Philips Hue usually introduces new products around the International Consumer Electronics Fair in Berlin. Signify CEO Eric Rondolat has now revealed what we can expect this year during a conference call. One thing is already certain: Philips Hue will get a home monitoring system, similar to what Signify's second brand Wiz already got a few months ago.
Yesterday evening, Philips Hue released another update of its official app in the App Store. With version 4.47, the manufacturer improves the Sync function in the entertainment area. The update description in the App Store says: “Love syncing your lights with the content on your screen, but feel like one is just too bright?
Last November, Philips Hue surprised us at the last minute with the Festavia string lights. Just before Christmas, the small colourful LEDs for the Christmas tree went on sale – and were completely sold out within a few days. This status has not changed so far. However, there is a surprising announcement from Switzerland: There, the Festavia is currently available again in the official online shop of Philips Hue and is even sold with a discount of 10 percent for the first time.
With the update to version 4.46 released today, the Philips Hue app is to receive a new function that will make the interactive “Natural Light” scene a little better. In future, it will not only be possible to set fixed times for the individual light settings. Philips Hue writes in the update description: “You can now set the Natural light scene to automatically adjust to your local sunset time.
Last week I already gave you the first information about the Phoscon Hive from Dresden-Elektronik. In the meantime, I have been able to try out the small battery-operated table lamp myself and am particularly impressed by the operating concept. Of course I would like to share my impressions with you. The Phoscon Hive can be bought directly from Amazon in many countries and costs 59.95 euros there.
The blog Toengel, which specialises in Philips TVs, published an interesting report yesterday: the new Philips TVs with the model year 2023 will only offer “normal” Ambilight integration across the board, while the popular Ambilight+Hue function will be dropped completely. This was officially confirmed to me this morning by a spokesperson from Philips' TV division.
For years I have been using iConnectHue (App Store-Link) to configure my Hue system. From my point of view, the universal app for iPhone and iPad has only one major shortcoming: it doesn't really look that great. The look just doesn't appeal to me to use the app for the daily control of the Hue system.
A glance at the calendar reveals that the time until Christmas is now shorter than the time since Christmas. In less than half a year, we'll be putting up Christmas trees in our living rooms again. And of course, the right lighting can't be missing. Last November, Philips Hue launched its smart Festavia string lights at the very last minute.
Dresden-Elektronik has introduced the Phoscon Hive, a new battery-operated table lamp that can also be coupled with the Philips Hue Bridge thanks to its ZigBee connection. Even though Philips Hue already has two products of this kind in its catalogue with the two Go models, we want to take a first look at the Phoscon Hive, which costs 59.99 euros.
A week's holiday in the Netherlands is over, back in the office a package from Philips Hue is already waiting for me. Included in it: The two new variants of the E14 chandelier bulb, which is now available not only as White, but also as White Ambiance and White and Color Ambiance.
Fabian