It's brighter, too, with a maximum light output of 520 lumens, up from 400 lumens from the first version. To that end, the new Go is also promising much better battery life - up from 2-3 hours to as much as 18 hours. Now, you'll be able to take the Go wherever you like - camping trips, cookouts, the beach, you name it - and control the brightness and color direct from your phone. With the first-gen version, you need to be within range of a Hue Bridge in order to control it with the Hue app. The addition of Bluetooth seems particularly relevant here. One new product that will change colors: A second-gen version of the Philips Hue Go, a portable, bowl-shaped light fixture that you can unplug and take with you around the house thanks to a built-in battery. Tyler Lizenby/CNET A Hue Go that goes wherever you want With the addition of Bluetooth, you'll be able to take the second-gen version with you wherever you like. The first-gen Philips Hue Go needed to stay within range of the Hue Bridge for full control from your phone. Now, you can play with a color-changing Bluetooth Hue bulb for a buy-in of $50. Make that $150 or more if you wanted a kit with bulbs that changed colors. Hue's white light LEDs start at $15 each - before, you needed to spend at least $70 or so on an entire Philips Hue starter kit that packages the bulbs with the Bridge. It's a big change for the brand, but also a smart move because it means that curious shoppers only need to pick up a single bulb in order to take Philips Hue for a test drive. From there, adding in the Bridge enables access to advanced Hue features like Hue Entertainment TV lighting and Google Assistant wake-up fades, as well as integrations like Apple HomeKit that still require a Hue Bridge. Everything still uses Zigbee to communicate with the Philips Hue Bridge, but adding in that additional Bluetooth radio lets users skip the Bridge altogether and connect the bulbs direct to their phone or tablet for simplified local lighting control, including the ability to pair direct with certain Alexa and Google Assistant devices. 93jUWM4YVq- Philips Hue JIt's all about Bluetoothįirst things first - the big story with Philips Hue this year is that the brand is adding Bluetooth support into all of its new lights. Our Head of Technology, George Yianni, explains more about on this evolution of #PhilipsHue. We’ve added Bluetooth capability to our lights! □ How will this affect current Hue enthusiasts? In short: it won’t.
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