The video modes are great and the ability to fine tune is a great feature, for music there are some great third party apps already out there which are a lot better then the music sync option.

Using the app, users can sync their Hue lights to films, music, and games that theyre watching or playing, making it a more immersive experience.

Philips Hue Sync App Hue Sync will be an app for for macOS High Sierra and Windows 10 device, and is expected again in Q2 2018.

Hue Sync App Mac Or Windows

The Hue Sync app will let you create and customize your hue lights for games, movies, and music played on a Mac or Windows computer.

Running in the background, Hue Sync will analyze anything displayed on your monitor in real-time and create light scripts to compliment your content.

Philips has built algorithms that analyze the tempo and rhythm of your music to determine the tracks style, and adjust lighting accordingly.

The intensity of these lighting effects can be adjusted by the user.

Download Hue Sync from Philips here for both MacOS and Windows.

Hue Sync App Install On Your

Hue Sync What it is Hue Sync is a software app that you can download and install on your Windows or Mac PC, the app will then be able to transfer on screen color information to your Hue Lights.

A simple example is when gaming, it maybe dark on screen, however there is then an explosion of bright light, your lights in that room will suddenly light up too.

When setting up entertainment zones, you can set where your lights are in the room in reference to your TV, so if there is a bright red light on the side of the screen in the film you are watching, your light to the right of the TV will go red, the screen goes bright blue, your lights go bright blue to reflect this.

You can use Hue Sync to: Sync Videos to your Hue Lights such as Youtube, Netflix, Movies etc Sync Hue lights with music and audio Sync Hue lights with games played on Mac and Windows Hue Sync will work with all Hue bulbs and lights, however your do need a second gen Bridge.

Bulbs that work really well with Hue Sync and a must for any home entertainment setup: Philips Hue White and Color Ambiance LightStrip.

Buy on Amazon Philips Hue Go White and Color Portable Dimmable.

How to use Philips Hue Sync with a TV If you hook up your laptop to a TV or mirror your screen to a TV, then you can sync your lights to your larger TV screen.

Connecting your laptop to your TV via HDMI or Airplay allows Hue sync to take the colors from your laptop and sync with your Hue lights around your TV.

Set up an entertainment area via the Hue app, load Hue Sync, select this entertainment area and sync with your screen.

Using Hue Sync with XBox There is no simple way to use your Xbox with Hue sync, hopefully there will be a quick download to make this work, however at the moment you have to take a few extra steps to make it work.

This video shows someone who got it to sync by downloading and using the Xbox app on a Windows PC using Hue sync and streaming it.

Hue Sync with NetFlix At the moment you cannot get this to work with Netflix and stream it to your TV, however you can watch it on your Laptop and hook it up through HDMI to your TV.

Hue Sync Set ups Examples Editors Thoughts Hue sync is a very nice and polished app, it is very easy and intuitive to use, quick and simple to understand.

The design is in keeping with the latest Hue app for mobile devices using the same UI and design elements which look great.

Hue sync is very responsive and from testing so far, no latency issues at all.

Hue Sync App For Mac