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We Love Lights: Uncluttered Hue app for the Mac Controls in the menu bar

Controls in the menu bar

Do you know this problem as well? At home, you sit at your desk or anywhere else with your MacBook and you want to control the light. Of course you could stand up and use the dimmer switch or just use Siri on your Mac. But if you have your fingers on the trackpad anyway, you could also control the light on your Mac.

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Minor update: Hue Bluetooth app allows sorting of illuminants Useful feature now available

Useful feature now available

Since last summer, Philips Hue has also been offering lamps with additional Bluetooth connectivity. This is interesting for beginners and owners of the Hue Go. Hue Bluetooth products are also an interesting solution for the children’s room.

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At the touch of a button: switch on lamps for a certain period of time ...and switch them off again after the time has elapsed

...and switch them off again after the time has elapsed

As alternative to a motion detector, do you want to switch on the lamps in a room with a dimmer switch, Smart Button or Friends of Hue switch for a few minutes and then switch them off again automatically? What doesn’t work with the official Hue app is no problem with third-party apps.

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After update: Motion detector dims lamps too much Third-party apps as problem solver

Third-party apps as problem solver

Last week, I reported about a firmware update for all older Hue lights without Bluetooth. After installing the update, it was possible to dim the light even more. An innovation that led to many satisfied voices. But there is also a small problem connected with it.

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Hue developers can now access API for the HDMI Sync Box Foundation laid for future development

Foundation laid for future development

Currently you can get the Philips Hue Play HDMI Sync Box including a LightStrip Plus for 249 euros at Saturn – the best offer so far for a hardware that is not yet fully developed – just like you indicated in the comments below the last article.

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LIFX launches new app: This user interface is really exciting Philips Hue could take an example

Philips Hue could take an example

It’s been almost two years since Philips Hue released a big update for its app. Since then some new features have been added but in visual terms, everything has remained the same. Smart lamps are also available from other manufacturers – and in this case, LIFX is showing how modern and useful such an app might look like.

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Guide: Restore default scenes in the Hue app Either delete room or use motion detector trick

Either delete room or use motion detector trick

We all know and like them: the standard scenes that Philips Hue creates when setting up a new room. But what happens if these scenes are accidentally deleted? In this little guide, I’ll explain how to restore the scenes once they’ve disappeared.

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iConnectHue 4.1 released: These are the new features Exclusive long button press, light migration wizard and more

Exclusive long button press, light migration wizard and more

The application iConnectHue (App Store link) for iPhone and iPad, which is now partly subscription-based, has received its first functional update after the major upgrade a few months ago. It comes with the exclusive long print, which I already presented to you a few weeks ago. What else there is to discover?

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