There is hardly any other topic on which I have received the same questions over and over again in recent weeks: When will the accessories for connecting the Hue Flux light strips be available? Until now, I have had to keep putting you off, and it was actually supposed to be ready by the end of last year.
Philips Hue continues to update its product range. Following the Hue Flourish table lamp, which has already been equipped with an improved light source, it is now the turn of the Philips Hue Turaco. An updated version has already appeared on Amazon Germany and is expected to be available from the end of February.
Philips Hue provides us with software updates several times a month, but one important function seems to have been completely forgotten after the demise of Hue Labs in the summer of 2024. At present, there is no option in the Hue app to set a different schedule for sensors at the weekend.
Unlike the Hue Flourish ceiling light or pendant light, the latter of which still hangs above my dining table, the Hue Flourish table lamp is not equipped with permanently installed LED technology. Inside, it uses a standard White and Colour Ambiance E27 bulb, which previously had a maximum of 806 lumens.
This week, you were particularly impressed by the Philips Hue OmniGlow Lightstrip. In addition to my brief impression of my installation of the premium light strip, there was more to discover, such as the first update for the Philips Hue app in several weeks. It went straight from version 5.57 to version 5.59.
Philips Hue usually releases updates for its app every two weeks. We had to wait much longer over the New Year, but now the next update is finally here. The Philips Hue app has jumped from version 5.57.0 to version 5.59.0. ‘Various bug fixes and stability improvements,’ the development team tells us in the update description.
A few weeks ago, I didn’t think twice about ordering a Philips Hue OmniGlow light strip at my own expense. Not 3 metres, not 5 metres. In the end, I got 10 metres for €349.99. And I had no idea where to put this long and, above all, expensive light strip.
A few weeks ago, Philips Hue introduced a new feature for its Hue Secure cameras. They can now detect smoke alarm alerts and switch on the lights accordingly. In this article, I will explain exactly how this works and what details you need to bear in mind. These are the requirements for sound detection First of all, we need to check whether your Hue installation meets the requirements for smoke detector alarms.
As expected, things have quietened down somewhat at Philips Hue over the New Year period in terms of the regularity of software updates. For example, there have been no updates for the official Hue app since mid-December. Now, a new software version for the Hue Bridge and Hue Bridge Pro has been rolling out for several days.
I have now been able to give you a closer look at almost all of the new light strips that Philips Hue introduced last year. Apart from the Flux Outdoor Lightstrip, the only one missing is the Hue Essential Flex, which I have only seen at the Hue event in Berlin so far.
Fabian