Philips Hue Play Screen Sync - The Color Current

Philips Hue · $$

Television light should follow the picture without becoming another box to manage. Philips Hue Play screen sync uses a fisheye lens to read the TV edge to edge, then sends real-time color through the Hue app. It works with native TV apps and broadcast TV, a useful distinction when the source changes. Bluetooth and Zigbee are the recorded protocols. Without a Hue Bridge, Bluetooth can sync one compatible strip, while the product page lists Matter, Apple Home, Alexa, Google Home, IFTTT, Samsung SmartThings, and Sonos compatibility. The body measures 7-1/8 by 5-1/2 by 2-11/16 inches, with a 2,000 mm cable and 1.5 W power rating. Philips Hue defines a minimum 60-month support period. The lens reads the screen edge to edge, then the room receives the color it has been given. Bring order home. Keep only what is worthy.

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Why it is god-tier

• A fisheye lens captures the TV screen edge to edge for real-time color syncing in the Hue app.
• Native TV apps and broadcast TV work with the listed Bluetooth and Zigbee protocols.
• Bluetooth can sync one compatible strip without a Hue Bridge. The page also lists Matter, Apple Home, Alexa, Google Home, IFTTT, SmartThings, and Sonos.