Philips Hue Bridge & Beyond - Exclusive Interview with George Yianni

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I sat down (virtually) with George Yianni, Head of Tech and Co-Founder of Philips Hue and asked him about the Hue bridge, connecting multiple bridges to Google Home, Alexa, and Home Kit, and even asked some of YOUR questions! If you'd like more interviews like this on my channel, let me know in the comments!
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@SnarfxxxSnarf 3 жыл бұрын

Great interview! This is exactly what I've been looking for just hope they fix this sooner than later.

@markytowers 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome to hear that they are working on multiple bridges in a single account!!! Thanks for the workaround tips - I'd been trying to find out how to do that for Alexa voice control but Hue support didn't think it was possible. I'm a happy guy!!!

@johnosterman494 3 жыл бұрын

8 months later......

@Dehko 2 жыл бұрын

@@johnosterman494 3 months later…

@Mannniie 3 жыл бұрын

I’m glad he touched on the gradient lightstrip when not watching tv. That’s on my wishlist!!

@Justin_tech 3 жыл бұрын

SAMEEEE!!!!

@DrFoxyGaming 3 жыл бұрын

I’m here from the Facebook group your videos are awesome and quality videos

@Justin_tech 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome, thank you! Glad to hear you've enjoyed my Hue videos, you'll die over tomorrow's!

@OzDeaDMeaT 3 жыл бұрын

POE for the Bridges NEEDS to happen. The fact that you can't manage more than 50 lights is seriously fucking annoying. I have 78 lights, 8 switches and 15 sensors for my entire house and I haven't done the garden or exterior lights yet. Even if you had the bridge seperate the lights onto different zigbee networks and use the bridge as a bridge between the multiple zigbee networks and the IP network. It is the exact same thing as having multiple bridges but in a single managed device. Phillips Hue, lift your game.

@Haywoodjablomie100 3 жыл бұрын

Exactly! To have this sort of limitation in 2021 from the supposed leader in smart lighting is appalling.

@vitekhavlis 2 жыл бұрын

1 year later and we stil can not use Alexa with multiple bridges. Unbelievable.

@markb9038 2 жыл бұрын

So we're over a year later now and multiple bridge support still hasn't come to Alexa. It seems 'Ol Georgie boy is talking out of his jacksie.

@vishwajit111 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent!. Can you give an idea on how to use cinema light strips in a projector screen?

@AbhinavSuryawanshiPoems 2 жыл бұрын

Following

@vitorppt 3 жыл бұрын

The limit of 50 applies for lamps only or include the sensors, Dimer Switches and plugs, also? Today I exceeded 50 devices and suddenly all Dimer Switches stopped responding. The only good thing about that, was that I discovered your channel 😁

@156aliciasy 2 жыл бұрын

When you are saying multiple bridges do you mean multiple homes? I gave 2 smart homes, 2 diff. Bridges, I was able ttyl control lights for awhile, but it stopped. I can only work the 1st bridge with Google home, but I can only work the lights in the 2nd home can only work in the Philip's hue app...

@ManchesterTechGuy 3 жыл бұрын

The first question was something I was trying to figure out yesterday, awesome. At least I know I can do it for Google Assistant relatively easily. I tried the alexa trick a couple of days ago and it made the first bridge's lights unavailable.

@Justin_tech 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting....seems to be an iffy solution. At least Hue is focused to fix this, i mean...smart lighting should work seemlessly with our voice assistants otherwise it ain't a smart home at all!

@ManchesterTechGuy 3 жыл бұрын

@@Justin_tech Yeah, definitely agree. Sounds like they have stuff in progress. Hopefully we see something good in the new year.

@shumyatsky 3 жыл бұрын

Justin. Thanks for the interview. I just added a second bridge and have “moved” (deleted and recreated of course) lights and rooms from the first bridge to it. I’m struggling to understand what exactly “creating a separate assistant account” means in order to connect that second bridge to another Google Assistant account. My first thought was using a second gmail / google account but when I’m prompted to approve linking the hue account using the Google Home app, it just automatically links with the first bridge and I’m not presented with the option to select between the two bridges I have. Do I need a second meet.hue account? Is there another route I need to take that allows me to pick between bridges? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks again

@roderick3946 Жыл бұрын

Why does not anyone respond to this question? Is there no solution? It is driving me crazy. Philips Hue support sends me the link to this video as if it is a great guide on how to connect the second bridge to Google Assistent an Home... Crazy.

@tigeyoung739 2 жыл бұрын

Almost 10 months later, and we still can't get 2 bridges on one account. I started buying Hue because I hit the 75 device limit for Lutron Caseta. I guess I'm going to have to find a 3rd brand to finish my home once I get to 50 on Hue. Hopefully, someone will implement multiple bridges on one account soon. Whoever does will definitely get more of my business. But, Alexa will control all my lights one way or the other.

@ShohelNur 2 жыл бұрын

How can i use 1 hue bridge to control multiple lights in multiple rooms where there are 3 wifi routes in one house

@roderick3946 Жыл бұрын

Justin, please create a guide on how to connect two bridges to Google Home. This what we need, you have to step up now bro! This is becoming silly.

@KimJensen-lf6jn 2 жыл бұрын

Is it working with 2 bridges in 1 account?

@Haywoodjablomie100 3 жыл бұрын

I maxed out my Hue Bridge several months ago and stopped buying Hue completely and have spent thousands on competitors products. 50 devices per hub is nonsense in 2021.

@Justin_tech 3 жыл бұрын

I agree they need to figure out a better way to support more bulbs.

@christymclaughlin618 3 жыл бұрын

I've actually tried to buy it here in Ireland but can't .

@gm2543 3 жыл бұрын

When you said to him about the gradient light strip for tv you should have asked him why did he not add to the bottom of the tv. As the price is shocking for just 3 sides of a tv on a wall. Shame that was missed hue should make them longer strips for the price. Good interview.

@Justin_tech 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Yea, I mean I understand why they didnt - a lot of people dont need the bottom piece. I WISH they made it extendable though.

@geekscompendium8025 3 жыл бұрын

Owning a lot of hue products myself, and having issues with the likes of the SyncBox as many have, I thought you missed an opportunity to ask more questions on that front... For the most part hue works, but the SyncBox, running alongside an AV amplifier is causing many users issues... maybe you didn't want to ruin the relationship you have with them, but as a viewer, it would have been nice cover a little more of the technical limitations/issues on the AV side of things.

@Justin_tech 3 жыл бұрын

Drop your questions here and I can try and work them in. This interview was targeted on other topics, but I can maybe get interviews in the future

@andreacoppini 3 жыл бұрын

“Oooh the Zigbee!”

@b.k.4954 3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha I love that this is viral

@Relmono 3 жыл бұрын

I bought those gradient ones that you mentioned and it’s past mid-October with no shipping date. I heard people in the UK got theirs already. When will orders from the US get theirs?

@Joreyblake 3 жыл бұрын

Same. I messaged them on Twitter and they said there’s a delay and they’re going out late October now. But, my local Best Buy has them available for pick-up November 9th, but can’t pre-order them yet.

@Justin_tech 3 жыл бұрын

I was originally told they would ship October 16th. So my guess is they will be arriving soon!

@ManchesterTechGuy 3 жыл бұрын

I'm in the UK and I got mine 4 days after the release date of 6th of October. Strange you guys over in the US are having to wait so long.

@jasonmeinhardt4631 3 жыл бұрын

I just want HDMI 2.1 on the Philips hue play sync box. I want to be able to use Playstation 5 on it or the Xbox Series X with it.

@Eric-ed4un 3 жыл бұрын

This. I don’t buy it before it is future proof

@jasonmeinhardt4631 3 жыл бұрын

@@Eric-ed4un Exactly! I find it funny that in this video he kept talking about future proofing the products and the sync box has been one of the least future proof products they have. Maybe it's just me.

@Eric-ed4un 3 жыл бұрын

@@rohitbhat8212 if I’m spending 250 euros for a sync box. I want it to be able to use it with the new Xbox or PS or new vid cards. I’m not going to spent 250 euros for a box to only be able to use it for less than a year. That thing is mad expensive. A brand new console isn’t that much more expensive.

@SimonLeicester 3 жыл бұрын

Good point. I feel the hue sync box is severely overpriced and possibly limited given the existing unit probably won’t be able to offer hdmi 2.1. Also when you add in the cost of gradient light strip you’re looking at around £400 for flashing lights round your TV. Lot of cash for something a bit gimmicky and that you may get bored off after a while.

@ZiosTechRoom 2 жыл бұрын

2 years and still not possibile link 2 hue bridge whit single account

@gapbaguaman 3 жыл бұрын

Nice channel. I too am maxed out on my bridge. I’ve got a second bridge, but my problem isn’t so much that I have to switch between bridges in the app. Yes, that’s annoying, but my big problem is that I want to control all the lights through Alexa and that doesn’t work well with 2 bridges. I put 4 deck lights on the second bridge, but Alexa always thinks two of the four lights are different lights. You can assign them properly, but it never takes. There’s absolutely no reason why this shouldn’t be seamless. Assume we don’t get a new bridge that can handle multiple Zigbee networks, multiple bridges should, well, bridge to each other and provide one logical view of the devices regardless of mesh. In fact, if Philips was clever they’d simply auto configure devices to the proper mesh for reliability and coverage. This is not rocket science. I’m trying to work around this by assigning fixed spectrum, simpler lighting to the Alexa Zigbee hub, but I’m relying a lot on Lutron Aurora dimmer switches and they currently don’t work with Alexa directly through the Echo Plus hub. I’m really juggling things and might have to give up on the hub entirely for the guest bedrooms and move right to Bluetooth with the Lutron Aurora switches to free up capacity for other lights and switches in more central locations. I shouldn’t have to do this.

@tomsalinsky1 3 жыл бұрын

I had the same problem and I solved it by using verbal Alexa commands to move the wrong lights out of the zones/rooms and put the correct lights there instead.

@DavidScholtz1976 2 жыл бұрын

@@tomsalinsky1 what do you mean with verbal Alexa commands?

@tomsalinsky1 2 жыл бұрын

@@DavidScholtz1976 I say "Alexa, add kitchen back left to group kitchen" and then it puts the right bulbs in the right groups.

@SimonLeicester 3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like Justin has hit 50+ free hue lights that Philips have sent him and is having issues.

@Justin_tech 3 жыл бұрын

lol

@juliollerenas 3 жыл бұрын

😪 I really really want my lights to blink when I’m watching a sport and my team scores. There’s 3rd party apps that do it. But it be great to not have multiple apps for the lights.

@Justin_tech 3 жыл бұрын

Woah, love this idea. That would be a great integration for Hue. I'm sure IFTTT can do it for now?

@joshsmith5408 3 жыл бұрын

This does not work. Only the acct you are signed into via alexa works. Even with out of home enabled on both

@michaelgoetz9405 2 жыл бұрын

Hope Philips Hue enables multiple bridges soon. This is limiting us in an annoying way.

@Justin_tech 2 жыл бұрын

Me too! It’s time.

@SimonLeicester 3 жыл бұрын

I like my Hue Lights but the prices of Hue Kit in the UK is just ridiculous. It just comes across as gouging the consumer. Govee are coming out with really good kit such as their Dreamcolour range but at a fraction of Hue light strip prices. Even the amazon Prime Day Hue discounts were nothing special.

@Justin_tech 3 жыл бұрын

Lately there have been some good sales....but yea its a bit expensive, but i think it's the best of the best and you pay for that. ;P

@BrentGerno 3 жыл бұрын

I’f you still want the limited Iris I can help you out 👌🏽

@Justin_tech 3 жыл бұрын

Acutally.....yes i would love that! Still around?

@MindTravelore 3 жыл бұрын

Do you still have any limited Iris lights you could buy and ship to the US?

@eliatasti06yt 3 жыл бұрын

First! 7 views

@EVChris 3 жыл бұрын

Sorry philips but it’s NOT intuitive to switch bridges in your app to control lights on another bridge 👎👎👎 That’s terrible design flaw in my opinion, I’m on my second bridge and getting closer to bridge number 3 !!! Plz fix the bridge chaos in your app so I can control all lights from main screen without having to switch bridge !!! Plzz Philips make it right 👍

@Chwarg 3 жыл бұрын

100% I am also at the end of my second bridge's capacity. It just sucks to switch bridges in the app. I like the approach of the 3rd party apps a lot better. And let's he honest that argument of not being able to easily move lights to a different room - how often do you do this? Very rare. Having to switch the bridge on the other hand, you have to do multiple times PER DAY. In my book the controlling lights without needing to switch has a much higher priority than easily moving lights. Heck if that means I have to delete the bulb and pair it with the other bridge again, I am totally okay with that.

@EVChris 3 жыл бұрын

@@Chwarg totally agree I would love not to switch bridge all the time just to control my lights that would be intuitive 👍👍👍👍

@Haywoodjablomie100 3 жыл бұрын

I've maxed out 1 bridge several months ago and stopped buying Hue completely, and wont buy another Hue product until they release a bridge capable of controlling their products.

@EVChris 3 жыл бұрын

@@Haywoodjablomie100 the bridge isn’t the problem, philips hue naitive app is the problem. 3.party apps control lights and rooms from multiple bridges without problems👍

@roderick3946 Жыл бұрын

I agree, crazy vision he has on user friendlyness of the Hue app!