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Make Halloween extra spooky with these Philips Hue light tricks

Helpful Home Staff by Helpful Home Staff
October 25, 2020
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Philips Hue Halloween lights

Halloween is right around the corner, and as many of us look for creative ways to decorate, there’s no better time to use smart home tech to make your home extra scary. With Philips Hue lights you can enhance your Halloween by turning your home into a haunted house, eerie dungeon or a spooky graveyard.

Here are some great ways to use Philips Hue lights to get your home into the Halloween spirit:

Use Philips Hue sync box to emerse yourself in scary movies

Transform your Halloween movie night into an emmersive experience with Philips Hue sync box and surround lighting. With Philips Hue sync box you can sync your Hue smart lights lights to your on-screen TV content. Watch your lights flash, brighten, dim, and change color along with scenes from your favorite horror film. 

Philips Hue tv sync

Use Philips Hue Go lamp to light up your jack-o-lantern

Keep your Halloween decorations safe for the whole family by using Philips Hue Go lamp to light up your jack-o-lantern (no need for candles). Place the Philips Hue Go lamp inside your pumpkin and set it to a creepy glow or use the Philips Hue app Candlelight effect for a more realistic feel.

Philips Hue jack-o-lantern

Use the Hue Disco app to create a strobe light effect

You can create a spooky strobe light effect with your Philips Hue lights and 3rd party apps like Hue Disco (available for Android and iPhone). The Hue Disco app has a dedicated strobe function that you can put to good use this Halloween.

Philips Hue strobe light

Create an outdoor Halloween spook scene

Set the mood for onlookers to get spooked out with Philips Hue outdoor lights. Use Philips Hue Outdoor Lightstrip to highlight trimmings or the Philips Hue Philips Hue Lily spot lights to to paint the outside walls in frightful colors. Philips hue outdoor wall light fixtures are great to have all year round, and double as lighting accessories during special occassions.

Philips Hue outdoor Halloween lights

For more tips on how to use smart home tech to get the most out of your Halloween, check out these Halloween Themed Google Home Easter Eggs. For Amazon Alexa fans check out Halloween Themed Alexa Easter Eggs The Whole Family Will Love.

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