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Philips Hue has introduced a caller package characteristic called SpatialAware astatine CES 2026 designed to guarantee that each nan lights successful a abstraction are successful harmony pinch each other. Available exclusively for nan Hue Bridge Pro, it takes into relationship each ray constituent successful a room and tailors nan colors to guarantee a earthy representation. "In a sunset scene, for example, nan lights connected 1 broadside of nan room emit lukewarm yellowish tones to mimic nan mounting sun, while nan ceiling lights connected nan other broadside bespeak darker shades," nan institution wrote connected its blog. The caller characteristic is group to motorboat successful nan outpouring of 2026.
To usage nan feature, you scan a room pinch your smartphone camera and usage augmented reality to find nan positions of individual lights. A smart algorithm past ensures each ray constituent is coordinated. Any lamps added aft setup will beryllium taken into account. Then, you usage SpatialAware to prime a segment for illustration "Lake Mist" and activate nan mode.
Philips Hue room without SpatialAware (Philips Hue)
In nan illustration astatine top, nan institution shows really each nan lights successful a room are "no linger mixed together successful a colorful jumble [above] but are perfectly coordinated. The aforesaid applies, for example, to nan gradient colour transitions of corresponding products, wherever SpatialAware moreover takes nan predisposition into account."
Philips Hue besides introduced a fewer different features. To commencement with, nan institution is adding support for migrating aggregate Hue Bridges to a azygous Bridge Pro during nan setup process. In addition, nan Hue Secure Camera, Hue Secure video doorbell and Hue interaction sensors will soon activity pinch Apple Home. Users will besides spot unrecorded video pinch picture-in-picture mode connected Apple TV and get real-time alerts connected nan Apple Home app.
The Hue AI adjunct has been updated truthful you tin now creation automations based connected earthy connection requests — for instance, "wake maine up astatine 6:45 AM each time isolated from connected Wednesdays." New AI adjunct languages person been added (Dutch, German and Spanish) and nan Hue app will commencement showing automations wrong nan rooms and zones they're group to control, truthful you won't request to jump astir successful nan app arsenic much. All those caller features are group to get successful Q1 2026.
