The not going off completely may be the circuit it’s on, some circuits leak *just* enough current that LEDs will stay glowing when “off”, and that problem gets even worse with smart bulbs where they always need to be “on”, you can add resistance to the circuit to stop that if so
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Philips Hue Bulbs Randomly Turning Up to Max Brightness, But a Fix Is Coming
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When I hear this:
Makes me wonder if they've done "fuzz testing" in the radio domain too not just software. If not, what other behaviors lurk? 😬 Still happy with my Lutron Maestro Wireless and it's Clear Connect RF which this whitepaper goes into glowing and superlative detail about - it reads very much like a manifesto <grey beard emoji>
This particular bulb never used to have this problem - and it’s been plugged into the same socket as far as I remember.
Thanks for your comment - I’ll swap it for another bulb to see if I have the same problem!
My Hue Lightstrip just started doing this. Very annoying. I figured out on my own that it must have been thinking there was a power interruption so I changed the power interruption restore setting but that didn’t help. None of the regular bulbs are doing it… only the light strip.
I have 24 bulbs, and many of them have been acting up for a few weeks now. The random brightness I’ve experienced once so far; affected most of the lights at the same time around 5am (!) .. others don’t turn off when a scene tells them to turn off… I presumed an update rolled out with issues — sounds not so far off, then!
Some owners of Philips Hue smart bulbs are reporting that their lights are randomly turning up to full brightness despite being set to dim.
Philips Hue parent company Signify is reportedly aware of the issue, which is apparently related to the Matter interoperability standard, and says a fix is coming as soon as next week.
"After extensive analysis, we have identified an interoperability issue with the Matter smarthome standard, in which random temporary radio traffic disruptions are incorrectly recognized as legacy switch power toggles, turning low brightness lights to full brightness," a spokesperson representing Signify told The Verge. "A permanent fix for the issue is in progress and will be rolled out within the next week," they added.
It's unclear how many Hue bulbs are going rogue and turning up to 100% brightness, but Signify says that only "a small percentage of users" have been impacted. If you're one of them and you don't fancy putting up with the random brightness changes, Signify suggests that you temporarily disconnect your Hue Bridge from your Matter smart home system until the fix arrives.
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Fortunately, I haven't yet seen this behavior from my Hue lights, but at least I know now what it is and won't need to tear things apart to get to the source if it starts...!
Thanks to both of you! I'll explore this when I'm more confident that the ceiling light in the baby nursery won't suddenly light up in the middle of the night 😂
I have one that wont go off either. I unscrew it from time to time, let it stay powered off an hour or so and put it back. It might work, it might not. It uses so little power I ignore it most of the time but it's aggravating.
Ditto. I really don't see much reason to have Hue lights in my home. Complexity for something that is really supposed to be quite, quite simple. Can we put "fussing energy" into fussing with something else?
So every light in my house is a smart light - about 70 Hue bulbs or fixtures and about 10 other smart lights by other companies. I only have 3 lights that cannot be controlled - bulb on a dumb switch in the small plant room, A table top reading light
Always been rock solid ( make sure Zigbee and wifi channels are far apart ) and works perfectly with homekit.
The reasons I have this is:
To have the lights come on and off in a natural way when I am away.
To light the house up for Halloween / Christmas.
Set scenes for various things.. Cooking, working at the table, watching TV etc.
BUT the main thing...
Being able to switch all the damn lights off when you leave the house with one button / voice command.
None of my Hue lights have had this issue yet and they are running over matter and paired through HomeKit & Alexa, did the HomeKit upgrade the moment that came out about a year ago as well.
That's nice. I don't need any of that but can see how someone could use it.
I like simplicity and no fuss. I don't like frequently to be an administrator of my own life, like you know how the more stuff we add to our lives those things aren't just there for the original purpose but they frequently have to be managed.
They can be totally off? Then how does the bluetooth signal or Wifi signal control the bulb when the user desires? The bulb (not the light) would have to somehow be on, no?