The Philips Hue application disappears from the Ambilight 2023 televisions

This time, it is acted, televisions Philips Ambilight of 2023 will no longer work with Philips Hue Before, probably, the end of the support of the Ambilight + Hue application on the whole range. Very bad news for users who, for many, had invested in this type of television for this precious functionality.

Philips 2023 televisions are no longer compatible with the Philips Hue ecosystem

If Philips televisions of course keep the ambient lighting system Ambilight – a real signature of the brand -, the 2023 models lose compatibility with the Philips Hue ecosystem, a functionality called Ambilight+Hue.

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This year Philips TVs lose the Ambilight+Hue functionality and therefore compatibility with the Philips Hue ecosystem. This feature made it possible to extend the Ambilight system to the whole room, the Philips Hue lights changing color depending on the video content displayed by the TV. This feature was much appreciated by users, especially in video games where it allows you to gain immersion further. This information from the Toengel blog specializing in Philips products was confirmed by the company on Hueblog.com.

Philips televisions and Philips Hue bulbs are well sold under the Philips brand, but in fact, these products are manufactured by two different companies under Philips license. TVs are thus manufactured by TP Vision, a subsidiary of Chinese TPV, while bulbs and Hue lighting are managed by the German company. The reason for the lack of compatibility hue on new Philips 2023 televisions is not communicated, but Me Daresses may want to promote its Philipe Hue Play HDMI Sync Box, an HDMI case that analyzes the incoming signal to adapt the color from Philips Hue to that of video content. The equivalent of the ambilight, but completely outsourced. At CES 2023, Philips Hue also announced the arrival of the Philips Hue Sync TV application for Samsung TVs which again synchronize Hue lighting with the content displayed on the screen, but this time on televisions Samsung. This application is sold around € 130. It’s always cheaper than the Philips Hue Play HDMI Sync housing marketed at € 250, but you have to buy an application per TV, it cannot be shared.

We understand better why meaning with a bad eye the management of the Hue ecosystem on Philips televisions when it is paying at Samsung. By speculating, one could say that the Philips Hue Sync TV application could land on Android TV televisions and therefore return to the Philips models by the small door.

In the meantime, users who wish to take advantage of the Ambilight+Hue system can turn to the excellent Philips 65Oled907 TV still on sale (the 55led907 no longer seems available) for around 2300 €.

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The Philips 65Oled907 TV – 65 inch version (165 cm) from the Philips 55Oled907 that we tested – is equipped with an OLED Ex R slab.

The Philips Hue application disappears from the Ambilight 2023 televisions

This time, it is acted, televisions Philips Ambilight of 2023 will no longer work with Philips Hue Before, probably, the end of the support of the Ambilight + Hue application on the whole range. Very bad news for users who, for many, had invested in this type of television for this precious functionality.

The Ambilight+Hue application disappears from Philips 2023 televisions

It is the stupor predominates today in users of the application Ambilight + Hue On Philips TV. Indeed, as revealed by the toegels Philips Blog, the televisions Ambilight of 2023 will no longer offer the application to connect them to the Philips Hue system. Information confirmed by TP Vision, the manufacturer of televisions stamped Philips, meaning not having so far replied to our requests.

A commercial mark operated by independent companies

You may ignore it, but these two companies actually only have one name, Philips, whose brand they exploit in their sector. As surprising as it may seem, the two products are not manufactured by the Koninklijke Philips N.V. Created in 1891 by the Philips brothers in Eindhoven, but by two independent companies in which the Historical Society only holds very minority participations.

Indeed, Philips Hue belongs to the Dutch company Meaning (ex-Philips Lighting) and Philips TVs at TP Vision, The subsidiary also Dutch of the Chinese giant TPV Technology. The two companies are therefore perfectly independent and Philips Hue does not fail to specify it regularly on its official communities.

What future for Philips Ambilight TV ?

The question now arises is that of the future of Ambilight because, if the third world manufacturer of televisions understood all the interest of buying a brand as strong as Philips, it no longer seems to be able to maintain its application Ambilight+Hue. And yet, let’s not lie, this feature was an important purchasing criterion for many of its customers, Philips televisions not being renowned for being the best on the market ..