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Philips Hue - should you buy it ?

Article Category: Computers and Technology

Author Name: Stefan from connectedfuture.de

Aspirations are running high for the clever home. Throughout the years we've been promised that eventually our smart devices are going to talk with our refrigerators, which can speak to our toasters with a little help from a friendly neighborhood internet-connected toilet.

By comparison, the aspiration of Philips Hue's internet-connected light bulbs seem far more restricted in scope. However, with its attention laser-focussed on lighting alone, Philips has actually created among the most complete smart lighting systems out there, and it's one that easily beats much of the wise home competitors in terms of its effectiveness and efficiency.

Nevertheless, while Philips Hue is certainly one of the better clever lighting systems out there, we're still not completely convinced that they're decisively much better than the traditional 'dumb' light bulbs that we've been using to light our households for years.

Where to start?

It's difficult to know where to start with Philips Hue because, after its preliminary release in 2012, the variety has grown to encompass a practically frighteningly big array of colored light bulbs, lights and lighting strips.

At a minimum, you'll need at least one linked light and the Philips Hue bridge, which connects to your router and allows you to interact with your clever bulbs. This makes the 2 bulb and bridge-equipped starter package ($ 69.99/ ₤ 59.99/ AU$ 144.95) the most inexpensive entry point into the range, but you're forgoing advanced features such as wise light switches and color-changing bulbs.

For our tests we used the next action up, a three bulb starter set that included the company's color-changing bulbs. In spite of the reality that this is still a relatively fundamental kit, this retails for a a lot more significant $199.95 (₤ 149.95/ AU$ 289.95).

Once you've purchased this starter kit things get a lot cheaper however, as you only require one bridge to control your entire setup. Additional lights and switches can all be synced with this same bridge as you develop your home system.

If you're seeking to delve into Philips Hue then this color-changing starter package is probably the very best way to do it, since it will allow you to experiment with Hue's more innovative features without investing to heavily in your preliminary setup.

Beyond this starter set, you have a huge number of choices for ways to proceed. You've got additional bulbs that are offered in a wide array of different type aspects from candle light bulbs through to spotlights, lights and lighting strips.

Philips likewise offers a couple of various switches, which enable you to control your lighting without getting your phone from your pocket (although yes, we value this is something you can currently make with your existing lights - we'll get to that later).

Philips Hue app

Philips has worked hard to establish its app, which has actually seen a lot of improvement in the years because the smart bulb's initial release.

The default house screen shows you your available spaces, enabling you to control all their bulbs as a group. You can tap on the switch to the right of the screen to turn them on to their last setting.

But if you're using the default settings you're nowhere near utilizing the Philips Hue bulbs to their potential. The real enjoyable begins when you tap the space's icon left wing of the screen, which permits you to personalize the precise bulb color.

The most convenient way to do this is with Philips' pre-configured scenes, which vary from 'Spring Blossom' (a cool, white light) through to 'Savanna Sunset' (a much richer yellow hue). We found ourselves relying mainly on the activity-specific defaults. 'Energise' was perfect for the mornings when the extreme white light worked well to blow away the cobwebs, while 'Relax' worked much better in the evenings where we desired our brains to wind down.

If you desire to get actually granular you can adjust particular settings to develop your own scenes, or even have the Hue app create a light plan based upon an imported photo.

This additional performance is appreciated, however in practice we didn't feel the need to utilize it much. After all, there are only a lot of various shades of yellow to experiment with before the novelty subsides.

The exception was using the lights to experiment with intense, primaries. We can't ever see ourselves using these in our daily lives, but they 'd make an ideal device for a party atmosphere.

Of much excellent importance is the regimens section of the app. From here you'll be able to set the lights to instantly switch on and off when you reach, and subsequently leave your house, in addition to permitting you to have the lights switch on and off immediately at different times.

By way of an example, we had the lights turn on to assist us awaken in the morning, before instantly shutting off when we left your house for work. At night we then had the lights turn back on when we got here back at the house. You might also have the lights switch off instantly at a specific time, however we discovered it easier to do this manually.

Obviously, the Philips app and accessories are just the start of the Philips Hue ecosystem thanks to that the business has actually been at pains to incorporate its items into a number of other third-party services consisting of Amazon's Alexa, Apple's HomeKit, Google Home and IFTTT (aka If This, Then That).

These integrations indicate that you can use a dizzying number of devices to control your lights, indicating that if you ask ten various Philips Hue owners how they control their wise lights you'll most likely get ten different answers depending upon which accessories they have linked and which phone os they use.

Our primary customer was using an iPhone SE as their main ways of managing their lighting setup. This meant that they had the alternative of delving into the app to turn on their lights, or else control them from the phone's nerve center menu via their HomeKit integration.

They likewise got their Hue lights linked to an Amazon Echo Dot to enable voice control.

Doing so was a simple matter of logging into a Hue account from within the Alexa app, after which point managing the lights was as simple as asking Alexa to turn certain rooms on or off.
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A quick word of warning that you require to make sure to offer each of your spaces a name that's unique and easy to pronounce. It might be practical to just name your bedroom 'Bedroom', but this will quickly become confusing as soon as you equip other bed rooms in your house with Hue lights.

They've come down in price over the years, but Philips Hue bulbs are still far more costly than their non-smart equivalents. If you're going to buy them then you're going to have to make the most from their wise performance or else that money will have been spent fruitless.

This expense gets even worse if you want to develop a complete community. Extra light switches can cost as much as the bulbs themselves.

The issue is that without them you'll require to constantly pull your phone from your pocket to turn the lights on and off, and gradually you might find yourself simply utilizing your old light changes - that makes your wise lighting seem redundant.

If you're prepared to purchase the total ecosystem, then Philips Hue truly does offer the finest wise lighting service around. Philips provides practically whatever you might require to build a wise lighting system, and its combination with third-party services allows you to fill out any blanks.

However if you're wanting to get away with investing in a few bulbs and calling it a day then you might end up being dissatisfied as it can wind up sensation like a trouble having to utilize your phone to control your lights.

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