Philips has announced hue, a new iOS-controlled LED home lighting system which allows you to create and control the light using your smartphone or tablet and is only available in the Apple stores from 30th October. You can emulate nearly any color, as well as personalize the lighting experience with a wide array of dimmer and scheduling options. The company believes the new bulbs could reinvent “the way we think about and experience light in our homes.”

Building on its innovation capabilities, today Philips unveils hue, the world’s smartest web-enabled LED home lighting system. Philips hue signals a new era in home lighting both in the way we think about and experience light in our homes. It allows you to create and control the light using your smartphone or tablet.

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Philips hue can be setup in minutes. The intuitive app allows you to remotely control your home lighting to help secure your home, personalize your home lighting experience with custom settings and program timers to help manage your daily schedules, all through the convenience of a smart device. An intuitive and seamless system, Philips hue is upgradeable and future-proof, with the potential for more features to be downloaded and enjoyed in the future.

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Building on the success of its AmbiLight experience, Philips is developing future product features, such as allowing hue to integrate with other media including sound and video.  Philips is also working on features such as geo-location services, allowing hue to sense when you are close to home and automatically turn on the lights, or turn them off when you leave.

Hue does however come with a little price tag. The Philips hue introduction pack that includes 3 hue light bulbs of 600 lumen (50Watt equivalent), a hue bridge to easily set up your lighting network, apower supply for the hue bridge and the iOS app will cost you $199. Any additional bulbs are available for $59 each.

Via [MacRumors]