Motion Sensor

The Hue Outdoor Motion Sensor is an accessory that adds a new layer of functionality to your lighting system, acting as a whistleblower if anyone unwanted approaches your home during uncommon hours. The sensor has a wide range and can be hidden effectively from sight, making it hard to spot and therefore even more effective. As it is not connected physically to your Hue lights, getting past this sensor can be very difficult. Once movement is detected, you can make sure that lights outside and inside your home turns on, creating the effect that someone is waking up. This again acts as a great deterrent against burglars.

Remote Control

When far away from your home, the ability to control your lights whenever you want to is of huge benefit to you and allows you to worry less about the possibility of someone unwanted entering your home. As long as you have an internet connection in your phone, and have connected your Hue Bridge to a Hue account, you will have full remote access to your lighting system. Turn rooms on and off whenever you want, creating the simple illusion of someone being home.

Lighting Routines

Routines are great options for anyone who doesn't want to manually control their lights when they are away. Tailor each routine exactly as you want them, making sure that different rooms are lit in certain moments, creating a very organic and realistic sense that your home is occupied.

Form

The shape of the luminaire affects how the light is spread and focused on the surfaces around it. For accenting certain parts of a house, spotlights or "up-and-down" wall lanterns are great options. If your goal is to spread the light, get something that has an open design with either a 180 or 360 degree spread. Some luminaires allow for a direct aim at the ground by a path.

Function and power

Understanding what the luminaire is going to be used for is crucial when buying a outdoor lighting. Pedestals are a great option if you want to focus the light in the path you use to walk up to your house, while flood lights are meant to cover huge areas from a single lighting point, like in front of a garage door or driveway. Lightstrips and spotlights are great for building atmosphere and accenting certain spots.

Control

Integrating your outdoor lights with a smart lighting system Philips Hue can save you time, effort and money. By having full control over the lights, more opportunities will open up compared to just relying on light or motion sensors. Scheduling, geo-fencing and many other smart functions make your outdoor lights to more than just lights. They become a way of living.

White or Color

This aspect of your outdoor lighting is like everything else, a question of taste. Understand if you want white lighting or something more colorful. The standard warm white light is amazing during relaxing moments on your balcony or when working in your garden. But during special occasions, the ability to color your outdoor spaces allows for the creation of amazing atmosphere and ambiance. Something that can take your event or moment to a new level.

Philips Hue Low Voltage luminaires are seen as plug-and-play products, meaning that they do not need any electrician to install them. Connect the PSU (power supply unit) to an IP rated power socket outdoors and then connect the different luminaires using the low voltage cables and t-connections that is included with every product!

The luminaires can be placed straight into the ground with the included spears, or attached to a wall or porch with screws.

Once you have your Hue Bridge setup, you are ready to start adding and connecting your different light sources. Hue Bulbs can be attached to an outdoor luminaire that have a changeable light source. Otherwise, the two options are Hue Outdoor luminaires that require full installation and connection by an electrician, or Hue Outdoor LowVoltage luminaires that is a plug-and-play range of luminaire safe for anyone to connect and install.

1. Make sure your lights have power and are not flickering, which can indicate an issue with the installation or the product.
2. Open up the Philips Hue app on a device connected to the same Wi-Fi network as the Hue Bridge.
3. Go to "Settings" and find the option "Light Setup" and press the "Add Lights" button.
4. The application will now search for any Hue lights in your home or garden. Once found, you can add them to a room or zone for easy control.
5. (In case the Hue application has a hard time finding your lights, try to find the respective serial number that can be found on each bulb or luminaire, and connect them by searching for that number in the app)

Wall Lanterns

Wall lanterns are great option when it comes to lighting up balconies, porches and houses to create a safer and more welcoming surrounding for the outdoor living space. Wall lanterns from Philips Hue are a great as the first luminaire in your outdoor lighting range because it is usually installed by your house close to the Hue Bridge, acting as a great signal extender for the rest of your outdoor lighting. You can find Philips Hue Outdoor wall lanterns in the Hue White and Hue Color ranges. The Hue Impress wall lantern can be found as a low voltage alternative.

Floodlights

Floodlights are wall lights that carry a specifik purpose, which is to lighten up a very large area around a house or garage wall. It acts as a spotlight in design, but the massive amount of light changes the functionality from accent lighting to area lighting. Floodlights are great options when it comes to lighting up driveways, the space in front of a garage, backyards with limited space for other lights and similar. You can find Philips Hue Outdoor floodlights in the Hue White and Hue Color ranges.

Pillars

Pillar luminaires are a powerful option when it comes to lighting up areas in your garden or outdoor space that are further away from the house walls. Paths, bushes and other greenery, home gardens and much more that otherwise cannot be reached by light can be turned to cozy outdoor spaces where you can traverse feeling safe and being able to see anything in your way during evening and night. You can find Philips Hue Outdoor pillars in the Hue White and Hue Color ranges. You can find the Hue Calla Large as a low voltage alternative.

Pedestals

Pedestals are smaller versions of pillars with slightly less power and light that is closer to the ground, effectively lighting up objects and greenery that is lower to the ground. Paths, bushes and other greenery, home gardens and much more that otherwise cannot be reached by light can be turned to cozy outdoor spaces where you can traverse feeling safe and being able to see anything in your way during evening and night. You can find Philips Hue Outdoor piedestals in the Hue White and Hue Color ranges. You can find the Hue Calla and Hue Impress pedestals as low voltage alternatives.

Spotlights

Outdoor spotlights from Philips Hue are great option for anyone who wants to easily light up a tree, a specific object in their garden or just create a subtle and beautiful ambient lighting in their outdoor space. You can find two versions of the Hue Outdoor spotlight Lily, a smaller size and a larger called Lily XL. You can find the Philips Hue Outdoor spotlights in the Hue Color range.
 
 

Lightstrips

The Philips Hue lightstrip is a fantastic connected solution for ambient outdoor lighting that can give your outdoor spaces a beautiful new feel and look. The strip is IP rated just like all of the other Philips Hue outdoor products and is made to last through any type of weather. You can find this lightstrip in either a 5 meter or 2 meter length. The Philips Hue Outdoor lightstrip can only be found in the Hue Color range. The two products are part of the Low Voltage category at 19 and 37.5 watts respectively, making them plus-and-play products.