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Hue takes on cheaper rivals with the entry-level Essential smart bulb lineup
Hue just did its biggest product launch ever as part of IFA 2025, and a key product is the new entry-level Essential smart bulb lineup.
You can't dim the Essential bulbs as much, they offer a reduced range of whites (2200 to 6500K compared to 1000 to 20000K) and color quality is less accurate. That transforms Hue Bulbs (including 95 percent of existing models) into motion sensors able to detect movement and trigger actions or security alerts. Signify also introduced a new A19 bulb that can replicate the entire spectrum of daylight while offering 40 percent great efficiency compared to its predecessor.
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