REVIEW: Philips Hue Play Light Bar, smart mood light for your home

the lighting bars Philips Hue Play Light Bar provide the perfect solution for anyone looking to create a warm and modern home environment. Practical and compact, they are very easy to handle and can be installed in any room. After testing the luminaire from the same line — which proved to be effective for more intimate environments, such as bedrooms and offices — I now have a lighting kit in my hands that promises to fit perfectly in your living room or countertop. gamer. Come check it out!

clean design

The light is shaped like a bar, with a structure made of plastic with black details, milky protection in the LED area and comes with two fixing bases, one to leave the light upright and the other lying down. The kit came with two bars and each luminaire has a one meter long cable. The box even comes with two plug adapters.

The LEDs are very light and compact, which makes it easier to position and decorate environments. Including the RGB light to make the environment-free gamer even more technological.

Features

A line Hue da Philips is known for developing smart light and object options for the home and office. They have voice assistant compatibility, such as Alexa and Google Assistant, in addition to its own applications for interaction and customization of environments.

Applications hue sync (Android e iOS / iPadOS) to Philips Hue (Android e iOS / iPadOS) increase the immersion of the Philips Hue Play Light Bar, allowing the change of color, intensity and changing the pattern that the lights blink, which varies from low to extreme.

Hue Bridge

To connect Philips lightbars to your connected home, you need to have the Hue Bridge🇧🇷 This device connects up to 50 Philips Hue line lights without the need to use individual network connections with the wifi router. using the application hue sync it is possible to synchronize the products of the line Hue with music environments, games and videos.

O Hue Bridge can be purchased individually by BRL 702 at Americanas, but it is also offered in the package Smart Home Kit — accompanied by 3 smart colored lamps — by BRL 836 on the Submarine.

Philips Hue Play HDMI Sync Box

An interesting feature of the Philips Hue line is the possibility of synchronizing the intensity and colors of the lights according to the content being shown on the TV — a very desirable feature if the LED bars are installed close to the screen, emulating the effect of the Ambilight line of TVs by Phillips.

For the LED bars to work together with the television, one more device is needed, the Philips Hue Play HDMI Sync Box, which is not officially sold by Philips in Brazil. It links the fixtures on the television set so that they work simultaneously.

Create an immersive media experience through the Philips Hue Play HDMI sync box, making your lights dance, blink, dim and glow in sync with videos, games and music.

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Tests

the kit bars Philips Hue Play Light Bar tested on the workbench and in the living room. In the first scenario I recreated a modern and relaxed atmosphere using the Hue Bridge, synchronizing the fixtures on the computer with a playlist that I left playing during work.

The second test was carried out in the living room at home, but unfortunately I didn't receive the device that connects the smart light to the TV, so I used it to create different and colorful environments. I was surprised not only at how the bars totally changed the room, but also at the reach of the Hue Bridge, which, even far away, allowed me to play a lot. Check out the images below.

Verdict

of all accessories Philips Hue that we received, this was one of the ones I liked the most. The lights are very intense, even without an app or additional device and the setting that the kit Philips Hue Play Light Bar creates is very nice. The LEDs hardly get hot, and the only downsides I found were the short cables and the need for so many additional appliances to utilize these smart light fixtures to their full potential.

Lightbars are available in the following packages:

• Hue Play Complete Kit (1 piece): BRL 689 at Americanas
• Hue Play extension (1 unit): BRL 505 at Americanas
• Hue Play Complete Kit (2 pcs): BRL 1.057 at Americanas

Editorial Board

And you, would you buy one of these to put at home? Tell us in the comments!

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Don't forget to check out the review of the portable lamp of the same line, the Philips Hue Go.