Important: This article applies to LEDVANCE/Sylvania SMART+ lights only.
For information on how to set up and control lights from other makers, refer to Use smart lights with Google Nest or Home devices.
Google smart speakers or displays allow you to turn your LEDVANCE/Sylvania SMART+ lights on and off, and control the color and brightness by the use of voice commands, the Google Home app, or a visual device like Google Nest displays.
All LEDVANCE/Sylvania SMART+ lights can be paired with voice assistant-enabled speakers and smart displays. You can connect up to 6 LEDVANCE/Sylvania SMART+ lights.
Before you start
Make sure that you have done the following:
- Set up your speaker or smart display.
- Plug in and turn on your LEDVANCE/Sylvania SMART+ light in the same room as your speaker or smart display.
- Update to the most recent version of the Google Home app.
Set up your LEDVANCE/Sylvania SMART+ lights
-
Open the Google Home app
.
- From the Home tab, tap Add
Device
.
- Choose a home to set up the light in, then tap Next.
- Your Google Home app will start to scan for nearby devices that are ready for setup.
- Tap Set up some smart lights.
- Turn on your smart light, then tap Next.
- Your Google Home app will scan again.
- Select the light you’d like to set up. Your light may blink when selected.
- Choose a room for your light.
- To create a custom room:
- Tap Add custom room.
- Type in room name.
- Tap Next.
- To create a custom room:
- Type in the name for your light that you'll use for voice commands.
- It's recommended to use a name like "reading light" or "overhead light."
- For best results, don’t include the room in the light’s name. When you say the room name in a voice command, your speaker or display controls all the lights in the room.
- Wait for the setup to finish, then tap Done.
Control your lights
Basic voice commands
| To do this: | Say "Hey Google" or “Ok Google," then: |
| To turn a light on or off | "Turn on or off <light name>" |
| Dim lights | "Dim the desk light" or "Dim all the lights” |
| Brighten lights | "Brighten the desk light" |
| Set a light brightness to a certain percentage | "Set desk light to 50%" or "Set lights to 70%" |
| Dim or brighten lights by a certain percentage | "Dim/Brighten lamp by 50%" or "Dim/Brighten lights by 10%" |
| Turn on or off all lights | "Turn on or off all of the lights" |
| Set lights to wake color | "Set lights to bright white" |
| Set lights to everyday color | "Set lights to soft white" |
| Set lights to sleep color | "Set lights to candlelight" |
| Change the color temperature of lights | "Change lights to 2700 kelvin (2000-7000 range)" |
Tip: When your speaker or smart display and compatible lights are in the same room in the Google Home app (because you would assign your light a room during setup), your speaker or display will know your voice commands are for the lights in that room. For example, if your speaker or smart display and smart lights are in the living room, and you say "Hey Google, turn off the lights," then the living room lights will turn off.
Other ways to control your lights
- You can turn your lights on and off from the Google Home app. You can also change the color temperature.
- To control your lights and other smart devices with just one voice command, you can set a routine.
- Open the Google Home app
- Tap Home
,then touch and hold the room your light is in.
- You can also tap the drop down
on the room’s tile to show the tiles for each individual light.
- You can also tap the drop down
- Scroll, then touch and hold the device’s tile.
- Tap More
Name.
- Enter a name.
- Tap Save.
Tip: Because you assigned your light to a room during setup, your speaker or display already knows the room it’s in. Your voice commands will be clearer if you use a contextual name like "overhead light" or "reading light" instead of a name like "kitchen light."
Important: You can't unlink individual LEDVANCE/Sylvania SMART+ lights. When you remove one light through the "Unlink LEDVANCE/Sylvania" flow, it removes all LEDVANCE/Sylvania SMART+ lights.
- Open the Google Home app
- Tap Home
- You can also tap the drop down
- You can also tap the drop down
- Scroll, then touch and hold the light's tile.
- Tap More
- Turn the light off for 10 seconds, then turn it back on.
- Make sure you have the latest version of the Google Home app.
- Reboot your speaker or smart display.
- Force close the Google Home app.
- Factory reset your LEDVANCE/Sylvania SMART+ lights.
- Factory reset your speaker or smart display.
- Make sure the outlet receives power. Check that your wall switch is on.
- Turn the light off and on. The light takes up to one minute after receiving power to reconnect to your speaker or smart display. Try your light and check if it works. If so, you’re done.
- Try the light in a different lamp or socket.
- If the above steps don’t work, you may need to factory reset your LEDVANCE/Sylvania SMART+ light and set up the light again.
- The signal between your light and your speaker or smart display might not be strong enough. To increase the signal strength, move the light and your speaker or smart display closer to each other. They should be no more than 15 feet apart.
- You might not be a member of the home that the light was set up in. Ask the person who created the home to add you as a member.
- Other devices near your speaker or smart display or LEDVANCE/Sylvania SMART+ lights might cause interference. If you have a nearby Wi-Fi router, cordless phone, microwave, or Bluetooth speaker, move it further away if you can.
- You might have too many LEDVANCE/Sylvania SMART+ lights. You can add up to 6 lights.
If you are still unable to resolve the issue, share feedback about Google Nest.
- Make sure all your lights are turned on.
- Factory reset your lights.
- Reboot the speaker or smart display you use to set up your lights. Then attempt to re-set up your lights using the Google Home app.