- The Philips Hue Sync app is now accessible for LG TVs
- The app allows you to sync sensible lights along with your TV with out an HDMI Sync Field
- It really works with HDMI units plus native apps like Netflix and Disney+
The Philips Hue Sync app is now accessible for LG TVs, letting you sync your sensible lights with films, video games, and TV reveals in your display, with out the necessity for a Philips Hue Play HDMI Sync Field. Your Hue lights will react immediately to no matter’s at the moment on display, whether or not it is from an exterior supply like a video games console, or a local sensible TV app like Netflix and Disney+.
Signify, the corporate behind Philips Hue, introduced that the app could be arriving on LG TVs at CES 2025 in January, however did not give an actual date for its arrival, solely saying that it will be accessible early this 12 months, however now it is formally right here.
At CES, Signify defined that the app would work with all LG TVs utilizing webOS 24 or later, which incorporates lots of the finest TVs you should buy right this moment. When you’re undecided whether or not yours is appropriate, you possibly can seek for your mannequin on LG’s web site to see which apps it helps.
To make use of the Philips Hue Sync app, you will want no less than one color-compatible Philips Hue gentle (the Philips Hue Play Gradient Strip and Philips Hue Play Mild Bars work notably properly), plus a Philips Hue Bridge, which creates a mesh community that connects your Hue units to one another, and to your private home Wi-Fi community. You’ll be able to then obtain the Philips Hue Sync app by way of the LG Content material Retailer in your TV.
Hue Sync options
If you do not have a TV appropriate with Hue Sync, you possibly can nonetheless synchronize your sensible lights along with your display utilizing a Philips Hue Play HDMI Sync Field. It is easy to arrange, and works with any type of HDMI enter, together with Blu-ray gamers, set-top bins, and video games consoles. Nonetheless, not like the Hue Sync app, the Sync Field will not work with native apps in your sensible TV.
It does not come low-cost, both. Final 12 months Signify launched a model of the Sync Field that helps 8K TVs and HDMI 2.1, making it ideally suited for gaming, however with a price ticket of $349.99 / £299.99 / AU$699.95, it is a large funding.
If that is outdoors your funds, check out our information to the most effective Ambilight options, which purpose to create the same impact by utilizing a digicam to seize what’s in your TV display, then mirroring the colours utilizing an LED gentle strip mounted behind your TV. These techniques aren’t good (they’ve some latency and may be affected by reflections on the display) however are often rather more reasonably priced.