Home LivingWellnessSleepPhilips Hue users just got the cool free sleep feature they’ve been waiting forWe can’t believe it took this long, to be honestWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
Home LivingWellnessSleepPhilips Hue users just got the cool free sleep feature they’ve been waiting forWe can’t believe it took this long, to be honestWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
We can’t believe it took this long, to be honest
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(Image credit: Philips)
(Image credit: Philips)
Philips, the brand synonymous with today’sbest smart bulbs, has announced a range of updates to its enormously popular Hue line. There are a few product reveals and a few feature upgrades, but one that caught our eye is the new sunrise automation.
It seems like a no-brainer that Hue would offer this, given people are out there buying separate products dedicated to this exact thing. In fact, Philips actually makes some of today’sbest wakeup lightsitself. There are still some benefits to going for a dedicated option – most sunrise lamps offer accompanying sounds, which obviously isn’t an option with a smart bulb. We’re also still waiting on a sunset feature that reverses the sunrise sequence to help you wind down in the evening, although there’s no reason why Hue couldn’t add this in the future.
Existing Hue users can access the automation for free via thePhilips Hueapp – look under the Wake up Automations Tab on Hue Bridge, or the Routines Tab if you use Bluetooth. It won’t replace Hue’s existing wake-up automation either; that’s been renamed Fade to Bright.
(Image credit: Philips)
(Image credit: Philips)
You can use the new automation with your existing smart bulb, provided it’s a colour one, of course (get a rundown of the different options there in ourPhilips Hue review and guide). However, it has been “optimised for use with gradient lamps”, which is Philips' subtle way of telling you it’ll work way better if you have one of these. While a single bulb will just cycle through the different sunset colours, on a gradient lamp, the light will slowly move upwards along the length of the strip, for an altogether more accurate and magical sunset glow.
For maximum effect, Philips is hoping you’ll shell out for one of its new oak-finish Signe gradient lamps, which look like if someone was designing a lamp but got called to a family emergency halfway through. Whether or not you personally like the ‘minimalist cat tree’ aesthetic (available in both table lamp and floor lamp versions), based on Philips' renderings, they do a great job of fading into the background to let the sunset effects take centre stage.
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