Philips Hue will soon force users to create an account

Re:Philips Hue will soon force users to create an account by helsinkiandrew on Thursday September 21, 2023 @04:45AM (#37594894)

I'm slowly moving control to a Hubitat (https://hubitat.com/). But still use the Hue hub for the noisy (frequent messages) Hue bulbs. Anyone have any alternatives?

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Re:Philips Hue will soon force users to create an account by zarker on Thursday September 21, 2023 @04:51AM (#37594949)

I use Home Assistant. It's open source and there is a huge community around it.

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Re:Philips Hue will soon force users to create an account by drcongo on Thursday September 21, 2023 @05:40AM (#37595346)

You still need the Hue hub for that though right?

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Re:Philips Hue will soon force users to create an account by zarker on Thursday September 21, 2023 @06:05AM (#37595533)

You will need a Zigbee Hub for sure, but it doesn't need to be Philips Hue hub. Folks have used ConBee II or Sonoff Zigbee USB dongle to replace Hue hub.

I have used Sonoff Zigbeen to replace Ikea hub, bot haven't got around to replacing Hue hub just yet. It's on my list :-)

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Re:Philips Hue will soon force users to create an account by drcongo on Thursday September 21, 2023 @06:35AM (#37595725)

Thanks, I run HomeBridge on a Pi so I might try this if Hue go through with their plan.

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