Explore the updates we’ve made to the Hue Sync desktop and mobile apps to make your entertainment experience even better. We update our apps regularly to improve performance and functionality. Every time we release Hue Sync app updates, we share them here so you can keep track of what’s new.
Hue Sync apps
September 9, 2024
Philips Hue Sync TV app 1.4.46
- Fixed an issue with controlling the Hue Sync TV app with the Smart Things app.
- Fixed an issue with the app freezing when you open it.
- Fixed an issue where there were multiple loading wheels on the screen when opening the app.
August 7, 2024
Philips Hue Sync TV app 1.4.42
- Various bug fixes and stability improvements.
July 25, 2024
Philips Hue Sync TV app 1.12.0.65
- Various bug fixes and stability improvements.
June 11, 2024
Philips Hue Sync TV app 1.4.37
- Various bug fixes and stability improvements.
May 8, 2024
Philips Hue Sync PC desktop app 1.12
- You can now control the Sync PC app with your Corsair Stream Deck.
- You can now use the Sync PC app to sync your lights with Corsair RGB devices.
- Various bug fixes and stability improvements
April 9, 2024
Philips Hue Sync TV app 1.4.23
- Monthly subscriptions are now available.
- You can now use the SmartThings app to control the app or create automations.
- The Philips Hue Sync TV app is now available in Czech Republic, Hong Kong, Slovakia, and Poland.
- Various bug fixes and stability improvements
November 15, 2023
Philips Hue PC desktop app 1.11.2
- Various bug fixes and stability improvements
October 17, 2023
Philips Hue Sync TV app 1.3.6
- Auto-start is now enabled by default. You can change this in Settings.
- The Philips Hue Sync TV app is now available in Mexico and Chile!
- Various bug fixes and stability improvements
October 10, 2023
Philips Hue Sync desktop app 1.11.1
Various bug fixes and stability improvements
August 16, 2023
Philips Hue Sync desktop app 1.11
- The Philips Hue Sync desktop app now supports macOS version 11 (Big Sur) and higher and Windows 10 and higher
- You can now choose what you want to happen when you close the app: close it completely or simply minimize it.
- You can now assign an Entertainment area to specific games. The app will switch to it automatically when you begin playing that game.
- General stability improvements and bug fixes.
August 3, 2023
Philips Hue Sync TV app 1.2.11
- The Philips Hue Sync TV app is now available in the United Arab Emirates!
- Various bug fixes and general improvements
May 9, 2023
Philips Hue Sync TV app 1.2.3
- Fixed an issue on 2023 TVs that showed two apps after downloading
- Improved the design of the Automatic syncing setting
April 27, 2023
Philips Hue Sync desktop app 1.10.2.43
- Fixed an issue in which the Hue Sync desktop app would crash when Razer is deactivated and computer enters sleep mode.
April 14, 2023
Philips Hue Sync desktop app 1.10.1
- Fixed syncing issues with MacOS 12.3+
- Fixed issues when syncing with multiple screens
- General stability improvements and bug fixes
February 28, 2023
Philips Hue Sync TV app 1.1
- Fixed an issue where Music areas were changed into TV areas
- Added a back button when restoring the app
- Added an explanation of the Automatic sync feature in Settings
- Various other bug fixes and general improvements
February 15, 2023
Philips Hue Sync desktop app 1.10
- You can now rename game titles in Settings > Game preferences
- Improved the app’s installation process by removing the custom installation path
- Fixed an issue where the app could crash while opening on macOS 10.14
- Fixed some audio-related issues, including AirPlay speaker incompatibility
- Various other bug fixes and stability improvements
November 28, 2022
Philips Hue Sync desktop app 1.9
- Gradient lights can now show multiple colors when you set a scene from Scenes
- Fixed an issue where lights stayed on when the computer shut down
- Fixed an issue where the app would crash when adding a new light
- Improved some visual and UI elements
- Made other general stability improvements and bug fixes
September 1, 2022
Philips Hue Sync desktop app 1.8.2
- Improved security of the MacOS application by removing an unused entitlement
- Fixed an issue with the Razer integration
- Improved the detection of DRM content, which now warns you that syncing might not work with protected content
- Other stability improvements and bug fixes
July 13, 2022
Philips Hue Sync desktop app 1.8.1
- General stability improvements and bug fixes
Philips Hue Sync desktop app 1.8
- Added support for native Apple Silicon
- Updated the app’s graphics
- General stability improvements and bug fixes
- You can now sync your lights with multiple displays
- Set and control any dynamic scene created in the Philips Hue app: export the Entertainment area as a Zone in the Hue Sync desktop app in Settings > Entertainment area.
- General stability improvements and bug fixes
March 31, 2021
Philips Hue Sync desktop app 1.6
- You can now export your Entertainment area from the Hue Sync desktop app as a Zone in the Hue app! Control your Entertainment area as you would any other Zone: turn lights on and off, set light scenes, and more.
- Added support for Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, and Finnish languages.
General stability improvements and bug fixes.
October 19, 2020
Philips Hue Sync desktop app 1.5
- Added support for the Hue Play gradient lightstrip
- Reworked communication with the Hue Bridge, making the app more responsive in reflecting changes made by other apps
- Added the option to automatically turn the lights on or off when the Hue Sync app opens or closes
- Your current app will now remember display location between sessions
May 29, 2020
Philips Hue Sync desktop app 1.4
- Added support to capture audio via microphone
- Added option to select other audio devices other than the default one
- Added support for audio capture from target application on Mac
- Option to tweak number of light channels in the music algorithm
- Russian language support
- Improvement on the keyboard shortcuts
- Added an option to disable fullscreen optimization for a specific game if sync issues are encountered
- General stability improvements and bug fixes
February 6, 2020
Philips Hue Sync desktop app1.3.4.3
- We regularly update your Hue Sync Desktop app to improve the performance and reliability of the system.
August 9, 2019
Philips Hue Sync desktop app 1.3
- Improved overall experience based on height of the lights (setup done in Philips Hue main app)
- Added support for light state after streaming (configured in the Philips Hue main app) ß available from October onwards.
- Added function to adjust the brightness of the lights past 100% limit in Hue Sync app
- Added possibility to manual customize the scaling
- HDR support added
- Razer Chromalink support added
- Updated the MAC installer
December 14, 2018
Philips Hue Sync desktop app 1.2
- Added feature to automatically start light sync when certain games launch
- From 1.2 onwards, feedback can be given in section under “Settings” or via the automatic pop-up after a sync session.
- Under “Settings” previously received notifications can be found. Also, there is an opt-in and opt-out function for two types of notification.
- Video and audio algorithm improvements.
- Fixed several UI and stability related issues.
October 05, 2018
Philips Hue Sync desktop app 1.1
- Added new entertainment scenes under the “Scenes” Tab
- Added configurable delay under settings
- Implemented option to automatic start light sync when Hue Sync is opened
- Improved the light effects when watching darker content
- Improved the music algorithm and updated the color pallets under “Audio”
- Small design and performance improvements
- Fixed audio output device issues for Mac
- Fixed several bugs related to crashes
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