Philips Hue customers will quickly be capable of create their very own AI-powered lighting scenes, the corporate introduced on Tuesday.
Philips Hue’s new generative AI lighting assistant lets customers create personalised lighting scenes based mostly now and again, temper, or model. They will achieve this by typing instructions like “Give me a scene for a backyard social gathering” into the Hue app and likewise by utilizing their voice. The assistant will then both advocate scenes from the prevailing Philips Hue gallery or create a brand new one completely. Along with creating scenes, the AI assistant may also be used to regulate the settings of present lights, together with brightness ranges and shade.
The information comes after Hueblog reported that Philips Hue was engaged on a generative AI function in October. In accordance with Hueblog, the “AI Playground” lets customers create lighting scenes based mostly on typed textual content like “Create a scene for a kids’s party,” however there was no point out of voice instructions.
Philips Hue isn’t the primary to supply an AI-powered lighting assistant. Govee’s AI Lighting Bot generates related dynamic lighting results and likewise responds to voice prompts. In the meantime, Nanoleaf’s “Magic Scenes” feature creates related scenes, too, however solely responds to typed quick phrases like “tropical paradise.”
Philips Hue says the AI assistant shall be appropriate with all of its lights. The corporate hasn’t divulged particulars about its actual availability, however acknowledged it’ll begin rolling out within the first quarter of 2025.
The AI-powered lighting assistant isn’t the one piece of stories Philips Hue introduced on Tuesday. The Philips Hue Sync TV app now helps LG TVs, whereas the color-changing Philips Hue Datura ceiling mild is now obtainable within the US beginning at $299.99. The frameless ceiling panel gives a pair of individually controllable lights and customizable shade results.
Philips Hue additionally introduced new sensible dwelling safety features, together with smoke alarm sound detection and the power to stream dwell digital camera feeds to Amazon Alexa and the Google Nest Hub. Customers may now take a look at dwell digital camera views or schedule system settings straight from their gadgets.
