How to Control lighting from your iPhone

1 Let there be lights

Like most of its rivals, Osram’s Lightify app lets you group lights in different rooms and then control the lighting all around your home with just a quick tap. Here we’ve created two groups of lights for our lounge and bedroom.

2 Make a scene

Scenes provide custom effects for specific activities, such as watching a film or waking up. These circular controls provide quick access to things like colour, brightness, and ‘temperature’ (soft, warm lights, or harsher, cold ones).

3 Let’s go disco!

Tap those controls for detailed options, such as this colour wheel, which allows you to select precise hues for your lights. The infinity ‘loop’ symbol activates disco mode, which cycles through colours at specified intervals.

4 Rise and shine

More practically, you can set schedules that turn your lights on and off automatically. The alarm option steadily increases the light in order to wake you gently, and it can even play birdsong or other soothing noises.