"Hue is teaming up with Sonos to let you control your smart lights using its built-in voice assistant. As rumored, the new function, which launched at IFA 2025 this week, lets you turn your Hue lights on, off, and dim them, as well as control scenes, simply by asking your speaker. The controller processes everything locally, so it should result in faster response times than cloud-based solutions used by most voice assistants."
"There's a lot of crossover in our customer bases and we have a roadmap of use cases planned,"
"Think lights that support the mood that you want to create when you're playing music, or music that can help enhance the scenes that you're recalling on the lighting side."
Hue and Sonos released a function at IFA 2025 that lets Sonos' built-in voice assistant control Philips Hue smart lights. Users can ask a Sonos speaker to turn lights on or off, dim them, and recall or change lighting scenes. Voice processing for these commands runs locally on the Sonos controller, which should provide faster response times than cloud-based assistants. The integration represents the Sonos assistant's first capability beyond music playback. Philips Hue's CTO outlines broader plans to link lighting moods and scenes with music for coordinated audiovisual experiences.
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