Philips Hue has announced that its TV app is coming to LG Smart TVs, enabling ambient lighting synchronized with the content you are watching.
Ambilight is exclusive to Philips TV, but alternative solutions exist. One such option is the Philips Hue app, which was launched two years ago for Samsung Smart TVs.
The app will soon roll out to LG Smart TVs with webOS 24 or later. This includes 2025, 2024, 2023 and select 2022 models, after they have been updated to webOS 24.
Philips Hue app for LG TV. Photo: Signify
Works with apps and HDMI devices
The app provides dynamic light synchronization with all devices, including built-in streaming apps as well as external HDMI devices like game consoles. It also supports content such as Dolby Vision and 8K.
This sets the app-based solution apart from the external Philips Hue box, which can only sync ambient lighting with external HDMI sources – not built-in apps.
Up to 10 Hue lights can be connected,
Full price or subscription
The app will soon roll out globally, says Signify, the company behind Philips Hue. The price is 130 USD/Euros or 3 USD/Euros monthly.
- "We’re proud to extend the Philips Hue Sync TV app to LG TVs, making it easier than ever for our users to enjoy immersive entertainment lighting direct from their TV," said John Smith, Business Leader Philips Hue at Signify. "This partnership is a mark of our commitment to more strongly connect Philips Hue to the smart home ecosystem."
