Level up your gaming with light

Sync with PC

What you need

Gather your gaming gear, and get ready to step into your character’s world.

Single-monitor PC gaming setup and colorful smart lights surrounding it

Color-capable lights

Any Philips Hue White and color ambiance light — bulbs, lamps, and lightstrips — can be added to an Entertainment area in the Hue app. 

Hue Bridge hanging on a wall

Hue Bridge

The heart of your smart lighting system, the Hue Bridge unlocks the full suite of smart lighting features, including Hue Sync.

Monitor with screen on and an overlay of the Hue Sync desktop app displaying sync settings

Hue Sync desktop app

Free to download for both Mac OS and Windows, the Hue Sync desktop app brings surround lighting to your gaming setup

Download on the app store

Mac Big Sur and up

Download on Windows store

Windows 10 and up

Hue Sync is only available to download on desktop

Woman gaming at a computer with colorful smart lights attached to back of monitor

New!

Play gradient lightstrip for PC

The Play gradient lightstrip for PC blends brilliant color together to create a seamless gradient of light. Available in three sizes for single- and triple-monitor setups.

The top picks

Hue Sync is a team sport — and these are the MVPs. 

Play light bars

Lay them down or stand them up — no matter how you position them, Play light bars are the perfect addition to an Entertainment area.

Signe lamp

Tall and slender, these floor and table lamps wash the wall with colorful light. Place to the side of your gaming setup for the best effects!

Go portable light

Add a Go portable light to either side of your surround lighting setup for colorful light that reacts to the screen.

Hue Sync desktop app screen

Customize the experience

Adjust the intensity
Set the brightness and speed of how your lights sync depending on the type of content you’re playing or watching (or your mood).1

Set a scene
Need some background lighting? Use preset light scenes to create the perfect atmosphere when you’re not syncing.

Make it your own
Create keyboard shortcuts, adjust display preferences, choose specific settings for each game, and more.

Expand your setup with our partners

Connect Razer

Bring light to every corner of your gaming setup! Connect Razer’s Synapse tool and Razer Chroma accessories — mouse, keyboard, and even the mousepad — for a totally immersive gaming experience.

Connect CORSAIR iCUE

Get a gaming setup unlike any other with CORSAIR gaming peripherals, including keyboards, mice, monitors, and more, and Philips Hue smart lighting. 

How to videos

You+Hue

Check out these real-life gaming setups to get some inspiration for your own!

Gaming setup from behind with three monitors, with Play gradient lightstrip attached to back
Computer monitor from behind with Play gradient lightstrip attached
Gaming setup with three monitors lit in pink, orange, and blue
Room with gaming chair and desk lit in pink and blue

Get to know Hue Entertainment

Need to know more about syncing your smart lights? We’ll point you in the right direction.

Hue Entertainment

Sync with home theater

Support

¹ Does not work with DRM-protected content.

*When a bulb displays "Up to" a certain number of lumens in its specifications, it displays the maximum lumen output of the bulb. It shows how bright the bulb can get at 2700 K (White bulbs) or 4000 K (White ambiance or White and color ambiance bulbs). Learn more about brightness