The newest version comes with three white-light bulbs and a wall-mountable smart button that you can program to control them for $99. You can buy that Hue Bridge on its own, but the best way to get it is to buy a starter kit that packages it with a couple of bulbs - and the best value among those starter kits is the Philips Hue White starter kit.
The newest Hue bulbs can use Bluetooth to pair directly with your phone without need for a Hue Bridge, but you'll miss out on most all of Hue's advanced features and integrations. The most important thing to know if you've decided to invest in Philips Hue's ecosystem is that you'll need the Hue Bridge plugged into your router in order to take full control of your lights (it's the square-shaped hub in the middle there). Read more: The best LED light bulb for every room in your house in 2020 And please note that I've included links to Amazon where appropriate, as well as a few of our top picks here at, well, the top - CNET may get a share of revenue from purchases made through those links. Well, we're here to help, with everything you need to know about Philips Hue in one place: What it is, how it works, how to put it to use in your home, which bulbs to buy first - and yep, which ones are overpriced duds, too. Read more: Philips Hue's new Bluetooth bulbs don't need the Hue Bridge at all You want to know more about the platform before you buy in - especially because a lot of these lights don't come cheap.
If you barely understand what any of that last sentence means, don't worry: Philips Hue is a great pick for smart lighting newbies, too. It doesn't matter if you're an Alexa user, an Apple HomeKit fan, an IFTTT nerd, a Razer gamer, a Google Home devotee, a Logitech Harmony connoisseur, a Nest aficionado or about a bajillion other examples I could list - Philips Hue's lights work with all of it.
Thinking about smartening up the lights in your home? Philips Hue is one of the first names you should consider.Īmong all of today's smart lighting platforms, Hue is the most well-established, the most well-developed and the most well-connected
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