Twinkly’s smart holiday string lights have dropped to a new low price

By The Verge | Created at 2024-11-14 20:21:05 | Updated at 2024-11-22 08:17:30 1 week ago

Believe it or not, but it’s almost time to put up the holiday lights. If you’re looking for string lights that’ll really make your house stand out this year, Twinkly’s Strings deliver some of the most dazzling effects available. They typically run $199.99, but right now, you can buy the 105-foot string with 400 LED lights at Amazon for a new low of $79 thanks to an on-page coupon.

Each of Twinkly’s LED lights can display more than 16 million colors and are individually addressable, allowing them to produce a festive “twinkly” effect. You can also choose from dozens of universal effects, along with some more advanced animations that are unique to Twinkly’s platform. You can, for instance, create your own effects, and Twinkly will even let you upload a GIF to display on your lights. What’s also unique is that Twinkly offers a mapping feature, so you can also adapt the animations to match the layout of your lights.

In addition to cool effects, Twinkly’s lights include an IP44 rating, so you can hang them up outside without worrying about the weather. You can also control them via Wi-Fi, and as smart lights, they’re compatible with a number of smart home platforms (including Amazon Alexa, Google Home, and Apple Home).

Twinkly has the best selection of holiday string lights in sizes ranging from 26 to 158 feet and with options that include just color, color and white, or just white. The lights are bright and colorful, and the effects you can find and create in the Twinkly app are very impressive. But the app is fiddly, and these Wi-Fi lights suffer from connectivity issues.