Amazon’s UK web site has an early itemizing for what seems to be a successor to the Philips Hue Play Gentle Bar. The brand new Philips Hue Play Smart Wall Washer additionally casts an ambient glow on partitions that may be synced to music and movies, however illuminates a wider space with higher coloration output than its predecessor, due to “exactly organized LEDs.”
The Hue Wall Washer seems to be a big improve over the Gentle Bar, nevertheless it’s significantly dearer, too. The Light Bar is currently on sale for $69.99 (usually $89.99) or obtainable in a two-pack for $159.99, whereas a single Wall Washer unit is £199.99, or round $270, according to Hueblog. It’s anticipated to be launched someday within the subsequent 4 months.
With a design that seems just like Philips’ Hue Twilight sensible dawn lamp however with out the forward-facing bedside lamp performance, the Hue Play Sensible Wall Washer initiatives as much as 1,035 lumens of white or coloured mild that the corporate says “covers 3 times as a lot floor in colourful mild as different wall washers,” regardless of how far you’ve gotten it positioned from a wall. It accomplishes this utilizing Philips’ ColorCast know-how, which angles the LEDs diagonally upwards.
Standing simply over 6 inches tall and three.5 inches huge, the Wall Washer will be positioned behind or close by a TV, and since it’s created from aluminum with a matte end as a substitute of shiny reflective plastic, Philps says it “gained’t catch any glare from the TV off the sunshine itself.”
Regardless of being over twice as shiny because the Philips Hue Play Gentle Bar (which gives 500 lumens of illumination), the brand new Wall Washer options “utra-low dimming” so it may be used to create a delicate lighting impact and even operate as an evening mild. It’s additionally Bluetooth suitable (there’s at the moment no point out of Zigbee help on Amazon’s itemizing) and will be managed with voice instructions via Google Assistant, Apple’s Siri, and Amazon’s Alexa sensible assistants.