Outdoor lighting has long been a fairly stubborn arrangement. The fixtures went in, the timer got set once, and the yard wore the same pale glow every night until someone ventured out with a screwdriver to change it.

These four pathway lights are far more agreeable. They connect to your home Wi-Fi, and the free Atomi Smart app lets you pick from millions of colors or a range of white tones, then dim them to suit the hour. Choose a soft warm white for everyday arrivals, team colors for game night, or one of the built-in scenes when friends come over. Prefer talking to tapping? Alexa and Google Assistant will take the instruction.

Schedules and timers bring the walkway up at dusk without a reminder, and more lights can join the set later as the garden grows. The aluminum fixtures stand on ground stakes, plug in with the included power adapter and extension cables, and are built to stay outside in all seasons. Few paths to the front door have ever been so accommodating.