GoKawiilPhilips Hue launches camera-based Screen Sync for ambient TV lighting
Philips Hue has released the Play Screen Sync camera, a $119.99 device that mounts above a TV and uses a fisheye lens to read whatever is on screen—including native smart TV apps and live broadcasts—then adjusts connected Hue lights to match. Alongside it, the company introduced a slimmer $149.99 Play HDMI Sync Box 4K with a single HDMI input and output, supporting 4K at 60fps.
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Previous Hue sync boxes only worked with HDMI-fed content, leaving out streaming apps built directly into smart TVs; the camera-based approach removes that limitation by watching the screen itself. The tradeoff is that anyone wanting multiple HDMI inputs now must jump straight to the far pricier 8K Sync Box, since the new 4K model only offers one input.
- Hue Play Screen Sync camera syncs lights with any on-screen content, not just HDMI sources, for $119.99.
- New Hue Play HDMI Sync Box 4K offers a single HDMI in/out and 4K/60fps support for $149.99.
- Multi-input HDMI syncing now requires the much pricier 8K Sync Box, since the new 4K unit has only one input.
Philips Hue Play Gradient Lightstrip for TV — If you're eyeing the new Hue Play Screen Sync camera, you'll need lights worth syncing fand the Play Gradient Lightstrip mounts behind your TV to cast multiple colors at once across the wall. It pairs with Hue's sync tools for immersive movie and gaming ambiance right out of the box.
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