Nuked Signify, which owns Philips Hue, announced the new white and color ambiance light bulbs at the IFA tech conference in Berlin this week. The Verge’s earlier report of the imminent arrival of the dimmable smart bulbs designed for open lighting fixtures.
Signify also announced a partnership with Samsung SmartThings to sync music with your smart lights. New Hue app features the ability to set automatic away lighting – which hue calls’mimic presence’.
The bulbs come in three shapes – large globe, ellipse, and triangular. Can be paired with a specially designed pendant cord, available in white and black.
Each bulb has a glowing inner tube that diffuses light. Each has a glossy finish designed to make the bulbs shine more brightly.
The bulbs cost $ 74.99 to $ 89.99 each, and the cords are $ 49.99. Both are coming later this year.
The new Philips Hue white ambiance filament bulb adds tunable white light. It’s coming on September 13th to Europe and North America for $ 44.99 or in a 2-pack for $ 64.99.
New Philips Hue slim Downlights are available now for $ 69.99 each. They have a lower profile, canless design to go where traditional can lights ca n’t. Using a tab system, the lights snap directly into the ceiling to connect to the junction box.
The new Philips Hue play gradient LightStrip for the PC comes in three sizes, and pricing starts at $ 169.99. It’s also available on September 13th.
The Hue app is getting some new features, including a’mimic presence’. This turns your lights turn on and off during the day and / or at night automatically when you’re away from home.
Mimic presence is coming to the hue app this month. Mimic presence will be controlled from the hue automation tab. This will also be the new home for the Philips Hue sync app.
The new Philips Hue and SmartThings app music sync will start on September 1st at 8pm et. Signify’s smart lights will be able to sync with music on Samsung Galaxy smartphones and tablets.
Music sync lets you pulse your Hue lighting in sync with the beats of your favorite songs. It does require a hue bridge, and the service only works on Galaxy devices.
Signify told the verge at the IFA smart home league event on August 31 that it will be rolling out firmware to matter as close to the launch of the new smart home standard as possible. Signify reconfirmed its commitment to matter.
