Philips Hue launches a long-awaited light switch module and more

Signify is introducing three new Philips Hue products as we speak: an in-wall Hue module for current mild switches, a brand new outside mild bar, and a refined dimmer.

The Philips Hue Wall Swap Module solves an issue lengthy suffered by Hue sensible mild house owners. Particularly, you put in a so-called “sensible” Hue bulb right into a lamp or ceiling fixture after which marvel at your capacity to regulate it out of your telephone till a roommate flips the wall swap and cuts energy to the bulb, rendering your costly lightbulb ineffective. The brand new Wall Swap Module wires the intelligence proper within the wall to make the swap sensible, not the bulb, bringing dwelling automation full circle to the Z-Wave switches of yore. The Hue Wall Swap Module will value $39.95 / €39.95, or $69.95 / €69.95 for a two-pack when it launches in Europe this March, adopted by North America in the summertime.

Coming quickly: the wall swap module! Make any mild swap sensible by putting in this little gadget behind the wall plate. Your sensible lights keep reachable — and you should utilize the sunshine swap to set your favourite mild scenes.

Europe: spring 2021
North America: summer season 2021 pic.twitter.com/197GqSye4c

— Philips Hue (@tweethue) January 14, 2021

All the main points in regards to the in-wall set up might be discovered at Hueblog if you happen to’re enthusiastic about changing your house’s mild switches with Hue.

Some set up and primary electrical data is required.

Picture: Philips Hue

The Philips Hue Amarant is a $169.99 / €149.99 mild bar that may be put in outside to wash the facet of a home, hedgerow, or fence in multicolored mild. Amarant measures 79.5-cm (31 inches) broad and maxes out at 1,400 lumens. It requires a Hue energy provide unit which might be bought individually. The Philips Hue Amarant is accessible now in Europe however gained’t ship in North America till early March.

*Two Amarants on a single energy provide.*

Lastly, there’s an improve to the magnetic Philips Hue dimmer swap with a removable wall plate that lets your loved ones and friends management Hue lighting with out an app. In contrast to the brand new in-wall module, the dimmer is a fake wall swap that adheres to any wall with tape. A minimum of in Europe, the brand new dimmer reduces the record worth barely from the unique, according to Hueblog, whereas sustaining all the identical performance in a considerably refined kind. It’s accessible beginning on January 26th in Europe for €19.99 earlier than coming to North America on February 23rd for $24.99.