Philips Hue Secure system gets smarter

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Good news for Philips Hue Secure users! This summer, an update will bring long-awaited features, making your smart home security even more automatic and convenient.

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Philips Hue users rejoice: Multiple Bridges support coming soon

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Smart home enthusiasts, rejoice! A long-standing limitation with Philips Hue is finally being addressed. The company recently announced that users will soon be able to add multiple Bridges to a single account, solving a major frustration for those with expansive smart lighting setups.

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Philips can sync your Hue lights with Spotify

Turn your room into a party room with this new feature from Philips. The company's Hue lights can now be linked to your Spotify account. It's already possible to get your lights to do this with the Hue Sync tool for PC, which can capture what you're listening to and translate that to the light script. Philips now promises a deeper integration and a "unique immersive" experience you can activate through your mobile device.

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Match your smart lights with your mood with the Hue Sentiment iOS app

A new iOS app will let you change your Philips Hue smart lights to match your mood. There are options in the app you can pick when you're feeling positive, negative, or neutral. If you aren't sure what you're feeling, the app can help you with that. You can also enable and disable individual lights to include them with every mood change. The app supports VoiceOver, too.

The Hue Sentiment for Philips Hue was developed by WWDC20 Swift Student Challenge Winner Rihab Mehboob. It's a paid app that costs $2.79.

Source: 9to5Mac