A cute coin-sized “Hue Smart Button” is now available! - Mobile Watch

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"Hue smart button"

A physical switch that is indispensable (I think) for those who use the dimming smart LED lighting "Hue". Although it can be operated from the smartphone app, if you use Hue as the indoor lighting that you use on a daily basis, it is convenient to use it as a set with the "Hue Dimmer Switch".

However, there were times when I had doubts. Why do you need four buttons for on/off and dimming? In particular, I don't understand the point of assigning one button each for on and off. Sometimes I don't know which is on and which is off. There must have been many other people who were dissatisfied with this. A new product called "Hue Smart Button" has been released to eliminate them at once.

Package Contents Only one button on the pedestal

As you can see, the design has been thoroughly eliminated with only one button. It's shaped like a Pinot, slightly larger than a 500-yen coin, and has no other functions other than being able to be operated by pressing the top part. There are only two basic settings for operation allocation on the app: switching the lighting on and off with a short press and dimming with a long press when it is on. There is a feeling that you can turn it around, but nothing happens when you turn it.

A little larger than a 500 yen coin and smaller than a Bitcoin (physical)

　The panel that serves as the pedestal is slightly larger than a conventional dimmer switch. The dimmer switch panel had a built-in magnet, but the smart button panel does not, and only supports adhesive tape and screw fastening. Instead, the button itself has a built-in magnet, so it can be used alone by sticking it to metal or the like without a panel. There is also a pedestal that is almost the same size as the button, so it is also good that it can be fixed very compactly to a place other than the metal part. It looks like it will be much easier to use than before.

Adhesive tape on the back of the panel, which is larger than the dimmer switch. The button has a built-in magnet that can be screwed to the wall if a separate screw is prepared, and a pedestal that is almost the same size as the button that can be attached to the metal part by itself is also included. It can be fixed to any surface other than the metal part, and can be easily removed

By the way, I mentioned earlier that only the ON/OFF switching and long-press dimming can be assigned to the operation, but this smart button's own operation setting is also possible. It has become. In addition to being able to turn on the color temperature as before, you can also select a setting called "time-based lighting" that allows you to turn on the appropriate color temperature according to the time of day.

By default, the setting "time-based lighting" is selected. When it is turned on, the dimming state will automatically change according to the time of day

　As a result, it will be daylight white during the day, warm white in the evening, At night, it lights up in a dim light bulb color. This small and cute button, which provides a brightness that suits your lifestyle, is likely to make your life with smart appliances more enjoyable and comfortable in the future.

Product name	Sold by	Actual selling price
Hue Smart Button	Philips	2750 Yen

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