# \[APP\] Philips Hue - Transform the way you experience light **URL:** \ **Category:** Apps\ **Tags:** app, official\ **Created:** [August 17, 2018, 12:36pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-philips-hue-transform-the-way-you-experience-light/79 "2018-08-17T12:36:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 31
**Author:** ![OH2TH](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/oh2th/32/111414_2.png) [@OH2TH](https://community.homey.app/u/OH2TH)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2024, 3:29am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-philips-hue-transform-the-way-you-experience-light/79/628 "2024-12-31T03:29:28Z")
Please read he first post and the note about support: > [[APP] Philips Hue - Transform the way you experience light](https://community.homey.app/t/79#note-2) You should contact support, if you have issues with the app. ---
**Author:** ![J273](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/j273/32/131778_2.png) [@J273](https://community.homey.app/u/J273)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2024, 12:24pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-philips-hue-transform-the-way-you-experience-light/79/629 "2024-12-31T12:24:10Z")
Hi all, Currently just migrating over to homey and everything so far seems to be working ok. I have a load of Phillips hue bulbs and have them connected to homey through the official app with the bridge. For the most part they work fine. In my kitchen I have 8 gu10 bulbs and I have them set to turn on (Kitchen zone) with motion after sunset which they do but I’ve noticed there’s a slight delay in each light turning on, so they will turn on 1 after the other and not together and sometimes one or two don’t turn on or off or out of sync with their colour temperture. Is this a known issue and anyone else have the same problem? Ive tried the group app and set a group of lights but I still get the same problem. Anyone else have this problem? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2024, 12:29pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-philips-hue-transform-the-way-you-experience-light/79/630 "2024-12-31T12:29:04Z")
Homey is unable to control more than about 3 devices from a flow concurrently. If you do that, one or more random devices will not respond. That’s an issue that has existed with Homey for years, so we have to assume it can’t be solved. I’m not familiar with Hue, but from what I know, it’s possible to create scenes in the Hue bridge that you can then trigger from Homey. That could be a potential workaround, because that way, Homey has to send a single command and the “hard work” (switching on/off all the lights) is done by the bridge. The delay in between each light turning on is strange, but may depend on the way your flow is set up. ---
**Author:** ![Philip\_Montgomery](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/philip_montgomery/32/12434_2.png) [@Philip\_Montgomery](https://community.homey.app/u/Philip_Montgomery)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2024, 4:30pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-philips-hue-transform-the-way-you-experience-light/79/631 "2024-12-31T16:30:07Z")
Are you using Hue scenes that you create within the Hue app on your phone or asking Homey to control each GU10? ---
**Author:** ![J273](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/j273/32/131778_2.png) [@J273](https://community.homey.app/u/J273)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2024, 4:51pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-philips-hue-transform-the-way-you-experience-light/79/632 "2024-12-31T16:51:53Z")
At the minute I’m using the: ![Screenshot 2024-12-31 at 16.47.11](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/c/3/c3d392a855c6e6744acf701f3b4949c4ec76c5b2.png) Ive also tried turning the kitchen zone on and also using the \< Group \> app to group the lights but I still get the same problem. The lights all come on a split second one after the other and sometimes go out of sync. Is that the best way of doing it using the scenes in the Hue app? I see @robertklep mentioned that. Ive never really used the scenes in the hue app but if that’s the best way of keeping them in sync I’ll give it a go. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Philip\_Montgomery](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/philip_montgomery/32/12434_2.png) [@Philip\_Montgomery](https://community.homey.app/u/Philip_Montgomery)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2024, 4:53pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-philips-hue-transform-the-way-you-experience-light/79/633 "2024-12-31T16:53:57Z")
I have a house full of Hue lamps, somewhere around 50, and using scenes as created in the Hue app has worked very well for me. There may be other ways but scenes seems to be very reliable. It also means that you can set different scenes within a room or group, the response is very fast ---
**Author:** ![J273](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/j273/32/131778_2.png) [@J273](https://community.homey.app/u/J273)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2024, 4:59pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-philips-hue-transform-the-way-you-experience-light/79/634 "2024-12-31T16:59:15Z")
Ok thanks I’ll give it a go. Are you setting the brightness of your lights in the hue scenes themselves? ---
**Author:** ![Philip\_Montgomery](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/philip_montgomery/32/12434_2.png) [@Philip\_Montgomery](https://community.homey.app/u/Philip_Montgomery)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2024, 5:10pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-philips-hue-transform-the-way-you-experience-light/79/635 "2024-12-31T17:10:36Z")
Yes. As a tip name each scene seperately, don’t just use the default names. For example Living Room Energise Also, if you would like example flows with timings etc just ask ---
**Author:** ![J273](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/j273/32/131778_2.png) [@J273](https://community.homey.app/u/J273)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2024, 5:12pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-philips-hue-transform-the-way-you-experience-light/79/636 "2024-12-31T17:12:56Z")
Thanks yeah I see you can’t tell the difference between them in the homey app, I’ll re-name them. Yes if you wouldn’t mind posting an example that would be appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![Monit](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/monit/32/79472_2.png) [@Monit](https://community.homey.app/u/Monit)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2024, 5:35pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-philips-hue-transform-the-way-you-experience-light/79/637 "2024-12-31T17:35:36Z")
Just to share here what I have learned. So I had Philips Hue app crashing every 19 minutes, but it seems this was related to non-Hue devices I had added to Hue Bridge and then integrated to Homey Pro. These devices were Ubisys S2 devices with two channels per device. A few weeks ago something changed that caused the Homey Philips Hue app start crashing. In case you experience the same, I would first remove the Homey - Hue integration for non-Hue devices as that was definitely the root cause for crashing Philips Hue app in my Homey. Based on this it’s clear there is a software bug somewhere, but can’t really pinpoint if it’s on Hue or Homey side. Support ticket has been filed with diagnostics report so Athom should be able to debug this if they want. ---
**Author:** ![Philip\_Montgomery](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/philip_montgomery/32/12434_2.png) [@Philip\_Montgomery](https://community.homey.app/u/Philip_Montgomery)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2024, 5:42pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-philips-hue-transform-the-way-you-experience-light/79/638 "2024-12-31T17:42:03Z")
Hopefully this is readable ![Screenshot 2024-12-31 174035](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/a/6/a6faa83687f6124608f624cc93c9de7e221bf14e.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2024, 6:03pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-philips-hue-transform-the-way-you-experience-light/79/639 "2024-12-31T18:03:30Z")
> [@Monit](#): > > Based on this it’s clear there is a software bug somewhere, but can’t really pinpoint if it’s on Hue or Homey side. Seems to me it’s on the Homey side, your Hue bridge isn’t crashing 🤷🏼‍♂️ > [@Monit](#): > > Support ticket has been filed with diagnostics report so Athom should be able to debug this if they want. They might point to their disclaimer on the app page: _“Please note that 3rd party brands such as IKEA, Osram and other Friends of Hue accessories that are connected to the Hue bridge might work, but are not officially supported.”_ ---
**Author:** ![Monit](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/monit/32/79472_2.png) [@Monit](https://community.homey.app/u/Monit)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2025, 8:40am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-philips-hue-transform-the-way-you-experience-light/79/640 "2025-01-01T08:40:57Z")
True. I believe that is what they are going to say. Again, I am happy that Matter is there as Matter should be agnostic to the device brands added to Hue Bridge. (Although I have problems with Matter integration as well, but that’s not related to this app and should be diacussed elsewhere) ---
**Author:** ![Karl\_Dybvik](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/karl_dybvik/32/120937_2.png) [@Karl\_Dybvik](https://community.homey.app/u/Karl_Dybvik)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2025, 5:25am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-philips-hue-transform-the-way-you-experience-light/79/641 "2025-01-08T05:25:07Z")
Got the same problem. Since about two weeks ago the app need at last daily restart. ---
**Author:** ![J273](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/j273/32/131778_2.png) [@J273](https://community.homey.app/u/J273)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2025, 7:56pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-philips-hue-transform-the-way-you-experience-light/79/642 "2025-01-08T19:56:30Z")
Are there any benefits from having the Hue hub connected with matter? Anyone have theres connected with matter and is it reliable? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Philip\_Montgomery](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/philip_montgomery/32/12434_2.png) [@Philip\_Montgomery](https://community.homey.app/u/Philip_Montgomery)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2025, 12:39pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-philips-hue-transform-the-way-you-experience-light/79/643 "2025-01-09T12:39:53Z")
Honestly don’t know. As yet I have not had problems with my current setup so haven’t thought to try. The possibility of having to amend a few dozen flows with dozens of Hue bulbs is too daunting ---
**Author:** ![Effendi68](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/effendi68/32/75651_2.png) [@Effendi68](https://community.homey.app/u/Effendi68)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2025, 3:26pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-philips-hue-transform-the-way-you-experience-light/79/644 "2025-01-10T15:26:34Z")
At first I had my Hue lamps in Homey via the Hue app. I now have the connection to the Hue lamps via Matter and unfortunately there are regular problems because some lamps often don’t respond and the moods don’t work reliably. I feel like the problem has become more frequent in the last one or two weeks. ---
**Author:** ![H1N1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/h1n1/32/17558_2.png) [@H1N1](https://community.homey.app/u/H1N1)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2025, 4:06pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-philips-hue-transform-the-way-you-experience-light/79/645 "2025-01-10T16:06:36Z")
I had every hue lamp connected via matter Not only was it unreliable and they went offline pretty fast (without any way to repair) it also had more delay than hue app (I think the local api connection is quite fast) Right now I’d use anything else in honey than matter. If it has an app use it…I still have the feeling matter (and zigbee) don’t have the most priorities in development ---
**Author:** ![Monit](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/monit/32/79472_2.png) [@Monit](https://community.homey.app/u/Monit)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2025, 9:01am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-philips-hue-transform-the-way-you-experience-light/79/646 "2025-01-13T09:01:18Z")
I connected to Hue through Matter and it worked well for me. Until the connection suddenly broke and I was not able to fix it. But before that I was pretty happy with Matter. The problem was that once things went haywire with Matter connection, it was very difficult to even remove. See another thread: [Matter connection to Hue Bridge stopped working](https://community.homey.app/t/matter-connection-to-hue-bridge-stopped-working/123931) ---
**Author:** ![Athomed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7feea3/32.png) [@Athomed](https://community.homey.app/u/Athomed)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2024, 2:29pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-philips-hue-transform-the-way-you-experience-light/79/647 "2024-06-11T14:29:44Z")
Hello, I just bought a lot of devices with Philips. Why? Because Athom is developing the App, so it might work better than the others. Now, an other surprise (for now I’m discovering a lot of NOT very fun surprises with Homey everyday): I need the Philips Hue Bridge to use the official App… or I can use the community App if I don’t want one. So a simple question: should I get the Philips Bridge? If yes, why? If no, why? Isn’t it going only to overcharge my frequences there? Homey is telling we don’t need any bridges as it supports ZigBee and Z-Wave… this is just insane and not true at all! It MUST be clearly written! //facepalm Thanks! [Previous page](https://community.homey.app/t/app-philips-hue-transform-the-way-you-experience-light/79.md?page=30) [Next page](https://community.homey.app/t/app-philips-hue-transform-the-way-you-experience-light/79.md?page=32)