Philips is introducing 4 new lighting results by way of its Hue app together with an underwater choice simulating the glimmer of sunshine beneath the waves. The added results are a part of a brand new app replace, noticed by Hueblog, that additionally introduces the flexibility to customise the lighting results already out there by way of the app, in addition to any new results Philips introduces sooner or later.
Current lighting results embrace choices that may make Hue lamps and bulbs simulate the looks of a candle with a tender flickering yellow glow, or a fire with extra intense flashes of crimson and orange. Model 5.28 of the Hue app — which is now out there for iOS, iPadOS, and Android — provides cosmos, underwater, enchant, and sunbeam results, bringing the full to 10. The consequences aren’t out there for each Hue product, however Philips has shared an in depth record of precisely which lights do assist the function.
Though the results are designed with particular colours and animations to simulate sure lighting experiences, the newest Hue app replace now helps you to change the bottom coloration of results — so you possibly can benefit from the glow of a pink candle, for instance — and modify the results’ depth by altering the brightness and velocity of flickering or coloration transitions.
The Hue app has lengthy been a sophisticated and streamlined option to management Philips’ good lighting merchandise, however lately the app’s customizability choices have lagged behind opponents like Govee and Nanoleaf. With the ability to edit results within the Hue app is a welcome improve, and one other reminder of how competitors can profit shoppers.
Different enhancements within the newest model of the Philips Hue app embrace a lighting type known as scattered — initially launched on the Philips Hue Festavia string lights — now being made out there on all gradient lights within the Hue line. The app’s icon and widgets now provide each darkish and tinted kinds for those who’ve upgraded to iOS 18 or iPadOS18.
With spooky season effectively beneath manner, Philips has additionally reintroduced Halloween scenes to the Hue app, which take management of all of the lights in a room with completely different colours and transitions to vary the temper. Though two new Halloween scenes have been launched final yr, the identical eight can be found once more this yr together with spellbound, glowing grins, and witching hour.
