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#Philips hue lights Bluetooth#

There’s a new version of the multicolored Hue Lightstrip, called the Hue Lightstrip Plus, which adds Bluetooth so that it can be controlled without a Hue hub. Two other products in the Hue lineup are getting upgrades.

The new A21 bulb (left) is wider and taller than the A19 bulb (right), but it’s also much brighter. Like the latest A19 bulbs, the A21 bulbs also include Bluetooth support. The A21 white bulbs will be available starting in July for $20 each white A19 bulbs sell for around $15 each. The new A21 bulbs won’t replace the existing A19 Hue bulbs, but will be sold alongside them. For many uses, that likely won’t be a huge issue, but it could be a problem on lamps or fixtures where a normal A19 bulb is already close to the edge of the unit. There’s one other key difference to these new bulbs: they come in the slightly larger A21 lightbulb shape, rather than the standard A19 lightbulb shape. Brightness has been a limitation of Hue bulbs, so this could help more people find what they want out of the smart lighting system. The new bulb only comes in white - it doesn’t do any fancy color temperature adjustments - but it offers light equivalent to a 100W bulb, whereas the standard white Hue bulb is only a 60W equivalent. The Philips Hue line is getting a few new products today, the most popular of which is likely to be a new bulb that’s much brighter than typical Hue lights.