Philips Hue has launched a wall mild module that lets Nanoleaf Shapes panels run straight from the Hue app.
The module plugs straight right into a free port on a Nanoleaf Shapes panel. At round 7.87 centimetres lengthy, the module appears loads like the unique Nanoleaf controller, and it really works with the Triangle, Mini Triangle, and Hexagon variations of Shapes, letting the Hue app pull in as much as 100 panels and deal with them as a traditional mild supply alongside each different Hue machine in the home.
Which means the panels can slot straight into scenes, automations, and schedules the identical approach a Hue bulb does, a transfer that places another piece of a blended good lighting setup beneath a single app as an alternative of two.
Product photos solely present the usual Hue scenes and results alongside 5 color pickers that may be mixed with them.
That factors to a less complicated integration than what Nanoleaf’s personal app gives, quite than a full switch of its typical animation library, so anybody who desires the fancier results should still want to achieve for the Nanoleaf app at times.
By means of the Hue Bridge, the module also can be part of a Matter community. Bluetooth and Zigbee are the 2 protocols named for the module, which traces up with how the remainder of the Hue lineup already talks to the Bridge and to different gadgets.
Philips Hue sells the module now for £39.99/€39.99, and we’ll have a full evaluate of the machine quickly.
