Awful UX
This app is so baffling. It feels like it was designed to make the process as tedious and confusing as possible.
Poor Connection
App is not connecting to the device that well. It will error out when restarting the app. Also looses connection when trying to change colors. When on a color setting it will change to soft white. On a low brightness setting but on the app shows its full brightness. Not synced at all. Please fix!
Completely unresponsive after last update
No amount of unplugging my Nanoleaf shapes will work. The controller is unresponsive. I cannot reset. I cannot hard. Reset these lights are useless after the last update.
All controllers break eventually…
And they won’t help you!
Quite useful missing a few options.
Have two floor lamp now. I had to move one lost the connection. Had delete and setup again. Should be able to restore a connection. Does this mean if lose power have to redo? I have one on a 800W UPS. Bummer the other near my 1600W AV UPS. However it only an hour though just play at 0.5% max volume. Is my miniLED 8K TV power hog. Also Wish I could save an AI generated color. Am watching Lollapalooza 2026 so used word Lollapalooza is cool color pattern
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Works poorly
Recently purchased the A19 Wi-Fi smart bulb, and it works for the most part, but unfortunately I can’t invite my partner to have control on their phone as well, unless I purchase an Apple TV or HomePod? Looking online suggests nanoleaf should have a users setting in their app, but it does not, having to rely on additional Apple products is a huge scam
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Dumb lights
They work but it’s not smart lights , intuitive or helpful. Constantly having to re add lights that are installed in hard to reach places to get ambient lighting back
Resync product every 3 months
Tried to run these products as a cheaper alternative or other smart lights. Tried panels, bulbs, and a lamp 100% made by Nanoleaf. Constantly having to delete and re-add my devices. Don’t enter this eco system. Not worth the trouble.
App non-functional
The app is not functional, I wouldn’t recommend these lights to anyone. Every time I unplug them and plug them back in they start malfunctioning and showing random colours on the panels. Very difficult to use, I’d rather use those cheap bulb strip lights as they’re much easier.
Old version was better
Ever since the latest update, the app has become much slower. I preferred the old version! it was simple, straightforward and worked well. Now it takes forever to load and I can't even turn my lights on or off without it constantly buffering. The update made the app worse, not better. I'm starting to dislike using it.
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orientation lock portrait? c’mon now
it’s 2026 and you can’t figure out how to do landscape. disgraceful.
Használhatatlan Thread
Egyetlen áramszünet elegendő volt ahhoz, hogy a teljes Nanoleaf Essentials rendszerem gyakorlatilag használhatatlanná váljon. A Thread hálózat többi eszköze működik, csak a Nanoleaf termékek estek le a hálózatról. Az alkalmazás offline-nak mutatja őket, a HomeKit nem tudja vezérelni őket, az Eve szerint pedig elérhetetlenek. Egy okosotthon-eszköznek pontosan az ilyen hétköznapi eseményeket kellene kezelnie. Ehelyett hosszadalmas újraindításokkal, áramtalanításokkal és hibakereséssel kell foglalkozni. A termék funkciókban ígéretes, de a megbízhatósága számomra elfogadhatatlan. Nem tudom jó szívvel ajánlani.
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To many bugs
I have no clue how this app have 4.4 stars
Multiple difficulties in set up
Multiple attempts to update w/o success then finally get one to succeed. Unable to get string of lights to respond. Showing all white ! No themes load. Very frustrated/ these worked for Christmas but now seem useless.
Overpriced garbage
Absolute garbage. The app is terrible, took me days to get working (a few hours at a time). Then when I did get it working the app just isn’t easy to use. I do not recommend
Broken app
Terrible breaks all the time glitches with my device connecting saying wifi ain’t working when it is working so I have to do the whole reset part all over again.
Why can’t we create scenes anymore?
Why was the Seanne creator button removed?
Control view
In new control view i have to make double amount of clicks to do the same as before, change single color mode, the most used one
Worst ever
Worst ever I’m shocked Apple promotes this on there website. You have to wait in your bedroom a minute for it to establish a connection.. and my router is in the bedroom Netgear.. also have to delete the app every 3 months and reconnect reboot your router.. the pairing is a joke they give you like 5 seconds to establish a pair then you have to screw it in very fast.. the reboot is even more worse.. turn on off 3 seconds red light flashes. The light bulb works 2 years then complete throw out. Not worth buying or investing in.. get a different none app lightbulb these are garbage…
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Don’t Spend Money
Buyer beware - in short software and lighting features have been removed that were previously available.
App used to be great - they HAD many playlists and scenes available (made by Nanoleaf specifically).
None of these have been available for the past year or so. All the features and scenes they advertised and were PREVIOUSLY available are no longer able to be played/found.
Don’t waste your money they refuse to call or fix the issue. I was told via email today “We’ve opened a ticket for you... let’s get connected…. We have just released the newest Nanoleaf app, version 11.9.7. Please update to the latest version, and it should resolve the issue you are experiencing.”
Issues still remain, I feel like I’ve lost out on a lot of money buying these bulbs/shapes. It’s hilarious they included the request to get connected, they never respond and never have called me. All they’ve done is open tickets and close them randomly.
App used to be great - they HAD many playlists and scenes available (made by Nanoleaf specifically).
None of these have been available for the past year or so. All the features and scenes they advertised and were PREVIOUSLY available are no longer able to be played/found.
Don’t waste your money they refuse to call or fix the issue. I was told via email today “We’ve opened a ticket for you... let’s get connected…. We have just released the newest Nanoleaf app, version 11.9.7. Please update to the latest version, and it should resolve the issue you are experiencing.”
Issues still remain, I feel like I’ve lost out on a lot of money buying these bulbs/shapes. It’s hilarious they included the request to get connected, they never respond and never have called me. All they’ve done is open tickets and close them randomly.
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