Philips Hue has launched a brand new software program function known as SpatialAware at CES 2026 designed to make sure that all of the lights in an area are in concord with one another. Out there solely for the Hue Bridge Professional, it takes into consideration every gentle level in a room and tailors the colours to make sure a pure illustration. “In a sundown scene, for instance, the lights on one facet of the room emit heat yellow tones to imitate the setting solar, whereas the ceiling lights on the other facet mirror darker shades,” the corporate wrote on its weblog. The brand new function is about to launch within the spring of 2026.
To make use of the function, you scan a room along with your smartphone digicam and use augmented actuality to find out the positions of particular person lights. A wise algorithm then ensures every gentle level is coordinated. Any lamps added after setup shall be taken into consideration. Then, you utilize SpatialAware to pick a scene like “Lake Mist” and activate the mode.
Philips Hue room with out SpatialAware (Philips Hue)
Within the instance at high, the corporate reveals how all of the lights in a room are “no linger combined collectively in a colourful jumble [above] however are completely coordinated. The identical applies, for instance, to the gradient shade transitions of corresponding merchandise, the place SpatialAware even takes the orientation into consideration.”
Philips Hue additionally launched a number of different options. To start out with, the corporate is including assist for migrating a number of Hue Bridges to a single Bridge Professional throughout the setup course of. As well as, the Hue Safe Digicam, Hue Safe video doorbell and Hue contact sensors will quickly work with Apple Residence. Customers may even see dwell video with picture-in-picture mode on Apple TV and get real-time alerts on the Apple Residence app.
The Hue AI assistant has been up to date so now you can creation automations primarily based on pure language requests — for example, “wake me up at 6:45 AM day by day besides on Wednesdays.” New AI assistant languages have been added (Dutch, German and Spanish) and the Hue app will begin exhibiting automations inside the rooms and zones they’re set to regulate, so you will not want to leap round within the app as a lot. All these new options are set to reach in Q1 2026.
