Amazon’s UK website has an early itemizing for what seems to be a successor to the Philips Hue Play Gentle Bar. The brand new Philips Hue Play Good 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 costlier, too. The Gentle Bar is at the moment 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, in response 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 Good 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 might have it positioned from a wall. It accomplishes this utilizing Philips’ ColorCast expertise, which angles the LEDs diagonally upwards.
Standing simply over 6 inches tall and three.5 inches huge, the Wall Washer may be positioned behind or close by a TV, and since it’s made out of 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 brilliant because the Philips Hue Play Gentle Bar (which provides 500 lumens of illumination), the brand new Wall Washer options “utra-low dimming” so it may be used to create a refined lighting impact and even perform as an evening mild. It’s additionally Bluetooth appropriate (there’s at the moment no point out of Zigbee assist on Amazon’s itemizing) and may be managed with voice instructions by way of Google Assistant, Apple’s Siri, and Amazon’s Alexa sensible assistants.
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