Philips Hue Line Gains New Wall Washer Light

[MacRumors]

Signify today updated its popular Philips Hue lighting lineup with the Philips Hue Play Wall Washer, a new light that's meant to provide background lighting for a TV or other entertainment space.

The Hue Play Wall Washer is meant to provide an immersive lighting experience with wide-angle real-time effects that are ideal for movies, TV shows, gaming, and more. The device uses ColorCast projection technology for gradient lighting that covers an entire wall, and the compact aluminum design of the light itself is unobtrusive and modern.

While the Hue Play Wall Washer can be used on its own, it also pairs well with the rest of the Philips Hue ecosystem. It is able to be used with all Philips Hue lights, the Hue HDMI Sync Box, and the TV and PC Sync apps. Like all Hue products, it is HomeKit-compatible and can be controlled with the Home app and Siri voice commands.

Signify says that the light uses a dynamic entertainment algorithm to enhance realism and spatial immersion. The projection area can be shifted by moving the light closer to or further from the wall, and there are controls for adjusting intensity, speed, brightness, and positioning. Each light is 1035 lumens.

The Philips Hue Play Wall Washer is priced at $220 for a single light and $385 for two, with the two-pack featuring one power supply that powers both. The Wall Washer can be purchased from the Hue website in either white or black.

The Philips Hue line will also soon gain a generative AI assistant that is able to understand context to create lighting scenes based on moods, styles, and occasions. Signify plans to roll out the AI options in the U.S. and Canada by the end of August. Later in the year, the AI features will include creating schedules and automations.

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[LuissCM]

Let's go Govee, do your thing! 📸📠

 

[MallardDuck]

and still no updated bridge that can handle more lights.

and still no easy way to migrate lights from one bridge to another.

and still no way to backup and restore a bridge.

How on earth can Hue not address those basic problems.

 

[MareLuce]

I love Philips Hue products. ex: In kitchen, had above cabinet, below cabinet, and toe kick area lights installed with Hue strip lights. Can create fun light recipes at each holiday and "Relax" setting (a warm glow) in between.

huge value and cost improvement vs halogen or xenon old way of doing it

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[kiranmk2]

How much!? I thought these were supposed to be the Hue Play light bar replacements and they £100 for 2!

 

[jarman92]

The prices on these things are insane. Philips' profit margins must put Apple's to shame.

 

[aorr]

I’ve been so disappointed with my Phillips Hie lights system. It causes nothing but issues for me. I’ve had to re-add the lights in my house four or five times to the bridge and HomeKit. It’s pretty much a disaster and for the price they cost you’d expect them to work much better.

 

[T'hain Esh Kelch]

Man these look great, I will definitely get several of these.

 

[boswald]

I absolutely love black and purple so I’d definitely go for this.

 

[macduke]

What I don't understand is how it washes behind the TV with the way it's positioned towards the front of the media console, and without spilling light onto the TV itself? Makes no sense.

 

[ApAx]

Does the soap come in a variety of scents?

 

[epox999]

If there's one thing i've always wanted in a dark home theater room, is more bright light pollution.... these are so strange, what's the point?

 

[McScooby]

Love the lights, hate the fact the bridge pings China 300 times a day

 

[rchornef]

I have had Hue lights since the first HomePods came out and thought dimming, changing colors, and on/off functionality was perfect for Siri voice commands. Never had any issues (ever/at all) with the Hue app working 100% reliably if there was local Wi-Fi. Then I discovered that HomePods must connect through the internet for this local network functionality - what could be more bizarre - and then observed that Siri commands often failed to execute commands on random lights. The other unbelievable thing is that it this failure rate has only gotten WORSE over the years and through the second generation of HomePods.

So when an article says Hue lights “can be controlled with. . . Siri voice commands” that is technically true, but it is also true that my simple mind is at a total loss to understand how it can be so unreliable in my experience. Unless it is a simple issue of incompetence in engineering.

 

[Boeingfan]

How does it know what colours to produce? The manual makes no mention of any connections to a TV.

 

[swrobel]

If there's one thing i've always wanted in a dark home theater room, is more bright light pollution.... these are so strange, what's the point?

Bias lighting relieves eye strain viewing bright screens in dark rooms

 

[Boeingfan]

Ah, cheers.

That's deceptively unclear in the manual, in fact it makes no mention of any other hardware requirements in the washer manual.

 

[victorvictoria]

Hey, if you have the money to burn, why not?
And while you're at it, could you send me $200? I have venmo.

 

[rickdollar]

I’ve been so disappointed with my Phillips Hie lights system. It causes nothing but issues for me. I’ve had to re-add the lights in my house four or five times to the bridge and HomeKit. It’s pretty much a disaster and for the price they cost you’d expect them to work much better.

I don’t know if this will help you, but the Home app’s compatibility with Hue turned to trash a year or two ago (for me, anyway). They worked great together for about 7 years. I broke down and begrudgingly bought an Amazon echo dot. After the first setup, everything has worked flawlessly; all my scenes and voices commands. Give the echo dot a shot. You can always return it. But, I think it may solve your issues.

 

[DunedinD]

How does it know what colours to produce? The manual makes no mention of any connections to a TV.

Reads like it doesn’t, because the product page says it also requires the HDMI accessory that’s already available. That’s a hefty price on its own. I’m taking that to mean this is more of a dumb ‘smart’ light on its own, but being touted a little based on broader Hue family capabilities.

 

[BlankStar]

Something to add to the Black Friday shopping list because the normal price is ridiculous.

 

[lofin]

Hue prices are outta control.

 

[MedRed]

I need Phillips to offer Hue RGBW outdoor string lights, Hue Fluorescent replacement LED tubes, Hue Pre-lit Christmas tree options. and HomeKit compatible plant grow lights.

 

[svish]

Love these light but the prices on them are way too high. In general all Hue lights from Philips are very costly.

 

[irock101]

So you need the HDMI sync box for $350 in order to have the lamps work like in the advertised video?