Philips Hue Reddit Community

I've recently started to migrate from Google Home to HomeKit. I've added homepod minis to all our main rooms, replaced all our lights with a Philips Hue bridge and Hue Bulbs. I want to add a dimmer outlet to control some lamps that are not smart devices. I got Levitron outlets, which work with HomeKit but require 2.4g network. Because Hue Bridge is ethernet, it seems to default to 5g. She I switch my homepods to 2.4g the outlet works, but no lights work, and vice versa. Is there a way to force bridge to 2.4g?

Is energise close to that?

After a recent power outage, my Wake Up automation function no longer works at specifically 6am.

At any other time it works, yet 6am does not function correctly. Any suggestions to fix this without doing a total reset?

I've tried re-making the automation already by the way. Didn't work. Super odd that it's only 6am, which is like the whole reason I wanted it.

Hi, how are you? I'm new here and I would love to know what kit to buy for my new 98-inch Samsung television, more specifically Samsung 98" - TQ98Q80CATXXC, it is a 2023 model and it has Hue Sync, so I think it comes prepared for this lighting system.

What I'm not sure about is which kit to get, basically because I think I need some extra strip given that the TV is very large and that the largest kit is for 75'', I would really appreciate knowing which kit to buy to fill the rear part well, Thank you very much in advance!

Also i wanna know if ill be able to play in 4k 120 or i need some kind of adapter.

Has anyone attempted and successfully managed to get 4 hue bulbs to connect to one switch? I’ve been googling to see if anyone attempted this but no answer ?

I want to set my porch light bulb to be bright in the early evening, then dim for the overnight, and then brighten again before dawn. I've tried to program automations back to back but this doesn't seem to work. I don't think the end and start times can overlap. Is there a way to program the effect I am looking for? I could put a one minute delay between automations, but I'm hoping for a better solution.

In my setup, I have a handful of devices (Apple TV, PS5, Nintendo Switch, PC) feeding into my Receiver which outputs to the Hue Sync box before ultimately reaching the TV. This sub knows about the issues with consoles and the HDMI 2.1 limitations, but I also have an issue with Apple TV stuttering in playback of 4k content. I want to bypass the box entirely to work around these issues.

I'm new to HDMI splitters and need recommendations on one with a single input and two outputs. There's a lot of choices out there and I'm wondering if the community has a recommendation on one that is tried and true!

I thought it would be fun to put a white+color bulb on my porch light and assumed there was a scene that would allow the app to choose random colors for a sunset automation. Like one day it would be purple and the next day green.

I've read a post about someone creating an apple shortcut doing this but I am totally inept when it comes to creating shortcuts. Seems like this would be a simple implementation from Phillips, I hope they do add it eventually.

It appears every time I start the Philips Hue Sync app and switch devices, it doesn't remember my last-used settings, and insists on being maximum brightness. Then I have to turn it down with the slider.

Is there a reliable way to just make it work so it keeps the last setting I used with one of the plugged-in devices?

(Why is it even doing this?)

Looking for colour temp 6500k. How would I go about setting it to that? The scene “Energise” looks like it may be 6500k?

Thanks

Excuse the slightly messy setup at the moment. I have the hue play light strip on my TV, but I also have this wrap around TV stand for my cats. They enjoy it quite a bit so I don’t want to get rid of it, but it also blocks some of the light.

Ive considered play bars to help extend the area a bit, but it would be quite a few of them and where it’s closer to the walls would create hotspots. I can move it around a bit though.

What is like to do it use the hue gradient light strip and extensions and put a second loop on the back of my tv stand. Just like a bigger version of the one on the TV. From other posts I believe it can or should work the same as the play one. What I’m unsure of is, can I have two of them at the same time and both syncing to the TV? I’m not entirely sure I’d make the investment if I could only use one at time.

If I try to add the play strip on my tv and the one on my monitor to the same entertainment area, it won’t let me. I’m not sure if the gradient strip as the same restriction. Or if they’d both work as if they were wrapped around the TV.

Has anyone tried it, or know for sure if it would or wouldn’t work?

I bought the 2.1 3 hdmi... Do not bother. It's ridiculously glitchy, I have a C845 98'' TCL... Through the sync box picture quality is subpar as is refresh rate. The only device I have connected to is a Chromecast, tried the Xbox Series X very laggy. I've emailed Fancy Led numerous times to no avail. Save your money.

About a month ago I posted here about how the majority of my bulbs randomly disconnected from my Alexa app after an update. Very happy to say that I noticed updates for my Hue bulbs this evening and this seems to have made the bulbs talk to Alexa again.

Here's the process I took to fix them:

1. Updated all bulbs in the Hue app (Settings > Lights > Update All)
2. In the Hue app, reset each bulb that wasn't connecting to Alexa (RESET, not just delete. App will tell you that you're factory resetting the bulbs but they'll retain the update)
3. Unpaired the bulbs that weren't connecting to Alexa from my phone's Bluetooth
4. Added each bulb back to the Hue app
5. Turned on Alexa discovery in Hue app (Settings > Voice assistants > Alexa > Make discoverable)
6. "Alexa, discover devices."

Tedious, but I'm just happy that my smart bulbs are actually smart again.

I recently got 2 hue gradiant light strips, the 27" pc one that can reflect what's on screen and the 65" TV one that can do the same. My thought was to connect both and have the monitor one display what's on my monitor as normal and the TV one under my desk doing the same but inverted so it'll get the bottom of the monitors image. This way they are both simultaneously displaying light based on what's on my screen. I have the bridge and the sync box and I am able to have both working but not at the same time. Is this possible to have both working in tandem? If not then is there an ambient light strip that I can get that kind of reflects what's on screen, maybe not as well as the gradiant one, that can go under my desk and work in tandem with the monitor one? If it makes a difference I have the mobile hue app, the desktop app, and I would prefer to run it with the corsair Icue app so it syncs with my corsair rgbs.

Can you hear the Hue bulbs in your house? I am hyper sensitive to the sound of EMF and I feel like I can hear the hue devices sometimes louder depending on the particular color setting. Sometimes it's a ringing in my ears other times it's a wine or drone. Curious if it's affecting my mental health. Thoughts or feelings on your experiences with Hue and Electro Magnetic Fields?

Thanks. If they are causing added stress I just might have to go back to dumb lights...

Hue broke shortcuts a few months ago. With the past 4 updates they have continued to remove existing shortcut capabilities. Now it seems the only shortcuts they support are Sync Box related.

I am curious if this issue is universal or if there is something wrong with my phone. Anyone else experiencing similar loss of capability?

This is the complete list of the Hue Shortcuts I have remaining to choose from in the iOS Shortcuts App.

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Almost all of my wall switches have a firmware of 1.0.3, but I have one that’s at 1.0.5. The Hue app says everything is up to date. Any idea what’s going on?

TLDR~ power outage or shut-off of the main breaker, causing Hue bridge to disconnect with Homekit. It works in the Hue app but not Apple Home. I have to relink the Hue bridge with the Home app, regroup lights, and re-set my automation 20 Hue lights~ I

Does anyone have a solution for this bug?

Do I need internet for the Hue Switches to work? I have been looking but can not tell. Here lately we have been having a lot of power outages but have a back up generator, but it takes a minute to get the internet back. I was curious if the switches need access to the internet or just access to the network or bridge.

I'm looking for a lamp for my bedroom, and I quite like the design of the VÅGHÖJD from IKEA. Does anyone know any similar lamps to this that I can put my own lightbulbs in? Thanks.

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Hey yall! Im new to Phillips Hue. And i have 2 questions. I cant find on google how to get the color change thing (shuffle if im right?) on my scene. The only thing it does is to one specific color. How do i change it to shuffle? Sorry for the dumb ass question

Hello ,I bought some sensors to secure my garden ,but I have some issues to found outdoor sensor in security participating devices list ,or this sensor does not funcion as alarm device?

Hi,

I am a bit new to the Hue ecosystem. So far only have backlight for my TV and a bridge, but am planning to expand. I need a new ceiling light in my living room, so I am looking at the new Datura model. However, I am unsure if I should go for the Small or Large one. As of now this will be the main source of light in my living room.

My living room is a 19.2m^2 (206 square feet), and the ceiling light is fairly centralized. The small model is up to 3300 lumens, while the large one is up to 4850. My main issue here is that I have no experience with 'how much' 1000 lumen is, so I am in no position to know which one I should go for. Google (ie obals.com) indicates both would be ok. Any inputs?

Is it a good choice for me to get a Switch Module as well for my living room switch? This is how I'm used to turning on and off the light.

Link to official product: https://www.philips-hue.com/en-gb/p/hue-white-and-colour-ambiance-datura-ceiling-light/8720169277557

Thanks!

Title. Or can you automate when they dim and get brighter during the day? Any suggestions?

Hello, i bought the smart play hue bars but didn't know i need a bridge to activate sync?

Aren't they bluetooth? Why they don't show on laptop bluetooth so i can use the app there instead of phone? Does create entertainment area not appear on the phone app without a bridge?

Is there an app that can do sync without a bridge? My ethernet hub is super crowded already (15 ports filled or something with an extra netgear hub)...

Bonus questions: does hue sync cause frame drops or lagg while gaming? Any apps that do stuff the official one doesn't do from pc? And do you prefer your bars against the wall or against the desk (hanging from monitor downwards or under the desk) or both?

Ty

Hello, I hope you guys can help me.

I've had a problem with one of my hue motion sensors. It can only register movement and not temperature nor lux in homekit.

I have another hue motion sensor which shows both in HomeKit.

Im not sure what could be the problem since I set them up the same way. Any suggestions? :)

Thanks in advance!

Every once in a while I have to reconnect my Tap switches because they can be fussy. Well today I went in to remove and reconnect the switch and I tapped add accessories and only smart plug showed up in the menu.

I tried restarting my phone, the app, and the hub to no avail.

Any ideas?

My specific set up is:

NVIDIA Shield plugged into Denon x3800h.
Denon x3800h plugged into HDMI port 2 of HDMI sync box.
HDMI sync box plugged into eARC HDMI port of my LG OLED CX.

I game on my PC, which is plugged directly into another HDMI port on the TV which is HDMI 2.1 compatible, but not eARC enabled. Side note: The audio when gaming still plays through my AVR and home theater setup, which I am a bit confused as to how that works since it's not plugged the eARC port.

But my main question is, with this setup, is the content on my NVIDIA shield losing quality in any way when going through the hdmi sync box? I know you lose hdmi 2.1 support and 4k@120hz but that shouldn't really matter since I'm only using my nvidia shield with AVR/Sync box pathway. But what about the actual quality of content at 4k 24hz etc. I have googled it extensively and can't seem to find a definitive answer. Old posts talk about how dolby vision is not supported this way, but new posts say that an update fixed that? But some posts say its not true dolby vision. Is there an discernable difference? Anyone done objective testing on this stuff? Or even subjective?

I like the effect of the lights but its def not worth it if the image or audio quality is being reduced. The rest of my system is top tier and it feels silly to sacrifice that $$$/quality if its not necessary.