CES 2026: Philips Hue Line Get New SpatialAware Scenes, Hue Cameras Gain HomeKit Support

[Jason2000]

Somebody tell me I'm using them wrong here, but I fitted a few rooms with color changing bulbs, and I got bored with them about after a week. They've been normal color for over a year now because I cannot find a good reason to use them. I made them green and red for x mas for about 15 minutes until my wife complained she couldn't see anything

You are using them wrong. Learn to use the scenes. Just changing it to a solid color is boring but the scenes are quite nice.

 

[Jamie0003]

The hub offers features you can't get without it.

Yes, because Phillips have decided this to be the case

 

[svanstrom]

Somebody tell me I'm using them wrong here, but I fitted a few rooms with color changing bulbs

If you've got no use for them, don't get them. 🙂

I initially went with the color changing ones only to realize that they don't add anything useful if you're no longer young enough to have parties at home, or is some sort of streamer. Now I only get the ones with cold and warm white, and that changes automatically based on time of day. Absolutely worth it for someone that works from home a lot.

 

[k1121j]

I have Hue lights throughout the house, had Hue since they became available in the UK, just upgraded to the new bridge, never had a problem with them and they work great with Siri, I have a few motion detectors around the house so most of the time in hallway / landing and kitchen the lights turn off and on automatically, and even adjust the light intensity at night or early in the morning as my wife does not like bright lights when she first goes into the kitchen in the morning. Never regretted my decision to go with Hue even now there are less expensive alternatives.

Great to hear. Yeah I tried the less expensive ones, that require hubs and no hubs. My experience is they don’t last long and have slow reaction times, jittery actions like color changes fades, horrible range. I’ve have hue bulbs (57 of them including fixtures)some over 10 years i can’t think of more then two that died. I can tell you one of every three other brands die first year. Gonna stick with hue.

 

[Kobayagi]

I have Hue lights throughout the house, had Hue since they became available in the UK, just upgraded to the new bridge, never had a problem with them and they work great with Siri, I have a few motion detectors around the house so most of the time in hallway / landing and kitchen the lights turn off and on automatically, and even adjust the light intensity at night or early in the morning as my wife does not like bright lights when she first goes into the kitchen in the morning. Never regretted my decision to go with Hue even now there are less expensive alternatives.

Exactly this. There are so many useful usecases.

For example: I got their outdoor sensor too and combined it with a front door light. It's dimly lit light between 16:00 and 09:00, but if the sensor detects movement between those times, the brightness goes to full. Super handy if you're walking up to the house, if there is a package, etc.
While the reviews weren't greatly positive, I did also get their cameras and doorbell, but now with homekit support, those comments are being addressed too. Hue is just great because it really lives by Apple's (or what used to be) ethos 'it just works'. After 3 years and many bulbs, sensors etc, I have never had one issue.

 

[alexandr]

No one is going to comment on the square TV? That's too much compression for just the angle it's at.

It's a SpatialAwareTV

 

[wilberforce]

No one is going to comment on the square TV? That's too much compression for just the angle it's at.

Also, the ceiling light has been clearly photoshopped in rather clumsily, along with aspect and perspective correction of the room. However it gets the idea across.

 

[ChrisMac47]

Also, the ceiling light has been clearly photoshopped in rather clumsily, along with aspect and perspective correction of the room. However it gets the idea across.

Let's face it, the whole rendition is pathetic. Why not photograph a real room, with some real people in it?

 

[mattopotamus]

This is one ugly living room.

I didn't really look at the image that close until your comment. What is up with that terrible AI generated portrait mode TV haha.

 

[DribbleCastle]

That's a neat feature if you have a butt load of Hue lights in one room.

 

[wilberforce]

That's a neat feature if you have a butt load of Hue lights in one room.

I have about 40 hue lights, in 5 rooms. I will be interested to try it out. It would be cool if it transitioned between rooms (using the hue zones) but I suspect not

 

[xSushi]

No one is going to comment on the square TV? That's too much compression for just the angle it's at.

I just assumed it's a painting 🤷‍♂️

 

[xSushi]

This is neat! As a renter (probably lifelong in this economy) swapping out hue bulbs into every socket and adding some lamps was simple and life changing for the space. I enjoy using some of the time of day features and it would be interesting to see what the on-board system suggests with the space knowledge in mind.

 

[svish]

Good to know about this. Have a couple of Hue bulbs. Really like them. Only problem is that the new bulbs and accessories are becoming very costly.

 

[mentaluproar]

-looks at images-

so enabling the feature.....just sets the same color and brightness across the entire strip? WLED does that for free! Why are people still buying HUE?

 

[TumbleDryer]

Just want to make people aware that a recent update has literally bricked, as in no power, two of my light strips. Ive spent 3 days trying to get through to Philips support as its inundated with support requests and finally got through. The person I talked to tried to fob me off right from the beginning saying no updates have been released recently despite literally everything in my house receiving them oh and that thing happening at CES.

Anyway, he then backtracked and said oh yes 'those' items have had updates but not the lightstrips. I asked my not the light strips? He couldn't answer. He then said its because my light strip was over 5 years old and out of warranty so I called him on that and said so an LED light only has a shelf life of 5 years? No answer. Also why has my lamp which is 7 years old received an update? No answer.

I then asked why they are currently inundated with support requests as stated by their very own website? He went silent, for minutes. I could hear him but he just wasn't saying anything. I said if you don't respond I'm just going to make some noise about this issue, the lies being spouted and the extremely poor customer service. No response, for more minutes. So here I am.

Twice ive been burned by Philips now. I won't be buying ANYTHING from them again. I bought a monitor from them and it's the crappiest thing I've ever owned monitor wise. EVNIA 34" Ultra Wide. I won't go into details as this thread isn't about the monitor but trust me you'll be disappointed with it.

So I just want to make people aware that there is a major issue (not for everyone but clearly a great many) with this latest update from Philips. I have two light strips and BOTH are completely broken and cannot even be hard reset! Philips so far are denying its anything to do with them. I just want to make people aware but its probably too late if you have auto update active.

SO have £500 of lights that no longer work, won't even power on!. Both dying at the exact same time yet Philips deny its anything to do with them despite pushing out updates for everything and they're inundated with support requests. Go figure.

 

[svanstrom]

Just want to make people aware that a recent update has literally bricked, as in no power, two of my light strips. Ive spent 3 days trying to get through to Philips support as its inundated with support requests and finally got through. The person I talked to tried to fob me off right from the beginning saying no updates have been released recently despite literally everything in my house receiving them oh and that thing happening at CES.

Anyway, he then backtracked and said oh yes 'those' items have had updates but not the lightstrips. I asked my not the light strips? He couldn't answer. He then said its because my light strip was over 5 years old and out of warranty so I called him on that and said so an LED light only has a shelf life of 5 years? No answer. Also why has my lamp which is 7 years old received an update? No answer.

I then asked why they are currently inundated with support requests as stated by their very own website? He went silent, for minutes. I could hear him but he just wasn't saying anything. I said if you don't respond I'm just going to make some noise about this issue, the lies being spouted and the extremely poor customer service. No response, for more minutes. So here I am.

Twice ive been burned by Philips now. I won't be buying ANYTHING from them again. I bought a monitor from them and it's the crappiest thing I've ever owned monitor wise. EVNIA 34" Ultra Wide. I won't go into details as this thread isn't about the monitor but trust me you'll be disappointed with it.

So I just want to make people aware that there is a major issue (not for everyone but clearly a great many) with this latest update from Philips. I have two light strips and BOTH are completely broken and cannot even be hard reset! Philips so far are denying its anything to do with them. I just want to make people aware but its probably too late if you have auto update active.

SO have £500 of lights that no longer work, won't even power on!. Both dying at the exact same time yet Philips deny its anything to do with them despite pushing out updates for everything and they're inundated with support requests. Go figure.

Unfortunately these support nightmares do happen occasionally in tech, and the SOP is for everyone to not be allowed to admit to anything and only follow the usual script.

And the only thing us users can do is make some noice while we wait for them to formulate some form of official response.

Try the usual things like resetting them in different ways, and if nothing works you just have to wait to see how they decide to handle it.

Also, all these support requests might just be because a lot of people got this stuff for Christmas. So this issue might be less widespread than you think.

 

[TumbleDryer]

Try the usual things like resetting them in different ways, and if nothing works you just have to wait to see how they decide to handle it.

They are literally bricked! No power.

UPDATE: Ive now had an electrician open up and test the lights and everything works as in power is getting to where it needs to but the lights just will not come one which suggests the update has done something to the circuit board (broken firmware?) itself as I suspected. And Philips support website still says that they're swamped!