Amazon has leaked Philips’ new ambient wall light

The Hue Play Smart Wall Washer tin output achromatic oregon colored airy with much vibrant colors and smoother gradients. | Image: Amazon

Amazon’s UK tract has an aboriginal listing for what appears to beryllium a successor to the Philips Hue Play Light Bar. The caller Philips Hue Play Smart Wall Washer besides casts an ambient glow connected walls that tin beryllium synced to euphony and videos, but illuminates a wider country with amended colour output than its predecessor, acknowledgment to “precisely arranged LEDs.”

The Hue Wall Washer appears to beryllium a important upgrade implicit the Light Bar, but it’s considerably much expensive, too. The Light Bar is presently connected merchantability for $69.99 (normally $89.99) oregon disposable successful a two-pack for $159.99, portion a azygous Wall Washer portion is £199.99, oregon astir $270, according to Hueblog. It’s expected to beryllium released sometime successful the adjacent 4 months.

With a plan that appears akin to Philips’ Hue Twilight astute sunrise lamp but without the forward-facing bedside lamp functionality, the Hue Play Smart Wall Washer projects up to 1,035 lumens of achromatic oregon colored airy that the institution says “covers 3 times arsenic overmuch aboveground successful colorful airy arsenic different partition washers,” nary substance however acold you person it positioned from a wall. It accomplishes this utilizing Philips’ ColorCast technology, which angles the LEDs diagonally upwards.

Standing conscionable implicit 6 inches gangly and 3.5 inches wide, the Wall Washer tin beryllium positioned down oregon adjacent a TV, and due to the fact that it’s made from aluminum with a matte decorativeness alternatively of shiny reflective plastic, Philps says it “won’t drawback immoderate glare from the TV disconnected the airy itself.”

Despite being implicit doubly arsenic agleam arsenic the Philips Hue Play Light Bar (which offers 500 lumens of illumination), the caller Wall Washer features “utra-low dimming” truthful it tin beryllium utilized to make a subtle lighting effect oregon adjacent relation arsenic a nighttime light. It’s besides Bluetooth compatible (there’s presently nary notation of Zigbee enactment connected Amazon’s listing) and tin beryllium controlled with dependable commands done Google Assistant, Apple’s Siri, and Amazon’s Alexa astute assistants.