Philips Makes Hue Smart Lights More Affordable, More Lazy-Friendly With Hue Lux And Hue Tap

In what seems to be the beginning of a real-life Wall-E situation, Philips has introduced an even easier way to control your home’s Hue smart lighting system. Because, you know, fishing your smartphone out of your pocket when you want to switch the lights will probably exhaust you to the point of hospitalization.

Lazy factor aside, the Philips Hue Tap is actually a clever little gadget. It is a $59.95 device that sits in your home, on a table or what have you, and lets you control the lighting of your room with a tap. Even more impressive, the Hue Tap doesn’t need to be plugged in. It draws zero watts, and instead uses kinetic energy from your tapping to power itself. This little accessory will be on sale in North America and Europe with Philips retail partners starting after this summer.

Of course, to use the Hue Tap at all you need the Hue Bridge, as well as a few Hue lightbulbs. The starter kit goes for around $200 at Apple.

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