Philips Hue is getting into the Home Security market with new Smart Cameras

Philips Hue has just announced their first smart security cameras. They are simply called “Secure Camera”, and the name makes a lot of sense, since these are end-to-end encrypted. They also work with Philips Hue’s smart lights to help scare off intruders.

These new cameras puts Philips Hue into direct competition with Ring and Nest. Which is a bit interesting, especially since Ring has had some issues as of late with security. While Hue says that these cameras are end-to-end encrypted.

Hue says that these cameras are capable of recording in 1080p and provide night vision. Making them great to put around your home. As mentioned, you can also connect these to other Philips Hue lights around your home, and Hue also has the Secure Floodlight Camera, where the floodlight will automatically turn on when it sees movement.

The Philips Hue Secure Cameras will come in wired and battery models, costing €200 and €250 respectively. US pricing has not yet been released, but those do convert to about $218 and $273, respectively. The Hue Secure Floodlight Camera does come in at €350.

That’s not all from Philips Hue at IFA 2023

Philips Hue is all about security at IFA this year. And has also debuted a few new contact sensors. These will alert you to doors and windows opening. You can also program these to work with Hue lights, so that the lights can be switched on or off as the sensors detect doors being opened. This is good for intruders, or also having the lights turn on automatically when you walk through the door. The contact sensors are available in black or white for €40 or €70 for a pack of two.

Finally, Philips Hue has also updated its app to add a new Security Center. This is going to allow you to trigger alarms from there, flash lights and even sound the siren on the Secure Camera. The new feature also gives you a quick and easy way to call local authorities.

All of these products will be launching this fall.