# Philips Hue switch in App with Brigde **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions & Help\ **Tags:** homey-bridge\ **Created:** [October 1, 2021, 5:28pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/philips-hue-switch-in-app-with-brigde/52510 "2021-10-01T17:28:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TimTheToolman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/timthetoolman/32/33864_2.png) [@TimTheToolman](https://community.homey.app/u/TimTheToolman)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2021, 5:28pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/philips-hue-switch-in-app-with-brigde/52510/1 "2021-10-01T17:28:00Z")
Hi there, can anyone tell me why I don’t see HUE Switches when I connect Philips HUE App in my Homey Bridge? I see al other devices such as lights bulps en powerplugs, but I dont see the HUE Switches… Is that because it’s still in Beta?? ---
**Author:** ![Ronald\_de\_Boer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/ronald_de_boer/32/13873_2.png) [@Ronald\_de\_Boer](https://community.homey.app/u/Ronald_de_Boer)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2021, 5:52pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/philips-hue-switch-in-app-with-brigde/52510/2 "2021-10-01T17:52:13Z")
Hi, for me it worked to add the switch as a “tap” Maybe it depends on the type of switch, but you can give it a try! ---
**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:** [October 1, 2021, 6:31pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/philips-hue-switch-in-app-with-brigde/52510/3 "2021-10-01T18:31:12Z")
The Tap isn’t supported by the Cloud version of the Hue app, it only supports lights and power plugs. @TimTheToolman the reason is that switches are input devices, which require polling (the app needs to actively “ask” the Hue hub, through its API, if a switch has been pressed). This takes up a lot of bandwidth (historically, the Hue app has been known to cause massive amounts of data transfers on “regular” Homey’s) and I guess Athom doesn’t want to be paying for that. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2021, 6:43pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/philips-hue-switch-in-app-with-brigde/52510/4 "2021-10-01T18:43:38Z")
Additional, by hitting the “Homey bèta” button, you’ll get to see which devices are available at this point in time. > ![Screenshot_20211001-204155_Chrome](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/2/7/2708698e427d7868e3765f6065c9c1938a6b15a7.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Ronald\_de\_Boer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/ronald_de_boer/32/13873_2.png) [@Ronald\_de\_Boer](https://community.homey.app/u/Ronald_de_Boer)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2021, 12:21pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/philips-hue-switch-in-app-with-brigde/52510/5 "2021-10-02T12:21:07Z")
Sorry, missed the word “bridge” in the first post 😂 ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2021, 1:08pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/philips-hue-switch-in-app-with-brigde/52510/6 "2021-10-02T13:08:53Z")
😉🤪 you’re not the first, and certainly not the last 🙃 ---
**Author:** ![BeBa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/beba/32/47765_2.png) [@BeBa](https://community.homey.app/u/BeBa)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2022, 4:21pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/philips-hue-switch-in-app-with-brigde/52510/7 "2022-01-06T16:21:02Z")
Hi all. This is my first post in this community. One question related to this topic: Is it also not possible to connect a Hue Switch directly to Homey via the Homey bridge. So not using the Hue bridge in between? ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 7:45am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/philips-hue-switch-in-app-with-brigde/52510/8 "2022-01-07T07:45:49Z")
Hi Bernard, Maybe, maybe it works while adding it as ‘Homey general zigbee device’… but I doubt it. Otherwise: No, you’ll need the app “[Hue without the bridge](https://homey.app/a/com.philips.hue.zigbee/)”, and it is not available for Homey bridge. It’s unknown if it ever will be. > [@\[Info\] Homey - Homey Bridge - Homey Pro Maximums / Limitations](https://community.homey.app/t/info-homey-homey-bridge-homey-pro-maximums-limitations/51811): > > Seeing a couple of questions and suggestions about combinations that are just not possible I want to clarify some of the limitations. As from the Launch of the Homey Bridge 7th September 2021 Homey is a mobile “App” connecting a (Cloud) Service. The older Homey’s (Models Early 20xx) are re-branded as Homey Pro and Athom promised to treat them equal to the Homey Pro (with 2 Core CPU) regarding Firmware updates and service. Difference in Apps from Athom App store First of all, as this are most… ---
**Author:** ![BeBa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/beba/32/47765_2.png) [@BeBa](https://community.homey.app/u/BeBa)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 4:03pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/philips-hue-switch-in-app-with-brigde/52510/9 "2022-01-07T16:03:33Z")
Oke thanx @Peter_Kawa, I will try the general zigbee. And otherwise I will keep them connected to the Hue Bridge. For the switches this is no problem, but I would like to use the Hue Motion Sensors to trigger some other flows. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 7:21pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/philips-hue-switch-in-app-with-brigde/52510/10 "2022-01-07T19:21:42Z")
> [@BeBa](#): > > but I would like to use the Hue Motion Sensors to trigger some other flows. YW, Bernard. Unfortunately, only Hue lamp and socket is supported @ Homey cloud; I posted this a bit earlier in this thread: > [@Philips Hue switch in App with Brigde](https://community.homey.app/t/philips-hue-switch-in-app-with-brigde/52510/4): > > Additional, by hitting the “Homey bèta” button, you’ll get to see which devices are available at this point in time.