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I’ve written many times about my love ofHue lights: they aren’t the cheapest smart bulbs but I reckon the Hue system is thebest smart lightingsystem in terms of usability, expandability and general awesomeness.
My most recent addition is aHue Play sync boxso that my lights can synchronise with mySamsungTV – and it looks like otherSamsung TVsare getting something very similar later this year, no sync box required.
According toSamMobile, Samsung is planning to release an important SmartThings update to coincide with the launch of theSamsung Galaxy Z Fold 4andGalaxy Z Flip 4foldable phonesthis summer. The update will add multi-window support and window resizing on the app, and it’ll support Hue Sync too.
(Update, 11 July: Samsung have been in touch to clarify this story: the Hue Sync is for music, not video or gaming.)
Why Hue Sync is a brilliant upgrade
My Hue sync setup is hardware-based: all the HDMIs from the likes of myXbox Series XandPS5go into a Hue Play box, which then sends the appropriate data to my Hue lights. So when part of the screen goes orange, the lights near it do the same; when a different part is blue, the lights over there are blue. It can be done in a really subtle way to add ambience, or it can be massively over the top for arcade gaming. Either way it’s a hoot.
If the Samsung SmartThings update is going to add Hue Sync via software, which seems to be the case, then I suspect it’ll work rather like theHue Spotify Syncdoes: it connects to the Spotify app and matches the lights to the music. Initial reports suggested that syncing would be for any on-screen content but Samsung has clarified that it’s for music only.
If you haven’t already experienced Hue Spotify synchronisation this new update could make the best Samsung TVs even more fun in Hue-equipped homes. The update is expected to arrive in August 2022.
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