This week at the IFA tech show in Berlin, Philips Hue’s parent company, Signify, announced a partnership with Nobilia, Europe’s largest kitchen manufacturer, which integrates custom Philips Hue smart lights into its kitchen furniture.
To date, Hue has only offered plug-in light strips controllable by wireless switches. Hardwiring them into your kitchen requires using a third-party solution, so this is an exciting step in the right direction. There are some options from other companies for this type of integrated, color-changing smart lighting — GE Cync recently released a smart kitchen lighting system that can be hardwired — but Hue fans have lacked a simple solution.