Philips Hue now works with the latest LG TVs, allowing you to turn your movies or games into a light show
- The Philips Hue Sync TV app is now supported on 2024 LG TVs
- The app has been supported on Samsung TVs since 2022
- Sync connected Philips Hue lights with movies, games and more
The Philips Hue Sync TV app is supported on LG’s latest TVs, starting with most 2024 models, enabling support with Philips Hue lighting systems. The app is available now and costs $129.99 (approximately £103 / AU$205 direct conversion).
Signify, manufacturer of Philips Hue, announced at CES 2025 that LG TVs running webOS 24 and higher, including some of the best TVs of 2024 like the LG C4 OLED TV, will now have access to the Philips Hue Sync TV app. This allows Philips Hue lighting (one of the best smart lighting systems out there) to be connected to the TV and synced with on-screen images. The Hue Sync app has been available on compatible Samsung TVs since 2022.
Once you have a Philips Hue Bridge (available for $49.99 / £49.99 / AU$99) and your lighting choice, like the LED Gradient Strips for TV (around $129.99 / £189.99 / AU$409) , connected you can get the Hue Sync app, priced at $129.99 (about £103 / AU$205 direct converted) to the Hue lighting system for the TV.
The Hue Sync app will support HDR formats such as Dolby Vision (which is absent on the Samsung TVs that the Hue Sync app currently supports) and 8K resolution.
Available in the UK and Europe are Philips Ambilight TVs, which act as an almost built-in version of the Hue Sync app and Hue lighting system, with models such as the 2024 Philips OLED909 OLED TV a particular highlight. These sets are unfortunately not available in the US, so the Hue lighting is the closest alternative US users can get.
Ambilight but at a price?
It’s no secret that we here at Ny Breaking are big fans of Ambilight, with both the Philips OLED809 and 2024 OLED909 earning four and a half stars out of five in our reviews. Moreover, we are eagerly looking forward to getting our hands on the flagship Philips OLED959, which will shake things up in the OLED world.
So it’s good news that the Philips Hue Sync app is expanding to LG TVs as more people experience the joy of Ambilight-style viewing, which adds a whole layer to your movie watching or gaming experience, but it comes at a cost attached to it.
When you add up the costs of the Hue Sync app itself, the Hue Bridge and Hue lighting (say, the aforementioned LED strip for TV), you end up with a total of over €300 / £400 / AU$600, which amounts to a significant amount of money to add to your budget if you want to include the Hue system and Sync app in your new TV spend.
The Hue Sync app is a cheaper alternative to the Hue Sync HDMI box, which costs around $249 / £229 / AU$399, but it’s worth noting that the Hue Sync app is a license that is linked to one TV, so if you want to upgrade your TV you’ll have to buy the license again, while the Hue Sync Box itself is transferable between TVs.
Nevertheless, it’s a compliment from us if more people experience the Ambilight-style viewing experience we enjoy here at Ny Breaking (several of our writers have Ambilight sets as their own personal TVs). If you have an LG TV with webOS 24 installed and can stretch your budget, it might be time to look at Philips Hue.