For too long, color-changing smart lighting<\/a> has been stuck inside bulbs and light strips, limiting its use to table lamps, the occasional recessed can light, and maybe lighting up the underside of your cabinets. But with these two new smart ceiling lights from Aqara and Nanoleaf, we finally have more choices beyond Philips Hue\u2019s line of ceiling lights<\/a> for bringing connected, colorful light to our ceilings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Smart fixtures \u2014 which are hardwired to your home\u2019s electrical wiring \u2014 let you add tunable white and color-changing lighting to spaces where there are no lamps or recessed lighting for smart bulbs or easy spots to stick smart light strips.\u00a0As with all smart lights, you can set schedules and connect them to motion sensors and other smart home devices to automatically turn them on and off. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n These new lights from Nanoleaf and Aqara add dynamic lighting, something even Hue hasn\u2019t offered in its ceiling fixtures to date. These are among the first smart ceiling fixtures to bring addressable lighting to the ceiling, allowing control of color, temperature, hue, and brightness, plus the ability to display multiple colors simultaneously.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The $149.99 Aqara Ceiling Light T1M<\/a> is a tunable white light fixture with a color-changing LED ring featuring 26 individually addressable zones. The $249.99 Nanoleaf Skylight<\/a> are tunable white and full-color modular ceiling LED light panels, each capable of displaying different colors and tunable white light.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n I put these two new ceiling lights to the test, pitting them against each other to see who came out on top. I assessed their design, cost, and options for smart home control, as well as how easy they were to install. I examined their light quality and how well they each executed their unique ability to produce dynamic lighting effects. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n After testing them simultaneously for two weeks, I loved how each product lit up dark areas of my house where I previously relied on a single smart bulb in an ancient ceiling fixture. But this is a head-to-head, so there had to be a winner. Read on to find out which one came out on top.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n