As we all know, Philips Hue is just one of Signify's many projects. Until a few years ago, Signify was still called Philips Lightning and was also active in many areas in 2023. You can see a great overview of the manufacturer's various “construction sites” in the video below. “2023 was a challenging and exciting year in which we at Signify were able to celebrate many milestones.
To round off the week, I would like to present you with some pretty tough news. It's a press release from Signify, the manufacturer of Philips Hue, which you can read here. In a nutshell, it's about restructuring and planned savings of 200 million euros per year. The good news from our point of view is that the four business areas that Signify wants to focus on in future also include the consumer business area with the Philips Hue and WiZ brands.
A few years ago, Signify, the manufacturer of Philips Hue, acquired up a competitor: WiZ. To our surprise, the brand was not simply buried afterwards, but continued. Last year alone, WiZ introduced numerous new lamps and luminaires. These are not directly compatible with Philips Hue, rely on a WiFi connection and usually cost a little less.
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There is once again interesting news from Signify, the manufacturer of Philips Hue. The WiZ brand, which was taken over a few years ago, will probably soon be expanded to include a string of lights for outdoor use. No question: this is something I would definitely also like to see from Philips Hue directly.
Around the announcement of the new products to be launched in the coming months, there was a particularly large amount of commentary on one topic in particular: Thread support. The new standard, which is backed by Apple, Amazon and Google, among others, is intended to make our smart homes even better in the coming years.
It is a long time since everything that has Philips written on it has also had Philips in it. Today we want to take care of the two best known examples and a resulting problem. Philips televisions are actually made by TP Vision – and Philips Hue has already split off from Philips as a Signify company.
MelLeave a Comment on Visiting Signify: the High Tech Campus in Eindhoven Where does Philips Hue come from? I went to Eindhoven to look for clues. Where does Philips Hue come from? I went to Eindhoven to look for clues.
I'm on holiday in the Netherlands until Monday. During this time I'm being wonderfully represented by my colleague Frederick. However, I have not been completely idle, as I also used my time in the Netherlands to visit the Philips Hue headquarters in Eindhoven on Friday. At present, Philips Hue no longer belongs to Philips, the official company name is Signify.
MelLeave a Comment on Philips Smart Wi-Fi LED: Signify launches own WiFi lights Following the acquisition of WiZ, Signify is now launching its first WiFi lamps - initially only in the USA. Following the acquisition of WiZ, Signify is now launching its first WiFi lamps - initially only in the USA.
You may remember the announcement from April 17th, 2019. At that time I was able to report that Signify had acquired a competing company: WiZ. The company from France and Asia had already been specializing in lamps with WiFi modules for several years. And that's exactly what Signify seems to focus on now.