hub, including an iPad, Apple TV, or Apple HomePod.

The Eve Energy app is also iOS-exclusive, and the strip supports Apple’s HomeKit Adaptive Lighting. This iOS feature automatically adjusts the color temperature as the day goes on. Overall, Android users should avoid this light strip.

Like most strip lights, Eve's is trimmable, or you can add a few of Eve’s extension strips up to 32.8 feet. We had issues with the adhesive backing, which tore off in a few spots during setup and made the lights hard to stick into place.

Overall, if you live in an Apple smart home, this is a great pick for a smart strip light that works with Siri.