What can I do with the Philips Hue app?

The Philips Hue app has several options. In this article, we'll explain what you can do with this app.

• Control your lights anywhere with your smartphone.
• Change the light color.
• Adjust the light to your activity.
• Set up routines.
• Control smart lights with your voice.
• Have your lights dance to your Spotify playlist.

With the Philips Hue app, you can use your smartphone as a remote to control your lights. Turn the lighting on or off without having to get up from the couch. You can also go ahead and turn on the lights on the upper floor when you're still downstairs. In addition, you can dim the light and link them. Add a bridge if you also want to control your lights when you're not in the house. A bridge connects your lights to your WiFi network.

If you have Philips Hue White & Color lights, you can set the color of the light precisely. Because you can choose your favorite color via the app. You can choose from 16 million colors. So you can choose the right color for every situation. With the app, you can also use dynamic photos as the basis of the color. Choose multiple holiday photos and your Hue lights will provide colors for each photo like a slide show.

In addition to the color, you can also always set the right ambiance in the Hue app. You can do this with one of the lighting scenes. You can choose a shade of white light that suits your activity with this. Soft lighting to relax, for example. Or choose bright white light when you're working. You can adjust the lighting per room and easily switch between different scenes. You can switch to movie mode at the touch of a button, for example.

You'll find your Hue Secure cameras in the app. This way, you know exactly what's happening in and around your home. You can use the app to set which lights switch on when someone walks past your camera. You can also set how long your lights remain on afterwards. Or simply leave the cameras off when you're at home, for example.

Set up routines to control your lights automatically. You can have your lighting turn on when you get home, for example. You can also have the lighting turn on gradually, right before your alarm clock goes off. You can wake up peacefully as a result. You can also connect your lighting to other smart devices. You can set the lights to always dim when you turn on the television at night, for example.

With voice control, you can switch your lights on and off and change the setting. Because you can simply give a voice command, you don't have to look through the app. The Philips Hue app works with Siri by default. But you can also par Philips Hue to other speech assistants, such as Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa. You won't even need the Hue app anymore to control your lighting this way, you can simply control them with smart home assistant.

With Philips Hue + Spotify, you can have your smart lights dance along to your favorite music via Spotify. This makes it feel like you're in a night club, even though you're at home on the couch. If you connect the Hue app to your Spotify account, the app collects data of all your music. This allows the app to adjust the atmosphere to what you're listening to. From romantic mood lighting with your favorite ballad to bright flashing lights during that song that makes everyone's hands go up.