Philips Hue App Gains Support for Widgets

[alexandr]

Yeah I meant using it as a Home Hub. Guess I'll buy an Apple TV eventually, we own an iPad but my gf takes it to work every day, would that work still? I guess it wouldn't be of much use though when I'm back home but she's still out. Apple TV that sits at home all day (or HomePod) would make more sense.

I gave up on using my old iPad as a Home Hub years ago and got an Apple TV. It's soooo much better as a Home Hub than an iPad ever was. And it's fun to watch shows with spacial audio 🙂

 

[laszlo182]

At this point, I'm not buying any smart home devices or items that aren't HomeKit or Matter compatible. I'll stick with Meross lightbulbs for the time being.

Hue lights support both
Plus it’s not a Chinese company

 

[Neil Harrison]

It's super easy to group bulbs into sets — otherwise it would be crazy annoying — as I'm sure you've noticed Hue bulbs aren't the brightest, and I go way back before the 1600L bulbs ever existed, so I have several bulbs sitting on each 'light'. If you'd like I can send a screenshot, but yea — totally doable!

I have done that is really easy and much easier to set scenes etc.

Still really struggling with these lights though. All the scenes and automations work perfectly in HomeKit. As soon as I use switches (tap switches) I get a random colour generator. So frustrating

 

[philstubbington]

I'm not even sure) I've emailed Hue — they aren't bad at helping out with such issues. Or Apple, they've helped me solve issues too.

Just figured out it had reappeared in the home app, but in a different room. Now to see if it works in every scene.

 

[alexandr]

I have done that is really easy and much easier to set scenes etc.

Still really struggling with these lights though. All the scenes and automations work perfectly in HomeKit. As soon as I use switches (tap switches) I get a random colour generator. So frustrating

Interesting. I've noticed that in some instances, forming groups — overwrites the color/percentage you've set for a particular light. This can get quite annoying, but I usually just go into a scene and make sure everything is as I want it to be. Of course there are minor glitches, like when I set my TV scene — I dim some of the lights to a certain percentage, and sometimes the next time I turn my light on to a regular 'ON' setting — some of those lights might be a bit dimmer. Not the end of the world)

 

[alexandr]

Just figured out it had reappeared in the home app, but in a different room. Now to see if it works in every scene.

Let me guess — was it the 'default' room? 🙂))

 

[philstubbington]

Let me guess — was it the 'default' room? 🙂))

Probably - the home gym!

 

[alexandr]

Probably - the home gym!

As long as you know where to look 😀

 

[victorvictoria]

Hue lights support both
Plus it’s not a Chinese company

Yah, I have two of them, and they're OK, but I like the Meross bulbs HomeKit integration better.

 

[justperry]

You can get covers that go over the light switches so they are on all the time and magnetically hold a Hue dimmer. I have 18 of these in my house. When you remove theHue dimmer you can poke your finger though a hole to turn the physical switch on / off if you need to.

The benefit of this method is you don’t need 2/3 way wired switches for bedside lights or dual light points… You can stick them anywhere. Much cheaper for a lighting install.

I am using homekit switches in a couple of places where the lights are static Like the garage

Only 2 lights in the house that are Not hue or HomeKit controllable. Hob extractor downlight and utility cupboard 🙂

I mentioned the fact that it’s in the EU, no such covers and another big advantage of our system is that you can get lots of different brands/models/colours.
As I said before, shame the Shelly dimmers don’t dim as good as Hue.