--- description: Philips Hue, the maker of smartphone-controlled mood lighting, has launched a new, portable lamp that unplugs from the wall. title: The Best Smartphone-Controlled Lightbulbs Are Now Even Better image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt27b62feb9b366087/69878664f887dc2a95e8aeaf/hue-go-hue-and-wine.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # The Best Smartphone-Controlled Lightbulbs Are Now Even Better  by [Dan Kedmey](/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 2, 2015 3:09 PM CUT  Philips  by [Dan Kedmey](/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 2, 2015 3:09 PM CUT Philips Hue, the maker of smartphone-controlled, color-changing lightbulbs, has launched a new, portable lamp that unplugs from the wall and can be carried just about anywhere. The Hue Go keeps the lights on thanks to a rechargeable battery that lasts up to 3 hours between charges. Like the rest of the lights in the Hue product line, the light syncs up wirelessly to Hue’s mobile app, where user’s can adjust the lighting between seven preset “moods” or nitpick between 16 million colors on a touchable palette. But portable mood-lighting doesn’t come cheap. The Hue Go will retail for €100 ($109) when it goes on sale in Europe this April, followed by North America this June. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3768827/philips-hue-go/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3768827/philips-hue-go/"},"headline":"The Best Smartphone-Controlled Lightbulbs Are Now Even Better","datePublished":"2015-04-02T15:09:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:04:47.947Z","description":"The Philips Hue Go is a wireless lamp you can control with your phone","url":"https://time.com/3768827/philips-hue-go/","keywords":["Tech","Gadgets"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt27b62feb9b366087/69878664f887dc2a95e8aeaf/hue-go-hue-and-wine.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Dan Kedmey","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/dan-kedmey/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt27b62feb9b366087/69878664f887dc2a95e8aeaf/hue-go-hue-and-wine.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Hue-Go-Hue-and-Wine","caption":"","creditText":"Philips","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3768827/philips-hue-go/","name":"The Best Smartphone-Controlled Lightbulbs Are Now Even Better"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Cord Cutting: 5 Ways to Ditch Cable","description":"Various cable-cutting packages designed to wean you off the tube.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/Nz5NzJXZ/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-06-19T18:21:33.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/Nz5NzJXZ.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3768827/philips-hue-go/","duration":"PT2M25S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3768827/philips-hue-go/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```