![]() ![]() (The light will pulse when you select it so you can ensure you have the correct light) Place these lights in their corresponding locations respective to your screen.After selecting these lights you will see a generic living room scene with your lights grouped together. ![]() (Note: Beneath each light, it may say ‘Recommended’ this is because these lights feature richer colors, so will work better at producing accurate colors to the screen’) You will then want to select which lights are part of the group you are creating.Within this page, you have the option to ‘Create entertainment area’.From this list select ‘Entertainment areas’.Firstly, open the Hue App, and navigate to the settings page.You will need to at this point open the Hue App on your phone, this is to set up the Entertainment Zone that Hue Sync will be using, which can only be done via the mobile app, not the Hue Sync application: This gives options to download the app for either Windows MacOS, I have installed mine on Windows, but the installation and operation are much the same for MacOS.Īfter downloading the application run the installer, this will ask the generic installer questions, such as where you want to install the application. Setting up Hue Sync is a really painless experience, start by visiting the Hue Sync page on the ‘meethue’ website. But there are some alternatives to Hue Sync listed at the bottom of this article. NOTE: Hue Sync and Hue Entertainment Zones only work with first-party bulbs and LED strips, this means that products from other manufacturers, such as Ikea TRADFRI or Gledopto, sadly will not work with Hue Sync. The way this works is during the setup where, when you build the entertainment zone, you select and place each of the lights in your entertainment group which dictates the zones, that cause the bulbs to update. The way that this technology works differs between audio and video sources, for audio Hue Sync works by analyzing your audio in real time, which then allows the software to create accurate beat detection and causes the lights to better flow with the music.įor video and gaming, Hue Sync works by analyzing what’s on your screen and then updating your RGB Hue lights to match the colors on screen. But, unlike the main Hue app Hue Sync doesn’t have a mobile app, instead, it, is installed onto your computer running at least Windows 10 or MacOS Sierra (10.12) Hue Sync can be synced up in three different ways, to games, music, and video. If you haven’t seen it you can check it out here, which is a great demonstration of the technology. You have probably already seen Hue Sync in action, one of their first demonstrations of the technology was Hue Sync synced to DCappella’s Immortals music videos (a song which was featured in Disney’s Big Hero 6) and because of this Disney posted the video all over their social media accounts. He's worked with the likes of Forbes, WeWork, General Assembly, Chase Bank, Tech in Motion, and SXSW, among others, through in service of making tech a bit more accessible.I have always thought edge blending on TVs with LEDs looks awesome, acting almost as a ‘surround sound for the eyes’, and there are a plethora of different companies offering products to do this, but when I found out Hue Sync can work in the same way I was dying to try it!īut, how does Hue Sync work? Hue Sync analyzes what’s on your TV or computer screen, and synchronizes the color of your Hue bulbs accordingly to match. In addition to freelancing for Android Police, Conor is the Lead Writer for, a tech publication focused on helping small businesses grow and succeed. Now, more than half a decade later, he covers everything from new devices and big conferences to small startups and business trends. In fact, he'll gladly ruin a friendly dinner in service of lambasting Apple devices to those that use them, which he admits is one of his worst personality traits.Īfter being talked out of sports writing by someone working for ESPN Chicago ("it's the same thing every year, it's like purgatory"), Conor decided that the ever-evolving world of tech would be a much more interesting topic to focus on. Conor has been staunchly in favor of Android since graduating to a smartphone from his hot pink Motorola RAZR.
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