Philips Hue strengthens the smart home ecosystem to launch the first monitoring product

CTOnews.com, August 2 (Xinhua)-- Philips Hue usually launches new products at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Berlin. Now, Eric Rondolat, chief executive of Signify, has revealed that Philips Hue will enter the security field and will launch its first surveillance product.

Rondolat hopes to integrate the camera and the lighting system. "there are thieves in the house triggering the alarm and all the lights are flashing red. Why is this interesting? because the sound alarm is installed in the house, it cannot be heard from a distance, but the light can."

At the same time, Philips Hue cameras and security products should also be able to be used for lighting, such as home cameras that can detect moving objects and automatically activate the lighting system, similar to the functions currently implemented by Hue motion sensors.

In this process, data privacy security is very important. As a result, Rondolat said: "our camera will be the first end-to-end encrypted camera." This means that manufacturers themselves cannot decrypt videos that may be stored in the cloud.

Here is a brief introduction to CTOnews.com. Philips-branded lighting products and services have been licensed to global lighting industry leader Signify Xin Nuofei, now "Philips Hue", covering all lighting applications from home, office and industry to street lighting, courtyard lighting, sports field lighting and so on.