Signify is a world leader in lighting. He announced the launch of the new product range Philips Hue Secure, intelligent cameras and sensors which, combined with the new features of the Philips Hue app, are designed to protect the home from intrusion, making it safer. Essential for home security.
Philips Hue allows you to monitor your home for home security
Philips Hue Secure products allow you to monitor your home and receive real-time motion notifications. But also to activate light and sound alarms to discourage any intruders. Also, the new Security Center, i.e. the control area for cameras and sensors in the Philips Hue app, And able to offer even more advanced features. If users subscribe to a paid subscription plan.
Finally, the launches of were also announced a new generation of the popular Philips Hue Festavia light strings for indoors and outdoors. And of an update that will make Philips Hue lights compatible with Matter.
Keep an eye on your home with Philips Hue Secure cameras for home security
Philips Hue Secure cameras come with a 1080p HD video transmission with night vision. Allows you to monitor your home and receive real-time motion notifications. allow to deter any intruders by combining lights and sound alarms. And activate the two-way talk modefor example to tell the courier where to leave a parcel or say hello to a passing friend.
Philips Hue Secure cameras are equipped with crittografia end-to-end by default. So as to ensure the privacy of movies, snapshots and images recorded in real time. In particular, the ability to recognize if the motion notification has been triggered by a person, a pet or a courier delivering a package, works on the camera itself rather than in the cloud. Which means that end-to-end encryption is always enabled thus maintaining privacy.
Suitable for both indoor and outdoor usePhilips Hue Secure cameras are available in wired and battery version, in black and white colours. In particular, the Philips Hue Secure wired camera can be paired with a comfortable stand. This allows you to place it in any room of the house.
For the outside instead, beyond that on the wallboth versions can be placed on the ground stake. They can be easily connected to the Philips Hue low voltage outdoor system in the range.
With Philips Hue Secure you can be notified when doors and windows are opened
The Philips Hue Secure touch sensor can be used on doors, windows, cabinets and so on. AND available in black and white – sends real-time notifications when the media on which it is mounted is opened or closed.
For example, you can program the front door sensor to turn on the hallway lights and send a notification to the Philips Hue app. So you can immediately check for any intruders. The sensor can also be used for automate the operation of lights anywhere in the houseFor example, you can schedule the lights to turn on and off when you open or close a closet or bathroom door.
The brand new Security Center in the Philips Hue app
The Philips Hue app is now equipped with the new Security Center, an area dedicated to controlling the security systems of your smart home. When you get a notification, just click it to open the app. From the ‘Intervention’ screen, it is then possible manually activate an alarm that flashes the lights, sound the siren of the Secure camera or call the local authorities or a trusted person.
Using the Philips Hue app, you can also customize your camera settings by creating ‘dark’ areas, whose videos remain privateo ‘activity’ areas, where motion notifications are blocked, useful for example in the case of particularly busy sidewalks in front of the house. Finally, users can arm and disarm the system, set special arming states for when they’re home and when they’re away, review their video history, and more.
Approaching the new Philips Hue Secure range
Philips Hue Secure starter kits and bundles conveniently combine a number of products to get started with the new Philips Hue Secure system. To make the full range of Philips Hue Secure products – such as the touch sensor and projector camera – work at their best and take advantage of all their advanced features – such as light and sound alarms, automations and more – you need Philips Hue Bridge.
To ensure privacy and system security, it is essential that users have a Philips Hue account. Philips Hue accounts give users instant access to the Philips Hue system and security features (even when away from home). Accounts also allow administrators of a Philips Hue system to control the permissions of other users of the app. Administrators can thus limit other users to only control the lighting, control the lighting and arm/disarm the security system, or fully control the lights and security system.
More featuressuch as the ability to create ‘activity’ zones or understand if the alarm was triggered by a person, package, animal or vehicle, can be unlocked with a paid plan. The Basic plan allows you to have video history and retention for 30 days, the Plus plan for 60.