*I like the old style Echo Dot because it's small also **Newest.Technology**, gives out decent sound and doesn't take up a lot of shelf space if you want to put it on beam in the workshop or shed.*

Hello, i'm the developer of ChromeHue, thank you for mentioning my extension.

@techfreshness

7 жыл бұрын

hey nicolas! no way, thats amazing, great extension, thanks for making it!

@saulatino

6 жыл бұрын

Nicolas Varrot I love your extension too

@marlburrow1534

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks guys

@freqnlodown

6 жыл бұрын

Been looking for something like this for two years. BOUGHT!

@duckkeebs

6 жыл бұрын

lol im using the extension right now

Hue finally added "Zones" to their app, so it lets you control several lights, regardless of what "room" they are assigned to!

Seriously -- this is one of the BEST reviews I have seen on KZread!!! Thank you for sharing. Oh, btw, anyone who is condesending of this video is just jealous of your home & lighting! Great job!!!

Nice video. Thank you for submission. I am 30 year veteran in IT and just started playing with the Phillips Hue. My best and take care. 👍

Just finished my renovation and looking into this...freaking awesome! Thanks for sharing :)

Nice setup, I am working on a similar media room. Can't wait to get everything installed.

Great video.. got a starter kit last year and just picked up more and a light strip... video was put together well. Thanks for all the info on the apps and what they can do

I have watched this way back in 2017, when I hadn't bought hue yet.. now, 2 years later, my entire apartment have smart lights, from hue lamps, blooms, Ikea, xiaomi sensors, SmartThings bridge and so on... I mean, now I get it why you had so many smart lamps.. this thing never ends >.

Nice setup

Hell yeah rise up. Was researching this light bulb and saw your hat. I was like he knows what he’s talking about.

Wicked stuff man, Im in process of buy my first home...deffo given me a clear picture

@techfreshness

6 жыл бұрын

congrats, and glad to give you some ideas

I enjoyed watched your video. It's nice that you combined a range of apps and gadgets into one video.

@techfreshness

6 жыл бұрын

ty for the comment

This video is EXCELLENT, thanks for posting !!!

Great video and commentary. Thanks for taking the time.!!

sweet setup!! now i want those ikea lamps 😄 i use "hue pro" for mine, but now i wanna try another one. thanks for the info!

Amazing Video man, love your dedication (and home cinema)

@techfreshness

5 жыл бұрын

thanks a lot elias

Brilliant review, thanks

Hue lights are cool...and they always work. You have a great setup there. We have 10 lamps (3 Bedroom, 3 living room, 2 Gazebo, 2 computer room) and 3 sets of light strips (2 above kitchen cabinets and 1 behind main computer desk in basement.) When I first introduced these to my wife she thought they were a gimmick. Now she uses the Hue magnetic light switches every evening/night. Movie nights she will say "Hey google, turn living room lamps to blue" Just bought a Hue smart plug for use with non Hue bulb lamp and will add more for 3 small Christmas trees this year. "Hey Google, turn off Christmas trees" Convenient and cool.

That looks amazing. May i ask, what is your total investment in smart lights altogether?

very informative video. what lght blb will you recommend for ceiling pot lights?

you should check out the Nanoleaf Aurora with the rhythm module. Really nice for music.

What about for Android? Although Hue Widget exists, it seems a much worse implementation. The app has very poor review as it keeps crashing and it seems like the developer has given up on it. It was last updated on April 2016!!

Have you considering doing a newer video with some of the newer functionality they have released. Zones, hue sync, etc?

Best "party to music" app I've found is HueManic using "Party Lights" mode. Works via phones mic but overall one of the few I was able to find that actually worked with listening to music.

Great video! Thank you!! Finally, I can get some app from reliable audio API

If I wanted to make a custom light show on an android where I can control timing for lights and mix strobe effects with normal effects in a sequencer. which would I chose?

Great video!

As usual, great work. Thanks

@techfreshness

6 жыл бұрын

as usual, thank you!

Wow... You really went nutz with the Philips Hue lights.

This Black Friday/Cyber Monday I'm a goin' HAM on the Hue bulbs!

@techfreshness

7 жыл бұрын

haha nice. good luck!

Best review so far, thank you

@techfreshness

4 жыл бұрын

u bet!

Hey, love the video, and love the set up ! I have just set up my living room with 10 x 2m light strips and I’m trying to get them to chase around the room like you have done with the red light. I have set up links and bands on Thorlight but cants seem to get it work any advice ?

Nice video! I’ll definitely implement a LOT of your advice on my Lights. One question?...what do you have your projector source as? I saw you had an iPad sitting there, do you play movies/stream to the projector using an iPad? And if so, how well does that work? Also, what kind of screen do you have? I’m setting up my own theater room right now and love how yours looks!!! Thanks for the video! And thanks for editing it and having GOOD Audio!!! (...like...some ppl...just...🤦🏻‍♂️). But, thank YOU for doing it right!!! Haha😄😄😄

@techfreshness

5 жыл бұрын

awesome thanks jason. so you could check out this vid kzread.info/dash/bejne/ea6M1peCh5qwoso.html about my projector, but i basically just have an appletv plugged into it, so i use that as my main source, then of course yeah i can airplay the ipad to the appletv and thus to the projector, works perfect......i'm sad to say the audio in the projector vid was before i got my lapel mics so sorry in advance! haha

I'm heavily into Hue now, since the early days. That includes the original LivingColors lamps. You have a great set up there. But I would also mention the original LivingColors Remote Control. Gen2 or Gen3. It really makes the Hue system. It's better than the Hue Dimmer Switch (or the Tap), but I use a combination of both. It's good for people without the app, phone nearby, for kids, visitors and older folks. Makes it really 'friendly' for non-tech guys. I wouldn't be without them, even now - we love physical switches, as humans! Being able to change color, hue and brightness on a single remote with a rotating wheel was absolute genius. Although why Philips decided to discontinue them is beyond me. Thankfully, they are widely available still. Even Philips are still selling them as spare parts. It's a bit of a pain in the ass to set up.......but there is a great KZread Vid.

@pn506

6 жыл бұрын

Forgot to add.....the remotes are instant too. They act as their own little Zigbee controller........either on or off the Hue Bridge.......

@techfreshness

6 жыл бұрын

hmm that sounds really cool, thanks for the heads up, i'll have to check that remote out, the wheel sounds good.

Great video and you have an awesome basement!

@techfreshness

6 жыл бұрын

thanks greg, i live in that room ha

Nice Vid! My hue app does allow me to add lamps to multiple groups, so that's updated 😊

A year and a half on and I saw this, bought the hueDynamic win 10 app and its better than any other pc, ios, android app that I had the misfortune of having.. Cheers noodles!

Screenbloom for PC, if you have yours connected to your television allows you to sync up with video, you can have your screen output in sections ie left side, left bulb - middle, light strip. - right side, right bulb. It's free and honestly one of the best programs I've found for Hue. Highly suggest.

Thanks for the video it was super useful! I just bought my first hue lights 2 days ago

@techfreshness

6 жыл бұрын

awesome man, hope you are enjoying!

just saying, you can do most of this stuff you do in the first app also in the normal app; scenes are there for something. the only thing you can't do, is ad a lightbulb to two diffrent rooms.

Great video! Just got my first bridge and lights today. Super thorough; almost to the point of being boring. That's a compliment, BTW. I wanted a good everything-but-the-kitchen-sink kind of tutorial.

@techfreshness

6 жыл бұрын

ha great, hope you enjoying the lights massively?

great video - very helpful

TechFreshness - nice review and you spent some crazy bling on those bulbs! 😜 I saw you tried 'Hue Disco'; have you tried 'Hue Thunder' from the same developer? It simulates thunderstorms and seems to keep in-sync enough with it's pre-made sound effects... We used it last halloween to make a simulated thunderstorm 🌩 on our front porch. I even used a Hue Go light in a black planter's pot with some dry ice to make a glowing "Witches cauldron" candy tray for the trick-or-treaters! It was awesome! 😀

Hey man I really dig your whole basement setup, watched your projector video and you sold me on that projector for sure. Question though, did you do any fail-safe protection for moisture in the basement so you never have any water come up? I'd hate to put all my stuff in a finished basement to have any sort of water pop up. Thanks.

@techfreshness

6 жыл бұрын

well my basement opens to the backyard so its actually only a partial basement, but for sure moisture always a concern in basements, however unless you got a flood or busted pipe, the projector gonna be fine

Thanks just started my HUE journey but want a similar amount to yours.. Very Nice Cinema room and space for a party session there ! Next will be the Projector!

You sold me but thorlight is only available on IOS. Is there a similar one for android?

@techfreshness

6 жыл бұрын

ah sorry ami, not that i know of

Good job!

hi techfreshness couple of question are those floor lights the the philip hue bloom also do you have any of the hue go lamps and if so which are better thehue bloom or the huego and also how are the hue light still performing after having them a while are the colours still nice and bright and have you had any issues with them. thanks .

So...if I have a fixture like your IKEA light - would it work fine to mix the color ambient bulbs and the white bulbs?

Don't forget screenbloom. It syncs your lights to match what is being displayed on your computer monitors. Really great for watching movies

Can you make a video how you got all those movies from your previous videos please?

Thanks for this! I wanna set it up like a stage

Great video, super interesting and informative, thanks! One question have you used all Philips bulbs or are some generic copies? Thanks!

@techfreshness

7 жыл бұрын

glad you enjoyed it darren. no copies here, just the oem bulbs. i wouldn't mix and match because i would think the color swould be off

That was an awesome video! would this be compatible with routine apps/software, so say for an instance im bringing home a hot date i can have "Date Night" scenery set and I could have the sonos playing in the background? I think that would be awesome

@techfreshness

6 жыл бұрын

yep, if you know some software that could do that, probably ifttt, you could recipe that up just exactly as you say

HueDynamic is the best app hands down. I've tried everything else and HD is the least frustrating app out there. 5 bucks isn't bad for something that is so feature rich and they're constantly adding stuff.

How do you get the lights to chase ? I bought Thorlight, I cannot figure out how to get them to chase?

Does anyone know a good Android alternative for Thorlight? App looks amazing, but it's not available for Android.

@gm2543

3 жыл бұрын

I asked same thing still waiting on him 😀

Amazing !

your basement is cool. i only have led strip plus 1 3rd gen behind my 55 lg tv and two light bulbs next to it, i want to get some lamps, netflix and chill. . hehe but theyre expensive so far

awesome vid man cheers for the tips 👍

@techfreshness

5 жыл бұрын

sweet glad you liked!

Any ideas about getting around the Hue device limit?

How are you swiping your notification shade down to reveal the widgets page automatically withought having to swipe right on the notification screen? Can you change the default page to Widgets instead of Notications when you bring the shade down?

These are really cool lights, I only have the white one right now, but I would look forward to getting some color ones. The only thing is they are really expensive but for what you get out of it, I don't think it would be a total waste of money. Is there a color that works as black light on here? I have also heard that some colors such as green are a little washed out, but maybe they fixed that on the newer bulbs, how rich do the colors look in person? Do they offer any bulbs with 800 lumens? I like to use 800 lumen daylight bulbs for normal lighting in my room which I use right now (standard LED bulb) but I do like to change the colors for certain mood settings and having to change out the bulb every time I want a different color can be a pain sometimes. One more thing, If I have Amazon Plus with Alexa would i be able to use any of these apps you suggested? or Do i need a bridge to make them work? I know with Alexa App you don't need a bridge as it works directly off the Amazon Plus. Sorry for all the questions but I am interested in these lights and would like to know more. thanks for the video demonstrations.

I have three Hue Color bulbs outside under my soffit. I would like to be able to control them using a Christmas theme. What do you suggest?

Love this video, and all the lights. I have Hue lights all over my house and I'm getting ready to buy the outside lights. My problem is everyone keeps turning the light switches off and the I cant reach them. Other things I have in my house: Honeywell Thermostat, MyQ Garage, Wemo: Netcams, Mini Outlets, Wall Switches Ring Doorbell Pro, Arlo security cameras outside, August Lock, Harmony, Kasa Plugs, Nest Smoke and Carbon-monoxide, Apple TV, B-Hyve Sprinkler system, Sonos.

@mrgeraldbrent

4 жыл бұрын

James Caprio Lutron Aurora dimmers. They clamp over your switches and give you on/off and dimming for your lights. Well worth it to keep people from killing your lights/automation.

what editing program do you use? ive found myself more intresting in than the hue kit

Thanks. Good app summary. Any tips on how to deal with power outages and having the hue lights return to their state before the power outage? I hate coming home to find all of my lights are on because the power went out for a few seconds.

@techfreshness

7 жыл бұрын

thansk scott, unfortunately i have no solution for what you are talking about, except move to where power isn't going out so much ha, jk

Brilliant. Good effort in creating this informative video. It would certainly be useful for Hue newbies and existing users alike. Personally, I like using my Amazon Alexa to control my Hue. It's hard going back to phone apps once you switch to voice controls. Would you consider making a video with the Alexa controlling the Hue and several other devices in your wonderful home theater. Keep up the good work.

@techfreshness

7 жыл бұрын

it totally is. i love controlling with alexa....well i don't think there is much to light controls with alexa, you probabaly know all the tricks

@AquaStevae

6 жыл бұрын

Alexa is pathetic compared to the Google Home now. I have both of them, and rarely ask Alexa anything anymore. GH runs circles around it. Not only in controlling my Hue lights, but also having separate accounts recognized by voice, and being able to hands-free call any business or person. While Alexa can only call other Alexa. This specific example is a microcosm to all the other deficiencies with Alexa.

@techfreshness

6 жыл бұрын

yeh i use both, i kinda prefer alexa, but google is pretty solid, the mic is not as good (it doesn't hear as well over music), but yeh i think their are pros and cons to both, i love using google home to play music to all my CCA's around the house, using voice for music control is very very nice

Thanks for the tips! I'll be checking out a couple of those apps. I personally love to use my round LivingColors remote to control some of my lights. Getting it to work was a bit hacky, but it works great and I love how you can control the color and brightness with it as well as saving new scenes on the fly straight to the remote.

Question for you: Can you adjust the color to a specific Kelvin?

@Tropcaliente

4 жыл бұрын

I can on Samsung SmartThings, but not on the hue bridge.

Which Hue lights are in the ceiling cans?

do you need to have a hub in order to control the lights?

Where did you get your locked screen wallpaper?

I wish Hue would develop a plug-in for smart tv's and projectors in order to have the lights match the colors in the image

What a wonderful living room!

@Malita19

7 жыл бұрын

Philipp Vogel That's his finished basement. Jealous, lol.

Hi is there an app that changes the colour of the lights based on the scenes on your TV?

Thanks man.

What ceiling spotlights are those? I’ve just been getting 6 GU10’s fitted today and they look smaller than yours?

What is the name of the app you say you use for disco lighting? You said it way to fast in your video and you just showed a quick flash of the apps icon.

What is the "today" widget you have below the hue widget? It looks like a really nice thermostat controller.

@techfreshness

6 жыл бұрын

good eye man, yeah for some reason the nest app doesn't offer a widget, which is mind boggling. but the one in the video is called Kontrol

Nice review and options! #huepower

Good explanation

I accidentally found a way to have single bulb on multiple different "rooms". I have my hue lights synced to my google assistant. I can assign individual bulbs to different "rooms" in assistant. So far, all I've done is be able to control the fan lights in my living room by either "fan lights" via the hue settings, or "living room" via google assistant. Eventually, once I get some pot-light hue bulbs into the living room above the couch, I'll have them set as couch lights in hue, but add them to the living room in google assistant. Other home automation assistants may offer similar possibilities.

Hey, I'd like my white ambiance to chance its color depending on the time of day, do you know how to do that?

Hi, Nice Video. Do you have a solution to match my content (Zwifft) on my Ipad to the hue light? (without computer). Basicly hue light will react at the color on the screen on the Ipad (Zwiftt Bike Session).Thank you in advance.

great video man and ty. maybe you could help me out - you seem pretty versed and I'm just getting started with Hue. If I wanted to tell Siri something like - "hey siri its movie time." and then have my lights do a special sequence or pattern - something special to indicate an event etc... is there anything that allows that yet or are the apps still pretty generic in their functionality.?

@techfreshness

6 жыл бұрын

hey frown, you can do exactly what you describe, using the home kit app on the iphone you can set all that up with the hue lights. just takes some tinkering to get it to operate how you want. but let me know!

thank you

Nice video. You can also get a Kodi plugin that control your lights. When starting a movie the light dims and change color. That's really cool.

@techfreshness

7 жыл бұрын

that is very cool, i was going to mention this, but to me they work about as well as the music, just because of the hub delay, i find it a little distracting (well at least when i tried it way back when)

@mortenerichsen6487

7 жыл бұрын

Your right. The Ambilight plugin has the same problem as the music apps. I only use it in "Theater mode" where the add-on dims the the Philips Hue lights as soon as a movie starts playing, and turns the lights back on once the movie is done.

@techfreshness

7 жыл бұрын

ah, now that i spretty cool, i thought you were referring to the lights changing colors to match the movie. thats a sweet add on, imma try it in plex, thanks man

Does Alexa recognize and work with the groups you create in the hue widget?

@rccipriani

5 жыл бұрын

I'm guessing no. It doesn't recognize groups set up in the native Hue app either.

@davidchidester5463

5 жыл бұрын

Hue and Amazon devices dont like playing together when you get more complex.

One question, is there apps that don’t require the hue bridge?

Hey what are the pot lights on your ceiling. I can't find them online 😪

Nice vid

What is the height of that room? I want a movie screen but don’t think I gotta enough room

I’m not seeing that sequence screen on the app you showed in landscape where you can pre program the lights. How can I find it? Can you send a link to the correct app?

What is the track around the 11:35 mark?

Buen precio, util, buen sonido, no recalienta, muy util, sencillo de usar

There are 20 or so lights, what light switches are you using?

I'm new to Phillips Hue just got the kit on Amazon Prime Day for our new house we were having built. We have these 4 can lights in our great room so I got an extra bulb to have 4. Than I decided I wanted one for the can light above my new jetted tub so I got one more when it was on sale. Would love 4 more for our bedroom cans but I'm still learning and downloading apps to go with it. We have 2 echo dots 2 shows and a new ecobee with Alexa. I am going to try this Halloween and maybe the widget. I mostly am getting the free ones and trying to figure them out like light DJ and I got something called H3 party and hue maniac I don't know it's all new to us but I am going to watch the rest of this video Thanks! I'm guessing maybe their is a forum somewhere for Phillips Hue? What are the floor lights you have I see in your basement? I'd love to have two on my patio where my coach lights are for when were sitting outside.

@techfreshness

6 жыл бұрын

hey rockin, nice you got a very good start. hope you are enjoying everything. the floor lights i use are the hue blooms, there is a link in the description if you are so inclined!

Your basement is amazing