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Philips Hue Play, Signe Can Flood Your Walls With Colorful Light

Unveiled Monday, the Philips Hue Play light bar and Signe table and floor lamps can bring a pop of color to your walls. Connect it to the Philips Hue Bridge and app to select from 16 million different colors for it to shine.

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Signify's Philips Hue brand is making it easy to bring movie theater vibes into your home with two new smart lighting devices: the Philips Hue Play light bar and Signe table and floor lamps, which flood your walls with a pop of color.

Play (above) comes in black and white and can sit horizontally or vertically next to your TV, or be mounted to the wall, offering a colorful lighting effect. Connect it to the Philips Hue Bridge and app to select from 16 million different colors for it to shine. Plus, the company's Hue Sync app for PC or Mac lets you sync the smart light with your movies, music, and games.

Philips Hue Signe

"Feel like you're at the cinema when snuggled up on your sofa, bring a whole new level of excitement and immersion to your gaming experience, or perhaps you want to recreate the colors of your last tropical getaway at home; it's all possible with Philips Hue Play," Signify wrote in a news release.

Meanwhile, the new Signe table and floor lamps are designed to "create an indirect lighting effect in white and color ambiance light," Signify wrote. "They can be used to accent a special feature in the room, or for brightening up a dark space – creating just the right mood for any occasion."

The Play light bar will be available in the US and Canada in late October at $69.95 for one or $129.95 for two. The Signe lamps will go on sale next month; a table lamp version is priced at $169.99 while the floor lamp is $269.99.

"Our latest lamp designs provide new ways for people to create personalized lighting experiences in their homes," Jasper Vervoort, head of marketing and product management, home systems and luminaires at Signify, said in a statement. "Whether its ambiance creation or making gaming and music truly immersive, our new Philips Hue Play and Philips Hue Signe are two sleek lamps designed to transform your living space."

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Angela Moscaritolo

Angela Moscaritolo

Managing Editor, Consumer Electronics

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I'm PCMag's managing editor for consumer electronics, overseeing an experienced team of analysts covering smart home, home entertainment, wearables, fitness and health tech, and various other product categories. I have been with PCMag for more than 10 years, and in that time have written more than 6,000 articles and reviews for the site. I previously served as an analyst focused on smart home and wearable devices, and before that I was a reporter covering consumer tech news. I'm also a yoga instructor, and have been actively teaching group and private classes for nearly a decade. 

Prior to joining PCMag, I was a reporter for SC Magazine, focusing on hackers and computer security. I earned a BS in journalism from West Virginia University, and started my career writing for newspapers in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.

The Technology I Use

My little Florida beach bungalow is brimming with smart home tech. I have a smart speaker or display in every room, allowing me to control other connected devices by voice. The Nest Hub on my bedside table lets me set wake-up alarms, control my smart light bulbs, and set the temperature on my smart thermostat. I use the Amazon Echo Show 8 on my kitchen counter to browse recipes, reorder protein powder, check the weather, and watch the news while I do dishes. 

Because I suffer from allergies, air purifiers are essential. My favorite model is the Dyson Purifier Cool TP07, which doubles as a fan and continuously sends indoor pollution data to its companion mobile app. 

My pitbull Bradley sheds, so a good robot vacuum is a must. I currently use a premium Ecovacs Deebot that can both vacuum and mop, empty its own dustbin, and wash its own mop cloth. 

For fitness, I like to mix up my routine with cycling, indoor rowing, running, and strength training in addition to yoga. I take classes on the Tonal 2 smart strength training machine, I row indoors on an Aviron machine, and track my beach runs with an Apple Watch while listening to music on my Apple AirPods Pro. On the weekends, I love riding e-bikes like the rugged, beach-friendly Aventon Aventure for fun and fitness.

My job involves a lot of virtual meetings, so a quality webcam, microphone, and ring light are important. I use the Jabra PanaCast 20 webcam, the Elgato Wave: 3 microphone, and a Yesker tripod ring light. 

As for my preferred phone platform, I'm an iPhone person, but I've also extensively used Android for product testing.

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