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Title: Hue's Secure video doorbell can turn on Hue lights when someone comes
to the door

Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2025 10:00:17 +0000
Link: https://www.engadget.com/home/smart-home/hues...

Hue is best known for its smart lights, but recently the company ventured
into home security with its Secure lineup of cameras. Now, parent Signify is
releasing its first video doorbell, the Hue Secure, with several unique
features it hopes will make it stand out against formidable competition from
Nest and Amazon's Ring.

To start with, the Hue doorbell comes with a 2K fisheye camera, more
resolution than Nest and some of Ring's doorbell products, potentially
offering more detailed video. Hue is also offering a 24-hour video history
for free, letting you avoid paying for a subscription if you only want to
keep a day's worth of clips. In addition, the camera can work with Google
Home and Samsung SmartThings, along with Hue's own app. It won't be
compatible with Apple Home at launch, but will be updated to work with it
later. Signify will also add Matter support sometime this fall.

Hue

Along with 2.4GHz and 5GHz Wi-Fi compatibility, the Hue Secure video doorbell
come with a Zigbee radio. That lets it pair with Hue lights, so you can set
it up to automatically turn on other Hue lights (inside your foyer or outside
the door, for instance) when someone approaches the front door. However, if
you want a chime to compliment the Hue Secure by providing sound alerts when
the doorbell rings, you'll need to buy the $60 Hue Smart Chime that's sold
separately ΓÇö as the new doorbell doesn't work with any third-party chimes
for now.

Hue's Security video doorbell arrives in October in North America, Europe and
the UK for $170 (£140). Signify will also release a new 2K wired camera in
Europe that's an update to the original Hue security cameras. That model will
cost Γé¼180 or Γé¼200 with a stand, with no word yet on US availability.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at
https://www.engadget.com/home/smart-home/hues...
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