Philips Hue has a new accessory that’ll make it even easier to automate the lighting in your home: a motion sensor. This is, of course, a very standard add-on for home lighting — which is what makes its addition to the Hue lineup so important.
Hue hasn’t had any motion sensor options until now, so home owners who wanted to do motion sensing were either out of luck or stuck setting up a chain of third-party gadgets to get the same effect. This solves all of that.
The Hue motion sensor is a small white box with two AAA batteries inside that you’re supposed to place or mount in or around your house. It only detects motion — as in, it’s not a camera — and lets you automate lighting in response to whether people are or are not in a room.
