The Success of Philips Hue in Smart Home Technology
The smart home landscape can be quite exasperating, as it often feels like the potential is just within reach. Ideally, you should have the ability to control everything from anywhere, with your environment seamlessly adjusting to your activities and moods. Transforming your home into a smart one shouldn’t necessitate major renovations, and the technology should remain largely unobtrusive. Achieving this vision is undoubtedly challenging, but the objective is clear.
So far, few products have come as close to realizing the smart home dream as Philips Hue. In this episode of Version History, we explore what makes Hue stand out. Hosts David Pierce and Jennifer Pattison Tuohy are joined by smart home journalist Richard Gunther to delve into Hue’s beginnings, which are closely tied to the smartphone revolution. They discuss Hue’s early integration with nearly every smart home platform, its surprisingly high price point, and the elements that contribute to a smart device that simply functions as intended.
This marks the fifth episode of the fourth season of Version History. If you haven’t yet caught the stories behind the Harmony remote, Roomba vacuum, Nest thermostat, or Keurig coffee maker, now’s the perfect time to dive in! It’s smart home season, and there’s plenty to explore. Here’s how to access every episode and all our other exciting content as soon as it’s available:
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If you’re eager to learn more about Hue, here are some helpful resources:
* Philips Hue customizable LED light bulbs offer 16 million colors, starter kit costs $199
* Smart bulbs: how many features does it take to screw in an LED light bulb?
* Fortune’s greatest designs of modern times
* Philips Hue’s MotionAware turns its smart bulbs into motion sensors
* Philips’ Hue history
