Tag: smart lights

Forget AI, there’s only one thing I want from Philips Hue this year

At last week’s CES 2025 event, Signify – the company behind Philips Hue smart lights – announced that it’s developing a new AI assistant that will let you use voice commands to set the mood for your home. Instead of scrolling through the Philips Hue app to find a suitable…

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It’s a Bluetooth speaker, it’s a color-changing smart light, it’s a bathroom fan – and I think I want it

There’s no acoustic space quite like a bathroom when you want to sing along to your favorite tracks, but most smart speakers aren’t really made to handle that kind of heat and humidity. Thankfully, Home Depot has come to the rescue with a Bluetooth speaker/ventilation fan/smart lighting combo that will…

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Philips Hue’s new powerful smart lights can illuminate every nook and cranny in your home

Lighting brand Philips Hue has quietly launched refreshes of their Pillar and Runner spotlights in Europe. Their respective lines consist of multiple models with several similarities between them.  Beginning with the Pillar line, they hang from the ceiling pointing down, replacing the main light fixture. The series houses the company’s…

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Philips Hue’s new Twilight lamp brings the sunrise or sunset into your bedroom

Philips Hue is setting its sights on your bedside table. Sure, many of us use smart bulbs or light strips that glow warmly at the end of the day or maybe in hues of blue and purple to settle in for a restful night.  Even so, Philips Hue is giving…

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Homey’s new smart light update is a game-changer for your mismatched smart home

Your Homey smart home hub just got a major upgrade today with Moods – a new way to control your smart home lights. Simply boot up your Homey app, tap the plus icon in the top right corner of the My Home tab, and tap New Mood. You can then…

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Philips Hue lights to work way better with Samsung TVs and SmartThings, for a price

Philips Hue is expanding its partnership with Samsung SmartThings, giving users greater control over how their smart lights “interact with their home entertainment systems.” To achieve this, Philips will launch a major update to its Sync TV app that’ll introducing a handful of new features. Philips is even changing the…

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