Philips Hue Sync Overview
What is Philips Hue Sync? The Hue Sync mobile app and the Philips Hue Play HDMI Sync Box allow you to sync your smart lights with your TV screen for surround lighting. You can customize your entertainment experience by controlling the brightness and speed of the light effects, choosing your sync mode, and adding up to 10 lights. The sync box has four HDMI inputs, supports high-quality video formats, and requires the Hue Bridge V2.
Features
- Syncs your on-screen TV content to your Philips Hue smart lights for a fast, seamless display of colorful light that responds to and reflects what you watch or listen to
- Expands your home theater to include your smart lights, which respond to the content on your TV screen
- Easy to install, set up, and use with a simple setup that allows you to easily connect to your Hue Bridge and use your sync box with any TV and HDMI device
- Control your entertainment experience and sync box any way you want: with the app, on-product control button, any infrared TV remote, or your voice via Amazon Alexa, Siri, and the Google Assistant
- Personalize your experience with in-app controls and settings to make your entertainment experience your own
- Choose between video, game, and audio modes with the touch of a button and tailor your entertainment experience even more by choosing light settings in each mode
- Power on automatically with the Hue Sync mobile app to set your sync box to come on automatically when it detects that your connected HDMI device powers on
- Add up to 10 color-capable Philips Hue lights to an Entertainment area in the original Hue app to sync with the content on your TV screen
- Connect up to 4 HDMI devices, such as gaming consoles and streaming devices, to your Hue smart lighting setup
- Supports high-quality video formats, including 4K, Dolby Vision, and HDR10+
- Requires the Hue Bridge V2 to act as the middleman between your lights, the Hue Sync mobile app, and the sync box
- Provides an immersive entertainment experience for watching movies and playing video games with surround lighting.
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Product Details and Description of
Use the Hue Sync mobile app and the Philips Hue Play HDMI Sync Box to get lights that dance, flash, dim, and brighten with the content on your TV screen. Sync your on-screen TV content to your Philips Hue smart lights for a fast, seamless display of colorful light that responds to and reflects what you watch or listen to. SYNC PHILIPS HUE LIGHTS WITH YOUR HOME THEATER You’ve heard of surround sound, but have you heard of surround lighting? Expand your home theater to include your smart lights, which respond to the content on your TV screen. EASY TO INSTALL, SET UP, AND USE A simple setup allows you to easily connect to your Hue Bridge and use your sync box with any TV and HDMI device. Control your entertainment experience and sync box any way you want: with the app, on-product control button, any infrared TV remote, or your voice via Amazon Alexa, Siri, and the Google Assistant. PERSONALIZE YOUR EXPERIENCE Use in-app controls and settings to make your entertainment experience your own. Customize sync settings by controlling the brightness and speed of the light effects. CHOOSE YOUR SYNC MODE Switch between video, game, and audio modes with the touch of a button. Choose light settings in each mode to tailor your entertainment experience even more. POWER ON AUTOMATICALLY Use the Hue Sync mobile app to set your sync box to come on automatically — or even switch input modes — when it detects that your connected HDMI device powers on. ADD UP TO 10 LIGHTS Create an Entertainment area in the original Hue app to sync up to 10 color-capable Philips Hue lights with the content on your TV screen. CONNECT UP TO 4 HDMI DEVICES The Philips Hue Play HDMI Sync Box has four HDMI inputs, allowing you to connect multiple media devices, such as gaming consoles and streaming devices, to your Hue smart lighting setup. SUPPORTS HIGH-QUALITY VIDEO FORMATS The Philips Hue Play HDMI Sync Box is compatible with 4K, Dolby Vision, and HDR10+, letting you enjoy the highest quality picture you can get at home — all while your Philips Hue smart lights sync to give you surround lighting. HUE BRIDGE REQUIRED The Philips Hue Bridge acts as the middleman between your lights, the Hue Sync mobile app, and the sync box, allowing you to sync your smart lights with your TV screen for surround lighting. The sync box requires the Hue Bridge V2. GET AN IMMERSIVE ENTERTAINMENT EXPERIENCE Watch movies and play video games like never before with the Hue Sync mobile app and the Philips Hue Play HDMI Sync Box. Learn more about the sync box at www.philips-hue.com/syncbox.
Top Reviews
By kangamini
Easy Setup, Works Great
I was hesitant to make this purchase after reading reviews on the App Store and on retailers websites for the Play HDMI Sync Box. But I still bought it, and it was super easy to set up, works as advertised, and I honestly don’t know what the fuss is about. If you’re on the fence, just buy it and try setting it up - chances are it will work as designed and you’ll love it. My setup: Apple TV, surround receiver, 1080p TV. I put the Sync box between the Apple TV and the receiver, set up the entertainment zone, adjusted the lights and pushed the sync button. Ever thing just worked. Yes, it had to update, but so did the smart plugs and smart outlets I got as Christmas presents. If you use Apple products you know they update them frequently, so I don’t know why people complain about that. ✌️
By BrandonGreal
Fantastic sync action with anything playing through that screen
I seen a couple of videos on the hue bulbs on you tube and decided to give hue a try. I end up getting the hue light bar starter pack for my 65’ curved tv though it did not give it enough light due to the size, I was really surprised on the way they responded with the images on display, so I decided to buy the light strip plus for the top part of the tv and the results were amazing! I paid About $500 for all this which is a bit steep but they’ll deliver a amazing light show for your tv.
By Uhfjdijenssk
Connectivity issues
My first unit was defective but the replacement keeps loosing connection to the bridge. Or at least I think so since lights go dim until i go to settings in the app and select “switch bridge” which restores the lights for some time until it happens again and i need to select switch bridge again. I hope this is fixable from software since there is no ethernet port on the device and is within arms reach from the wifi router. When it works it’s great. There is some delay but it’s a lot faster than the hue windows app. Will update if the issue is fixed since many people seem to have the same problem Edit: i reviewed the wifi setting to follow the app publisher recommendation and my tri band router was already using 2.4ghz with the hdmi box. Most of my connection issues have been solved after re arranging the box so it’s directly surrounded by 8 antennas from the router. While this takes care of the issue I can’t give more than 3 stars since if the device has no ethernet ports it should have good wifi connectivity Edit: updates have made the setup/startup seamless with support for alexa and harmony hub, the device is able to recover if there is a connectivity issue so i am giving it another star give the improvements in reliability and automation
