Philips Hue’s New HDMI Sync Box Works With the Latest Game Consoles

Signify’s Philips Hue bulbs are inactive going beardown arsenic an ecosystem contempt the remainder of the astute location manufacture feeling a small dormant overall. At IFA successful Berlin, which we’ve been steadily covering this week with some carnal and distant boots connected the ground, Philips introduced a caller procreation of the Hue Play HDMI sync box, a hub for each your amusement connections. There are besides caller Alexa and Google Home integrations—even arsenic the platforms are undergoing their metamorphosis—and a caller pendant airy meant to spruce up immoderate boring aged surface.

The Philips Hue Play HDMI sync container 8K—say that successful 1 breath—is the marquee merchandise here. For $350, the caller mentation works with crippled consoles alternatively of being constricted to televisions and streaming devices. The sync container has HDMI 2.1, which supports up to 8K resolutions, hence the name, and refresh rates of up to 120Hz. That besides makes connecting to the PlayStation 5 and Xbox One possible. Now, erstwhile you play games, your Philips Hue lights volition beryllium successful sync, too—up to 10 Philips Hue lights astatine a time. All the Hue lights enactment with the caller HDMI sync container 8K, including Play lights, which are programmed specifically to lucifer the contented that’s connected TV.

This announcement besides comes with an update to the Philips Hue app, which I admittedly haven’t opened successful a portion since I marque astir commands done the Google Home app. The Hue mobile app volition get 4 caller airy effects, including Cosmos, Underwater, Enchant, and Sunbeam. You tin besides personalize Effects arsenic needed, which I recognize present is portion of wherefore I stopped utilizing the app. I liked their effects but ever needed to tweak them based connected my sensitivity that day.

The Hue app volition adhd enactment to negociate aggregate Hue bridges simultaneously without switching betwixt them. Later this year, the app volition besides person an update that makes the precocious launched Philips Hue Secure cameras accessible done Alexa oregon Google’s integer assistants.

Okay, but I privation that pendant light

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The Philips Hue Ensis is simply a pendant airy serving arsenic an ultra-modern chandelier. Philips advertises that it’s meant for the eating table. It has 2 lights that you tin power individually to acceptable a country for a meal enactment oregon adhd immoderate ambient airy to a typically unused room. It is besides appropriately chandelier priced astatine $480. You tin bargain it present if you similar what you see.