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How to Group Lamps Together in Your App to Control an Entire Room at Once

Smart Home for Beginners | Editorial Guide By The Simply Smart Home Editorial Team You walk into your living room after a long day, hands full of groceries, and realize you have to individually turn on three different lamps just to see where you're walking. Or worse, you sit down on the couch and realize you have to open an app and tap three separate icons—or bark three different voice commands—just to set the mood for a movie. If you are reading this, you are likely tired of managing your smart lights one by one. The good news? You can easily solve this by grouping your lamps together in your smart home app to control an entire room with a single tap or command. Here at The Simply Smart Home , our testing team has spent weeks configuring dozens of smart bulbs across various ecosystems to find the absolute easiest ways to streamline your lighting. We understand that diving into smart home technology can feel overwhelming, but mastering the "grouping" featur...

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