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Philips Hue
Smart home
Philips Hue sweats the small stuff, from a left-handed mode for its controls to animated illustrations explaining away-from-home lighting, with more in our UX Bites.
Key takeaways from 2 UX Bites
A left-handed mode swaps the brightness and colour controls to sit under your dominant thumb
Away-from-home scheduling is explained with illustrations rather than paragraphs of copy
An animated clock shows time passing, making the scheduling concept readable at a glance
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Last updated: 27/08/2026
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