Philips Hue is rolling out a smart new feature that makes its lighting scenes look far more natural, and a lot less random.
Called Hue SpatialAware, the update lets the Hue app adjust lighting scenes based on where each light actually sits in your room, rather than treating every bulb the same.
Until now, Hue scenes worked more like a colour roulette. Pick a scene, and its colours would be spread across your lights without much regard for placement. That could leave rooms looking a bit chaotic, especially if you had a mix of lamps, ceiling lights, and accent lighting.
SpatialAware changes that by adding a sense of context. Using your phone’s camera, you can scan your room and map out the position of each light.
Once that’s done, the Hue app intelligently applies colours within a scene so they better match the layout of your space. Lights on one side of the room might glow warmer and brighter, while others fade into darker tones, think sunset lighting that actually feels directional, rather than scattered.
Hue says the feature works best with nature-inspired scenes, where gradients and light intensity really matter. At launch, SpatialAware supports around half of the remastered scenes in the Hue scene gallery, with more expected to follow.
There are a couple of requirements to keep in mind. SpatialAware needs the Philips Hue Bridge Pro, which launched last September, and the feature is rolling out early this year.
It’s not the only upgrade arriving in the Hue app, either. If you’ve been juggling multiple Hue Bridges, you can now finally move everything onto a single Bridge Pro, which supports over 150 lights and 50 accessories. As long as you stay within those limits, you can transfer lights from as many existing Bridges as you like.
Philips Hue’s AI assistant is also getting smarter. You can now create more nuanced automations using natural language — for example, asking the system to wake you up at the same time every day except Mondays. While the assistant is currently English-only, support for Dutch, German, and Spanish is coming soon.
There’s also good news for Apple users. Hue Secure cameras, doorbells, and contact sensors are about to gain deeper Apple Home integration, including picture-in-picture live views on Apple TV and real-time alerts in the Apple Home app.
Altogether, SpatialAware feels like a meaningful step forward, not flashy, but genuinely useful, especially for anyone who’s spent time fine-tuning their lighting only to have scenes undo all that careful placement.
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