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PRakhar Khanna/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways Philips Hue announced a bunch of new products at its IFA 2025 event. From the affordable Essentials range to new smart light strips, there were a lot of cool products, but I was most intrigued by the new Bridge Pro and its ability to add …

This is definitely not your grandparents’ light bulb. A day after its new products were leaked on Amazon, Philips Hue made it official at the consumer tech expo Innovation for All (IFA) on Thursday by unveiling a new smart home lineup that includes motion-sensing lightbulbs, a doorbell with a higher-resolution 2K fisheye camera and a bunch of new light strips. The …

Philips Hue is launching a huge new product catalog at IFA 2025 this week, with the company’s new Bridge Pro unlocking more device support and features, while the new Philips Hue Essential series offers far more affordable light bulbs. If there’s been one big complaint about Philips Hue over the years, it’s been the cost. Building out a Hue setup …

Hue is best known for its smart lights, but recently the company ventured into home security with its Secure lineup of cameras. Now, parent Signify is releasing its first video doorbell, the Hue Secure, with several unique features it hopes will make it stand out against formidable competition from Nest and Amazon’s Ring. To start with, the Hue doorbell comes …

The standard Hue bulbs are also getting an upgrade. The new models can dim to as low as 0.2 percent (compared to 2 percent for the Essential bulbs), and Philips claims they can produce the full range of visible color temperatures (from 1,000 to 20,000 K, compared to the 2,200 to 6,500 K range of the Essential bulbs). The next-most-important …

Hue just did its biggest product launch ever as part of IFA 2025 and a key product is the new entry-level Essential smart bulb lineup. Though still not as cheap as some products you can find on Amazon, it’s designed to take on budget rivals like Govee and Aqara with bulbs starting under $20. The new range includes A19 bulbs, …

We’ve known for some time that there was major news on the way from Philips Hue, and the company has now announced all of the details. One of the headline features is a new Bridge Pro which turns your existing smart bulbs into motion sensors. Bulbs also get more affordable, light strips get brighter, and there’s support for Matter-over-Thread. Finally, …

While the consumer tech expo Innovation for All (IFA) hasn’t quite started, an early release on Amazon’s UK site has apparently unveiled a number of new Philips Hue products that look ripe for announcement in the coming days.  Notably, the leak revealed a new Philips Hue Doorbell, sporting two-way audio, package detection and plenty of integration with Philips Hue smart …

The Philips Hue store on Amazon’s UK site is hosting a number of new products that have yet to be announced as the big IFA 2025 show gets under way in Berlin, Germany. We’re seeing that rumored Hue Doorbell, a new Hue Bridge Pro (in black), a new Essential lighting sub-brand, and something called MotionAware that turns “light devices into …