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Philips Hue Bridge: The device limit is becoming more and more of a criticism When will something finally happen?

When will something finally happen?

Year after year, Philips Hue releases numerous new light sources and various accessories. Only the centrepiece has not been touched for almost 8 years now: The Philips Hue Bridge. And that is exactly what is becoming a problem for more and more users. “The Hue Bridge is the control centre of the smart Philips Hue lighting system.

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Community question of the week: Configure dimmer switch via Bluetooth? With Bridge there are many more possibilities

With Bridge there are many more possibilities

Thanks to the Bluetooth function, Philips Hue now makes it very easy to enter the world of smart lighting. Buy a lamp, screw it in, turn on the light switch and you’re ready to go. Different colours can be selected and lamps dimmed via Bluetooth. But what about accessories? This is where a question from Sebastian from our community comes into play.

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Community question of the week: Switching off the LED lighting of the Hue Bridge Unfortunately only workarounds available

Unfortunately only workarounds available

As far as the positioning of the Hue Bridge is concerned, you are unfortunately relatively limited. After all, it cannot be placed everywhere in the house, at least a cable connection to the home network must exist. In most cases, the Hue Bridge should be placed near the router. At night, you can expect a light show, as Hueblog reader Nina has also realised.

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Comment: My April Fool’s joke underlines your wish Philips Hue must finally act

Philips Hue must finally act

At the weekend I allowed myself a little fun on the German Hueblog website. Fittingly for April 1st, I published an announcement about the third generation Hue Bridge, which of course does not exist yet. I actually managed to fool many of you with this April Fool’s joke. Some of you were even deeply annoyed that I had led them around by the nose.

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Philips Hue and Matter: No more concrete launch date Update was supposed to be available in the first quarter

Update was supposed to be available in the first quarter

At the beginning of November 2022, the new smart home standard Matter is officially launched. Philips Hue is also one of the supporters of the new standard and announced at the launch: “The software update will be part of the regular updates for the Philips Hue Bridge and is expected to be available to all users in the first quarter of 2023.”

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Hue Bridge update brings back popular feature Accessories show date and time again

Accessories show date and time again

There is no official changelog from Philips Hue yet, but I can draw your attention to a software update for the Hue Bridge. Yesterday evening they seem to have started rolling out firmware version 1.56.1956178040. With this update, the date and time of the last activity are displayed again in the settings under Accessories.

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Thanks to Matter: third-party lamps show up in Apple HomeKit More possibilities for Philips Hue

More possibilities for Philips Hue

Before I take a look at version 4.29 of the Philips Hue app, I would like to revisit the topic of Matter. On Friday, I already reported that you can already activate the Matter beta on your bridge via the Hue developer website – mind you, this is a version that is not yet intended for the end consumer.

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Backup & Restore: All 4 Hue working on backup solution Currently still in beta stage

Currently still in beta stage

It is probably the absolute worst case that especially users with a large installation fear: A total failure of the bridge. Unfortunately, Philips Hue still does not offer any backup function, even almost ten years after its launch. This means that if the bridge fails and cannot be restarted, there is a lot of work to do.

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Dozens of new releases and still no improved Hue Bridge When will Eindhoven finally wake up?

When will Eindhoven finally wake up?

Next week it’s finally that time again: Philips Hue will present new products. And what we already know from various leaks is more than promising: brighter bulbs, some gradient products, filament lamps with White Ambiance technology or E14 bases and, in all likelihood, a batch of new ceiling lights. Conversely, this also means that some Hue installations will grow in the coming weeks.

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New API makes interaction with Philips Hue faster Developers have to make adjustments

Developers have to make adjustments

A lot has happened at Philips Hue in the past weeks and months. For users, this was primarily visible through the much-discussed update of the Philips Hue app, but a lot has also happened in the background. Philips Hue has comprehensively revised the API, the interface for requests and responses to the Hue Bridge.

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