Habity Bedside Clock: This alarm clock has a Hue connection

A small team from Denmark launched a successful crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter a few days ago. Over 600 people have already supported Habity Bedside Clock, easily exceeding the funding goal of €25,000. This alarm clock is particularly interesting to us because it will have a Hue connection.

But first things first. Before I tell you about the details of the connection with Philips Hue, I’d like to cover the basics. On Kickstarter, you can still “get” Habity in the early bird offer for €99. Shipping and VAT are charged separately.

Habity has a built-in night light and a display with e-paper technology that does not emit any blue light. There is a large snooze button and a slightly smaller stop button, and there is also a selection wheel on the right-hand side. The alarm clock is powered by USB-C and also has a built-in battery so you won’t oversleep in the event of a power failure. You can read about all the other features on the Kickstarter page.

Habity establishes a local connection to Philips Hue

If the small integrated night light is not enough for you as a sunrise alarm clock, you can create a direct connection to Philips Hue. Here, too, the team from Denmark has come up with some interesting details.

Local control: Habity communicates via your local network using the Hue Bridge’s REST API instead of relying on a cloud connection. The Hue Bridge is automatically found via the connected network and paired at the touch of a button. You can then select which scene you want to use to wake up directly from the display.

Wake-up light: The Hue scene is slowly switched on at the set wake-up time. You can decide for yourself how long the light alarm clock should take.

Configurable buttons: You can link scenes to actions such as pressing and holding the snooze or stop button to dim or turn off the lights at night, for example.

Habity’s Hue connection only works with a bridge. The new Hue Bridge Pro and the old first-generation bridge are also supported.

All in all, I think it’s a pretty exciting project. And possibly a way for you to banish your smartphone from the bedroom. Habity is scheduled to ship in February 2026.