Philips Hue launches a new smart lighting solution for the kitchen

Philips Hue is yet getting into astute under-cabinet room lighting. But arsenic it's Hue, they are doing it successful the astir costly mode possible, and it volition beryllium astatine slightest a twelvemonth earlier it comes to the US. Still, the caller afloat integrated astute lighting solution looks a beauteous saccharine solution if you hanker for full-color lighting to spell with your avocado and toast — with nary plugs oregon wires successful sight.

This week astatine the IFA tech amusement successful Berlin, Philips Hue’s genitor company, Signify, announced a concern with Nobilia, Europe’s largest room manufacturer, that integrates customized Philips Hue astute lights into its room furniture.

To date, Hue has lone offered plug-in airy strips controllable by wireless switches, hardwiring them into your room requires utilizing a third-party solution — truthful this is an breathtaking measurement successful the close direction. There are immoderate options from different companies for this benignant of integrated, color-changing astute lighting — GE Cync precocious released a smart room lighting system that tin beryllium hardwired — but Hue fans person lacked a elemental solution.

The Nobilia concern includes 2 caller Philips Hue lighting options specifically designed for room furnishings — color-capable recessed spotlights for cabinets and linear gradient airy bars for shelving made specifically for the partnership. These link to the Hue Bridge to enactment with your Hue lighting strategy and sync with different lights.

The caller lights are integrated into the Nobilia cabinetry and hardwired into your home’s electrical system, truthful they volition lone enactment for caller kitchens; it’s not a elemental retrofit oregon DIY solution — yet.

Philips Hue’s CTO George Yianni told The Verge that this is simply a archetypal measurement for the company. He says they anticipation to larn from the concern and perchance make much DIY-type products for room lighting successful the future.

While this week's announcement was conscionable for Europe, with the concern scheduled to motorboat aboriginal adjacent year, it could travel stateside astatine immoderate point. The Verge spoke to Nobilia’s Steffen Hagemann astatine the property event, who said Nobilia North America is moving connected bringing the merchandise to the US, but it won’t beryllium earlier 2026.

Speaking of amended room and eating lighting, Signify besides announced that the Philips Hue Ensis pendant airy fixture is present disposable successful the US. The $479.99 hardwired chandelier-style airy comes successful achromatic oregon achromatic and is designed to bent implicit a room oregon eating table. It has 2 individually controllable lights — a downlight and an precocious airy that some connection afloat colour and tunable achromatic light.