LED light bulbs are a smart upgrade whether or not they’re ‘smart’

Lighting my home is something I only ever think about fleetingly — usually while replacing a blown-out halogen bulb — but this past week I discovered LED light bulbs and, well, I’m sorry I’m so late to this cool party.

Unfortunately, LED lights have been swept up into the whole "smart home" mess, with app-controlled dimming and hue adjustments and whatnot, making them both costlier and more complex than they need to be. But what about the simple LED light bulb, the one that just plugs into the place of ye olde incandescents and does only one job?