Smart lighting: table lamps that double as speakers and touch-controlled LED artwork among new tech for the home

Colour-changing bulbs and lights that adjust their "temperature" throughout the day may seem like a thing of the future, but are actually part of a new wave of smart lighting made for a modern way of living.

From a table lamp that doubles up as a high-tech sound system, to bulbs that connect to your Google Home or Amazon Echo devices, take a look at our pick of the best smart lights for your home.

Wear your heart on your sleeve and your mood on your walls. This Nanoleaf “smarter” starter kit includes four LED light squares that sync to music in real-time.

It’s modular: connect them on any side, optionally add more squares later.

They’re touch-controlled plus you can use an app to select colour schemes or invent your own.

They work with Apple Homekit, Google Home and Amazon Echo for voice control, too. Priced £89.99 at nanoleaf.me.

Wake-up lights that simulate sunrise are a great way to surface now that the nights are drawing in.

This affordable bedside radio alarm clock features LED light that gets brighter over 30 minutes to rouse you gently, plus eight alarm sounds and an FM radio.

It can also lull you to sleep with the gradual dimming of a simulated sunset. There are seven colour settings to suit your mood. It’s £39.99 at groov-e.co.uk.

The biggest name in smart lighting just got more accessible. Buy single LED bulbs, whether white or colour-change, and control them via Bluetooth with a free app.

Add a Hue Bridge to control up to 50 lights from anywhere. Connect to Google Home or Amazon Echo for voice control.

There are even vintage-style Hue Filament bulbs and stylish Friends of Hue lights from brands including John Lewis. From £14.99 at meethue.com.

This intelligent LED task light connects to an app that knows the time and your location in the world.

Then it changes its brightness and colour “temperature” throughout the day to give you precisely the right light and protect against eye strain — warmer first and last thing, bluer in the middle of the day.

Tell it your age and it adjusts the output to suit you best: a 65-year-old needs up to four times more light than a 20-year-old.

It’s £449.99 at dyson.co.uk.

Ikea has teamed up with Sonos to integrate a wifi streaming smart speaker into this LED table lamp.

Its room-filling sound works with other Sonos devices for multiroom music.

Or play different sources on different speakers — for example, an audiobook in the children’s room while you listen to music in another room.

It works with major streaming subscription services such as Spotify and with Apple Airplay 2. Priced £150 at ikea.com.