Philips Hue smart lights: pricey but worth it, right? That’s the line I usually spout when it comes to the Hue smart lighting brand, but with its latest wave of product announcements, Hue is showing a renewed interest in budget-minded smart home users.

Sure, Hue still had some big-ticket items (most of which were leaked by Hue itself earlier this month) to show off during its IFA press conference this week. For starters, there’s the new Hue Bridge Pro, a $90 revamp of the (still available) Hue Bridge V2 that can handle many more smart devices as well as turn your Hue lights into motion sensors.

Hue also trotted out a premium color light strip that crams in so many LEDs it’s virtually a single, unbroken strip of light, along with a new video doorbell, a wired security camera with upgraded

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