Philips Hue Bridge 2.0 (Works with Alexa), White. Smart Home Lighting System

Have purchased my first Hue light a 2m colour striplight (v4) snd a Hue bridge (v2). This was for my 10 yr old daughter's bedroom and she is very happy and excited. Pros and technicalities: Ovetall Very easy, simple and convenient setup. Easy to integrate with Alexa. Great product from Philips Hue. 5 stars You Must have downloaded P Hue app (Android, iOS) before installation. 1. Plug Hue bridge into power source 2. Attach bridge with rj45 cable to your network or router. 3. Open app on phone. It automatically detects Bridge, then updates it. 4. Beware it takes quite some time to update! (approximately 15 min) 5. Attach striplight to power 6. Search for Hue lights in app. 7. App detects striplight (very easy, first time, no lag, smooth) 8. Once integrated, it can be named whatever you like. Jojo, rattle, bindi, we settled for Griffin! App now updates Striplight (expect another 15 min to complete it). 9. App integrates with Amazon Echo Alexa seamlessly and works smooth with voice commands. 10. You can name the Room and lights in that room, so I guess you can add as many rooms (as you can spend) and lights in each room. (Total 50 with each Bridge as per manual). 11. You can set scenes and ask alexa eg: 'turn savana sunset in room 1', Perfect 12. You can set routines, timings when light to come and go with sunset and sunrise etc etc Cons and ideas for improvements: 1. Slightly less user friendly for complex settings ie setting routines and grouping lights in each room and then the whole house. It could be improved by adding icons instead of too much prose, (like somfy TaHoma app) 2. Voice commands for Echo: It wouldn't work if you say 'Set Savanna sunset Scene in Room1', instead you have to be Specific and say 'Turn Savanna sunset in room 1'. 3. Setting routines could be simplified: one example is you want lights control to be activated at night time commwncing with sunset and switch off with sunrise. This could be more user friendly in the Hue app as current a bit complex set up. Finally the price of the Hue lights is ridiculously HIGH, you pay a premium, (though no doubt Hue lights are amazing!). Probably it is due to lack of competition but in modern era soon expect other competitors with at par quality of lights and app to get into the ring... can Amazon start making its own colorful lights?!

Excellent . Been using for more than 5yrs. Excellent. Best. Reliable. Great

I bought this along with two of the bulbs separately to use with Amazon Echo... and boy am I glad I did. It's just so cool to be able to remotely control your lights, and is surprisingly more useful than you would think. The installation process was easy: Plug in the equipment, turn it all on, download the app, press a big button on the bridge. If you have Amazon Echo you just install that skill and discover the devices, that was it. Like I mentioned in my Amazon Echo review my son is a light sleeper and refuses to turn his bedroom light off. With this I can either leave the light on and slowly decrease how strong the light is or i can ask Alexa to turn the lights of later when I am sure he is asleep. My stairs are particularly creeky so if i walk upstairs to do this he wakes up easily. It can also be used to keep your home safe whilst you are away at work or on holiday. You can set the lights to come on at a particular time so it looks like you are home when it is dark, or away. This to me is a winner. The lights themselves are as bright as any other 60W bulb on the market, but are slightly longer that normal bulbs so factor this in if you have enclosed light fittings and check your measurements. They are also insanely expensive for some of the bulbs (between £15 to £25 and upwards depending on the bulb) but are they worth it, to me yes they are... especially if you have Amazon Echo as it really expands the experience. I'm not rich but love my tech and got some parts of the kit as a gift from family and can appreciate the cost on these (but they do last 25000 hours + which is a plus). On a side note you do not need to buy a starter kit to get the bridge to work if you are a first time user, you can start off by just buying this and then buying the bulbs separately if that's cheaper for you. I have read elsewhere people saying you need a starter kit and that this is just for upgrading from the V1 bridge, that is incorrect information On the whole with the price taken in to consideration I would still recommend this.

Bought this after erroneously thinking that the Amazon Echo negated the need for one - it doesnt, just a heads up. Currently using this with a single Hue White at the moment, but I hope to increase my collection of bulbs as money allows. The box updated on first connection, setup was a little tricky when creating bulbs and assigning rooms, but all in all it works well through the app. I find the Philips Hue app fine, people's mileage seems to vary, but it's been great for me and I've experienced no issues. I've set up my room, routines, this wakes me up nicely on a morning, and you can set it up to turn on/off through the day based on time. Although the device is a necessity, and very white, you can discreetly tuck it away somewhere due to it's small footprint. Remember that it doesn't need to be in the room that your lights are in to operate them, just on the house network. Overall, recommended.

Je commence à installer des produits Hue dans la maison donc jusqu’à maintenant pas grand chose à dire le pont fonctionne très bien et facile à installer.

No lo compren. Este proveedor lo manda con el enchufe inglés y en España no sirve.

no adapters/parts to switch for the eu plug either

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Phillips Hue halt. Etwas teurer aber Macht was er soll.