Philips Hue's AI assistant is finally here and if you have an iPhone, you
can try it now

Date:
Mon, 02 Jun 2025 16:14:04 +0000

Description:
The long-awaited feature is rolling out in Benelux, so fire up your VPN if
you live elsewhere and get your most creative prompts ready.

FULL STORY ======================================================================The Philips Hue AI assistant is now rolling out for iOS users in Benelux If you live somewhere else, you can use VPN to try it early The assistant lets you make custom lighting scenes with voice commands

The new Philips Hue AI assistant is starting to roll out now, letting you create custom lighting scenes to set a mood using natural language.

Signify (the company behind Philips Hue) revealed that it was working on an
AI tool for its smart lights at CES 2025 in January, and promised that the
new assistant would make it easy to create "personalized lighting scenes
based on mood, occasion, or style".

The company has now got the ball rolling with an initial launch in the
Benelux countries, but if you live elsewhere, then you can get around the geographic restriction by using one of the best VPNs to relocate yourself virtually in Belgium, Luxembourg, or the Netherlands. Signify teased the Philips Hue AI assistant at CES 2025 in January (Image credit: Signify) Make it personal

Fabian over at Hueblog.com , who is based in Germany, managed to get the assistant working by using a VPN to switch his IP address to one of the supported countries and changing his language setting to English.

With that done, he was able to use simple voice commands to look for existing lighting scenes or create whole new ones. That'll be music to the ears of anyone who's struggled to track down seasonal lighting schemes for their best smart lights at Christmas or Halloween, or doesn't want to spend time
flicking through the presets to find something suitable for the moment.

The only drawback is that, for the time being, the AI assistant appears to be exclusive to iOS. Despite attempting the same for all three Benelux
countries, I was unable to access the tool on Android, and a Hueblog reader based in Belgium reported the same problem.

The Hue AI assistant has only just started to launch, though, and I expect Android owners won't be left in the dark for long. I'll bring you more news about its availability over the coming weeks. You might also like Nanoleaf's new indoor and outdoor smart lights are its funkiest designs to date Got Philips Hue lights? This new customizable button could make them even smarter Your LG TV can now synchronize with Philips Hue lights without a pricey HDMI Sync Box



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