Philips Hue Is Getting An Ai-powered Lighting Assistant

Philips Hue users will soon beryllium tin to create their ain AI-powered lighting scenes, nan institution announced connected Tuesday.

Philips Hue’s caller generative AI lighting adjunct lets users create personalized lighting scenes based connected occasion, mood, aliases style. They tin do truthful by typing commands for illustration “Give maine a conception for a crippled party” into nan Hue app and too by utilizing their voice. The adjunct will past either impulse scenes from nan existing Philips Hue assemblage aliases create a caller 1 entirely. In summation to creating scenes, nan AI adjunct tin too beryllium utilized to group nan settings of existing lights, including brightness levels and color.

The news comes aft Hueblog reported that Philips Hue was moving connected a generative AI characteristic successful October. According to Hueblog, nan “AI Playground” lets users create lighting scenes based connected typed matter for illustration “Create a conception for a children’s time party,” but location was nary mention of sound commands.

Philips Hue isn’t nan first to relationship an AI-powered lighting assistant. Govee’s AI Lighting Bot generates akin move lighting effects and too responds to sound prompts. Meanwhile, Nanoleaf’s “Magic Scenes” characteristic creates akin scenes, too, but only responds to typed short phrases for illustration “tropical paradise.”

Philips Hue says nan AI adjunct will beryllium compatible pinch each of its lights. The institution hasn’t divulged specifications astir its nonstop availability, but stated it’ll commencement rolling retired successful nan first 4th of 2025.

The AI-powered lighting adjunct isn’t nan only information of news Philips Hue announced connected Tuesday. The Philips Hue Sync TV app now supports LG TVs, while the color-changing Philips Hue Datura ceiling ray is now disposable successful nan US starting astatine $299.99. The frameless ceiling expanse offers a brace of individually controllable lights and customizable colour effects.

Philips Hue too announced caller smart location accusation features, including fume siren sound find and nan expertise to watercourse unrecorded camera feeds to Amazon Alexa and nan Google Nest Hub. Users tin too now cheque retired unrecorded camera views aliases schedule strategy settings consecutive from their devices.