Hue Takes On Cheaper Rivals With The Entry-level Essential Smart Bulb Lineup

Hue conscionable did its biggest merchandise launch ever arsenic portion of IFA 2025 and a cardinal merchandise is nan caller entry-level Essential smart bulb lineup. Though still not arsenic inexpensive arsenic immoderate products you tin find connected Amazon, it's designed to return connected fund rivals for illustration Govee and Aqara pinch bulbs starting nether $20.

The caller scope includes A19 bulbs, GU10 spots and portion lights pinch and without colour options. Effectively, you're not losing a batch compared to nan regular color/white bulbs. They still tally connected nan aforesaid level and connection Bluetooth retired of nan container on pinch other features enabled erstwhile utilizing a span aliases Matter-over-Thread.

To item nan differences, Hue released a characteristic comparison sheet. You can't dim nan Essential bulbs arsenic much, they connection a reduced scope of whites (2200 to 6500K compared to 1000 to 20000K) and colour value is little accurate. The second is arguably nan astir important characteristic for folks who usage smart bulbs to sync pinch their TVs aliases require precise matching betwixt bulbs.

You'll beryllium capable to bargain nan Hue Essential bulbs starting this month, pinch nan caller A19 bulbs priced astatine $25 individually aliases $60 successful a four-pack. The Essential portion ray arrives successful December for $60 successful a 5 metre magnitude (16 feet) aliases $100 for 10 meters (33 feet). You tin besides drawback nan A19 bulb successful a starter kit successful nan US starting astatine $80 for nan Essential E27 2 pieces and Hue Bridge V2, up to $100 for nan Essential E27 4 pieces and Hue Bridge V2.

Another superior portion of Hue's smart lighting puzzle is nan Hue Bridge Pro. It has a much superior achromatic look compared to nan achromatic models of nan past to signify nan other power. That includes 5 times nan processing capacity and 15 times nan representation of nan Hue Bridge V2 that came retired 10 years ago.

Along pinch nan other power, nan Huge Bridge Pro debuts a caller characteristic called Hue Motion Aware. That transforms Hue Bulbs (including 95 percent of existing models) into mobility sensors capable to observe activity and trigger actions aliases information alerts.

Hue says you tin easy upgrade a existent Hue Bridge "with conscionable a fewer clicks," and Signify will merchandise support for combining aggregate Bridges into a azygous Bridge Pro by year's end. The Bridge pro arrives successful North America successful September 2025 for $90.

Hue besides refreshed its portion lighting pinch respective caller products including nan flagship OmniGlow (starting astatine $140 for a 3 metre magnitude and arriving successful November), nan first Hue portion pinch nary visible hotspots via CSP tech to accent your decor pinch a seamless glow. It besides introduced nan Flux lineup pinch indoor, outdoor, ultra-bright and neon options (in sizes up to 10m) starting astatine $70 for 3 meters, for applications ranging from indoor accents to outdoor facades. Also caller are nan Festavia drawstring lights that tin beryllium utilized for vacation decor aliases twelvemonth information successful a imperishable exemplary for rooflines, patios and balconies. Those commencement astatine $160 for 7m lengths aliases $120 for 9 meters for nan imperishable exemplary pinch readiness successful September.

Signify besides introduced a caller A19 bulb that tin replicate nan full spectrum of daylight while offering 40 percent awesome ratio compared to its predecessor. Finally, nan institution announced a Sonos business that will let you to operates Philips Hue lights utilizing sound controls, and yet "integrate ray and sound successful caller intuitive ways."