That said, you will need a Hue bridge for the syncing trick to work (i.e., a Bluetooth connection won’t cut it). Because the music syncing occurs in the cloud, no microphone is required, and it doesn’t matter what device your music is playing on.īoth free and paying Spotify users will be able to sync their Hue lights with Spotify tunes, according to Philips Hue reps. To sync your Spotify music with your Hue lights (the bulbs must be “color-capable”), you’ll need to link your Spotify and Philips Hue accounts.

While Hue bulbs could already strobe and pulse with music with help from various third-party apps and a microphone, Hue’s new Spotify integration uses timestamped metadata on each track to “anticipate” the beats, as well as an algorithm that creates a “light script” based on the song’s mood, genre, and tempo. Philips Hue lights can sync with Spotifyįirst up: Color-capable Hue bulbs can now sync up with your Spotify tunes using a new, in-app integration.

Wish your Philips Hue lights could pulse along with your favorite Spotify playlists? Now they can, courtesy of a just-announced integration between Signify’s smart lighting brand and the streaming music giant.īesides showing off the new Spotify features during a virtual IFA presentation this week, Philips Hue also unveiled its long-awaited dynamic lighting scenes, as well as a trio of gradient smart lamps, additional brightness options for its white dimmable and tunable “ambiance” bulbs, new filament and ceiling lights, and 120Hz support for the Hue Play HDMI Sync Box.

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