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Welcome to the bright, bold world of smart home lighting.

 

 

The basics

The basics

Smart lighting is an advanced way to light your home. It uses chips inside the lights to communicate with an app. And that's just the beginning.

How it works

How it works

There are lots of different ways to make smart lights smart. Here's how we do it.

Philips Hue get started

Let’s get started

The quickest quick-start guide to getting smart lights set up in your home. 

About Philips Hue

Here’s the short version: we’ve been around since 1891 as part of Philips, and then we spun off to become Signify. And in 2012, we invented smart bulbs (yes, really)! Get to know Philips Hue

Did you know? We’re innovators at heart. We design our entire range of lamps, the features you love and the apps you use.

Philips Hue app

Philips Hue app

Our award-winning app has everything you need to control your lights, set the mood, arm your security system, and more. Let's go! 

Philips Hue Sync desktop app

Philips Hue Sync desktop app

Gamers, this one is for you. Sync the lights around your desktop gaming setup to whatever's on your screen. 

Philips Hue Sync TV app

Philips Hue Sync TV app

It's the sync experience, straight on your TV. Everything you love about Hue Sync — controlled by your remote.  

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What works with Philips Hue?

We've made sure that Philips Hue plays nice with other smart home brands, so that everything that's smart in your home works together. 

What you can do with smart lighting

 

 

Mood lighting

Mood lighting

Outdoor lighting

Outdoor lighting

Wellness lighting

Wellness lighting

Surround lighting

Surround lighting

*When a bulb displays "Up to" a certain number of lumens in its specifications, it displays the maximum lumen output of the bulb. It shows how bright the bulb can get at 2700 K (White bulbs) or 4000 K (White ambiance or White and colour ambiance bulbs). Learn more about brightness