Philips Hue introduces new Play lamps and improved candle bulbs, plus switches that can bring Hue power to traditional, stylish lighting fixtures.

• New Hue Play lamps to expand your immersive lighting
• Upgraded Candle Bulbs with Full Spectrum Daylight and Matter Compatibility
• New smart switches, including dimmers

My house is full of Philips Hue smart bulbs, motion detectors, and various types of light strips, but one thing I haven’t been able to do is integrate vintage lighting fixtures into my hue setup; For example, if you have a ceiling light that doesn’t use the type of bulbs that can be swapped out for Hue bulbs, you’re out of luck. Or at least you were. Hue now offers smart light switches that you can use to add non-smart lights to your Hue system.

There are two versions, Hue Wired On/Off and Hue Wired Dimmer. Simply replace them with the original light switches and then you can control the appropriate lighting with the Hue app or compatible voice assistants.

The big benefit here is that your non-smart lights can now be included in your Hue groups and timed events or other triggered events; So, for example, my Hue setup turns on the living room lights when I get home after dark. And it is a great help for rooms like kitchens where, and I speak from experience, changing several downlight bulbs for other Hue ones is tremendously expensive.

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Just make sure you put in the correct type of switch for the type of lighting you have: for example, some older downlights are not designed to be dimmed and can start strobing if they don’t receive enough power, so you would need the on/off switch instead of the dimmer for those.

Philips Hue Wired On/Off Switch | Make traditional lights smart – YouTube

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