MR16 - 400 Smart Spotlight
A low-voltage MR16 spotlight with adjustable white, from warm to cool daylight. For 12 V downlight systems, so it needs a compatible transformer, not a mains GU10 socket.
$59.95 inc GST In stock at supplier · dispatches in 5 business days
Colour profile
Colour guide
Warm, cool, or full colour?
Globes come in three options: a fixed warm white, an adjustable warm-to-cool white, or the full colour spectrum.
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Warm to Cool White
Warm to coolAdjustable white that runs from warm and cosy to crisp and cool, so one globe suits both relaxing and focused rooms.
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Colour
Full colour and whiteThe full spectrum: millions of colours plus tunable white, for scene lighting, accents and a bit of fun.
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2-year warranty Backed by Philips Hue
Everything you need to know
This is a White Ambiance MR16, tuning across 2200K to 6500K for warm evenings or cool task light. It's a 12 V low-voltage spotlight with the MR16 bi-pin fitting, so it replaces existing 12 V halogen spots and needs a compatible transformer (it works with most). If your downlights are mains-voltage twist-lock, you want the GU10 instead. Bluetooth works out of the box; a Hue Bridge adds voice and automations.
Product features
Tunable white
One white for every part of the day. Shift from a warm 2200 K glow to crisp 6500 K daylight, and every step between. Cool, bright light helps you focus in the morning; a warmer tone winds the room down at night. Set it by hand, or let a schedule move it through the day for you.
- Warm 2200 K to cool 6500 K
- Bright cool light to focus
- Warm light to unwind
- Follows a daily schedule
Needs a 12 V transformer
This is a bi-pin MR16 on a GU5.3 base running at 12 V, so it swaps in for 12 V halogen spots and needs a compatible transformer, not a mains GU10 socket. Older magnetic transformers may need replacing with an LED driver. If your downlights are mains-voltage twist-lock, choose the GU10 instead.
Deep, smooth dimming
Take the light from full brightness down to a 1% glow with no flicker, no buzz and no sudden jump to off. It's the difference between a bulb that only really has 'on' and 'off', and one you can set exactly where you want it: soft enough for a nursery at night, or a hallway after dark.
- Smooth from 100% to a 1% glow
- No flicker, no buzz
- Set the exact level you want
- Ideal for bedrooms and nurseries
Bluetooth now, Bridge later
Pair over Bluetooth and run it from the Hue app out of the box, up to about ten lights in a room. Add the Hue Bridge, sold separately, for automations, control while you're away, and Matter, Apple Home, Google Home and Amazon Alexa.
The Philips Hue system
Hue is a system, not just a smart bulb. Every Hue product, from bulbs and lamps to light strips and fixtures, joins the same Zigbee mesh and shows up in one app. A single bulb bought today slots straight into a whole-home setup later.
The lights
Bulbs, lamps, strips & fixtures
All speak Zigbee and mesh with each other, so every light you add extends the network's reach.
The hub
One Bridge runs the whole home
Runs up to 50 lights off your router, and connects Apple Home, Google Home, Alexa and SmartThings.
The control
App, voice & switches
One app for rooms, scenes and schedules, plus dimmers, buttons and sensors that work without a phone.
Getting started
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Start with one light Start here
Add your first Hue light, open the Hue app, and control up to 10 lights in one room over Bluetooth. No hub required.
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Add the Hue Bridge When you're ready
Run up to 50 lights, control them from anywhere, set schedules and automations, and connect your voice assistant.
Start small, scale up. Everything you buy today keeps working when you add the Bridge, and everything Hue has made since 2012 still joins the same system.
Works with
Also works with
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Works with Apple Home
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Works with Google Home
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Works with Amazon Alexa
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Works with SmartThings
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Works with Home Assistant
Works with Matter
Also works with Matter, so it can join other Matter platforms as well as the ones above.
Connects over
Phone to bulb, directly
No extra hardware. Your phone talks straight to the bulb.
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Bluetooth
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Phone to bulb, through a hub
Your phone reaches the hub over your home network; the hub speaks Zigbee to the bulb, and adds scenes, automations and out-of-home control.
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Zigbee
Works offline
Keeps working on your home network when the internet is down.
Specifications
No specifications match.
Connectivity
- Needs its hub for
- Apple HomeSamsung SmartThingsHome Assistant
- Brightness
- 400 lumens
- Colour rendering (CRI)
- 80
- Rated lifespan
- 25,000 hrs
- Light type
- Warm to Cool White Also available: Colour
- Colour temperature
- 2200–6500 K
- Dimmable
- Yes
- Power draw (in use)
- 5.1 W
- Power draw (standby)
- 0.5 W
- Placement
- Indoor
- Dimensions
- 50 × 49 × 50 mm
- Fitting
- GU5.3
- Shape
- MR16
- SKU
- HUE-BLB-0012
- MPN
- 929003575601
- Barcode
- 8719514491465
What you can do with it
Dim the lights from the couch for movie night
Drop the lights to a glow from the couch, then bring them back up when it's time to tidy. Fit a Shelly dimmer behind the wall plate, or swap to Philips Hue bulbs and use the app. Control with any of
Lights that come on as you walk in, softer late at night
A sensor turns the bedroom or hallway light on as you walk in, at full brightness in the evening and a low glow at 2am. Fit Philips Hue bulbs and a motion sensor, or keep your lights and add a Shelly dimmer and presence sensor. Control with any of 
Lights that dim on a schedule each evening
The lights fade down to a low glow after dinner instead of snapping between full and off. Do it with a Shelly dimmer behind the wall plate or Philips Hue bulbs, in their app or Home Assistant. Control with any of 
Lights that fade up to wake you in the morning
The bedroom lights come up slowly before your alarm, so you wake to a lit room instead of a dark one. Do it with a Shelly dimmer behind the wall plate or Philips Hue bulbs, in their app or Home Assistant. Control with any of Complete your setup
Your bulb is the starting point. The pieces below turn it into a system, with whole-home control, hands-free lighting and switching from the wall.
Add a Bridge to unlock the system
Bridge Pro
Your Hue lights work on their own to start. A Hue Bridge links them into one system, with whole-home control, automations and control when you are away from home.
$189.95
Add a Bridge to unlock the system
Bridge
Your Hue lights work on their own to start. A Hue Bridge links them into one system, with whole-home control, automations and control when you are away from home.
$99.95
Add hands-free lighting
Motion Sensor
A motion sensor turns the lights on as you walk in and off when the room empties, so no one reaches for a switch. Set brighter days and dim nights.
$69.95
Keep control on the wall
Dimmer Switch
A dimmer or switch on the wall lets anyone adjust the lights without a phone, and recall a scene with one press. Good by the door or the bed.
$39.95
Keep control on the wall
Tap Dial Switch
A dimmer or switch on the wall lets anyone adjust the lights without a phone, and recall a scene with one press. Good by the door or the bed.
$79.95
Common questions
Quick answers before you buy. We test this gear ourselves. Can't find yours? Ask our Melbourne team
No. It pairs over Bluetooth and you control it from the Hue app, up to about ten bulbs in one room. Add the Hue Bridge to run up to 50 bulbs, set automations, control the lights while you're away, and connect to Matter, Apple Home, Google Home and Alexa.
Yes. It has a GU5.3 pin base and runs on 12 V, so it needs a compatible low-voltage transformer, not a mains GU10 socket. Older magnetic transformers may need swapping for a compatible LED driver.
Yes, fully dimmable from the Hue app, a Hue switch or your voice, with no separate wall dimmer. Don't wire it to a traditional dimmer, as that breaks the smart control. Leave the wall switch on and dim from Hue instead.
It changes white temperature, not colour. This is a White ambiance spotlight: every shade of white from warm 2200K to cool 6500K daylight, with no coloured light. Choose a White and colour spotlight if you want colours.
Philips Hue · MR16 - 400 Smart Spotlight