Philips Hue Scenes in HomeKit (2021)

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In this video, we bring together a couple of great Philips Hue and Apple HomeKit features and make something incredible...photo-based lighting scenes!
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@Polkster13 3 жыл бұрын

One of the things I really like about your videos, is you show exactly how to do these automation setups, going through it step-by-step and listing the steps on the screen. This way, people can do a screen save to save the steps to be able to go back and look over steps in the future. Keep up the great videos showcasing the steps needed to make them work.

@myHomeKithome 3 жыл бұрын

You’re kind to take the time to acknowledge this and watch. I appreciate it. I’ve also got step-by-step walk through in the blog

@evtyler 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, this is exactly what I was looking for!

@myHomeKithome 2 жыл бұрын

Cool beans! I'm glad you found it useful. Thanks for watching!

@angeloszampelis-fiampolis3223 Жыл бұрын

So easy to do it! Thanks for the video!

@myHomeKithome Жыл бұрын

You are very welcome. Thanks for watching!

@andythefork 2 жыл бұрын

So just to confirm, this will only carry over static color/brightness values and not trigger animated lighting scenes from Hue, correct?

@myHomeKithome 2 жыл бұрын

If the scenes are generated using Hue Labs, then I don't believe they will carry over. I know its possible since other manufacturers have implmented this, but since Hue Labs features are beta, they don't transfer.

@loverrlee 2 жыл бұрын

Do you know how to choose a custom scene for the timer in the Hue app? I only see where to select the room, but not the scene.

@myHomeKithome 2 жыл бұрын

Great question! I just tried it and once you select the room and tap next, you’ll tap on the room again and the Apple ask you what you want to do with the lights. It will give you a variety of options from dimming and brightening the lights and you also have the option of choosing “my scenes “. Hope you found this helpful. Thanks for watching!

@eriklundstrom1336 Жыл бұрын

I've found this method doesn't capture the correct colors. They're just a bit off and I have to go in and manually change them -- which is difficult to get the right colors.

@myHomeKithome Жыл бұрын

I’ve been hearing this. It seems that some thing got broken after the fact. Thanks for watching!

@dindu42 2 жыл бұрын

How do you setup the same scene "Motown"" for example so that it works in more than one room. I don't mean at the same time, I mean so that I can go into the Kitchen as request Motown in there (just for that room) and then I can go into the Living Room and use the same command. As I understand it Siri scenes are linked to a room and you can't have duplicate scene names for multiple rooms ?

@myHomeKithome 2 жыл бұрын

You’re right and that’s a thinker! Maybe you could try creating scenes with slightly different names? I’ll have to give that one some more thought…

@dindu42 2 жыл бұрын

@@myHomeKithome I imagine you have to combine the room name with the effect you want but it becomes a bit cumbersome.

@smmabilat 3 жыл бұрын

Hello, great video! I was wondering if there is a way to also save under the HomeKit scène not only a scene from Hue but also a scene from Nanoleaf all under one same HomeKit scene.

@myHomeKithome 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment and what a great question. I can't speak specifically to Nanoleaf as I don't have any of their products, but if you create a scene in the Nanoleaf app AND it then shows up in HomeKit, you should be able to turn on the scene in the Hue app and add your Hue lights with their current state to the Nanoleaf scene in Apple's Home app. I hope that makes sense!

@flow_cortes_anime 2 жыл бұрын

Hello, I have an Apple TV 4K and my question is this: do I need the hub of the lamps to be able to have access to the home app on and off my network or can Apple TV itself be the hub of the lamps?

@skim7221 3 жыл бұрын

Great video!!! Is there any way to get Hue Labs scenes to homekit? or use siri to activate it?

@myHomeKithome 3 жыл бұрын

I appreciate it! I looked into this a bit in it seems like it largely depends on the formula. However, it doesn’t really seem possible for most of them. For example you can set the color loop to be active after lights are turned back on, but there’s no way to activate color loop by voice or in HomeKit.

@skim7221 3 жыл бұрын

@@myHomeKithome thx! Keep the great contents coming!

@myHomeKithome 3 жыл бұрын

I appreciate the support!

@Cstah_washere 8 ай бұрын

Great video but when I try to create my scene it says scene could not be created I go and press test scene and the scene isn’t what I want. It changes the colors, any help?

@myHomeKithome 8 ай бұрын

Unfortunately this is a fairly common issue. Hue updated their app at some point and broke the reliability of this. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Sorry I don't have better news, but thanks for watching!

@mattwalker3672 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the clear video…but this is absurdly complicated. Surprised the two companies / APIs haven’t made this much more straightforward/automated…

@myHomeKithome 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! It's an interesting thing. Other manufacturers have managed integrate unique features into HomeKit, but Hue doesn't seem to be that interested in it.

@mattwalker3672 2 жыл бұрын

@@myHomeKithome I could see each thinking they have the chance to become the 'first touch' for connected light actions so they want to keep the walls up. But the customers lose that game.

@myHomeKithome 2 жыл бұрын

Oh I’d say Hue’s customers’ve been losing out for years.

@PConB 2 жыл бұрын

Whenever I set this up and use the scene the colors aren’t correct. When I set the scene I have the lights already loaded from the hue app. And when I click test this scene it works. But if I change the colors and go back to the scene in HomeKit they aren’t right. It does change them from what they were on, just doesn’t change them to the correct colors set up in the scene

@myHomeKithome 2 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, it does seem this solution is now broken with the latest version of the Philips hue app.

@PConB 2 жыл бұрын

@@myHomeKithome i updated all my software and hub in the philips app and things seem to be working good now

@TheBradLloyd 3 жыл бұрын

Great video! Such a simple, but useful idea! I have a lot of Hue lights so this will really help me!

@myHomeKithome 2 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you found it useful! Hue is the sole source of lighting for my entire flat, with the exception of a smattering of WiFi lighting, and I have used this trick for some time now. Thanks for watching, Brad!

@MarveInc 2 жыл бұрын

When I try to Safe the nightlight scene, some of the lights have a different Color and some have the same as in the hue app but why??

@myHomeKithome 2 жыл бұрын

Woah! I haven't experienced this. I imagine this is just a bad translation between the two apps. Does it happen with all scenes that you try to transfer?

@MarveInc 2 жыл бұрын

@@myHomeKithome after I did a update for IOS it worked fine.

@natureofnow Жыл бұрын

So you can’t just use your voice to control the Hue app like it used to work?

@myHomeKithome Жыл бұрын

Not that I’m aware of at this point

@sandman4593 Жыл бұрын

I can’t conect my hue bridge to HomeKit, I tried everything, but it just keeps loading and loading and don’t conect. Any tips?

@myHomeKithome Жыл бұрын

How long have you had this issue? First, I would make sure that all of your devices are running the latest software versions and firmware. Also, are you able to set up the bridge in the hue app?

@sandman4593 Жыл бұрын

It’s the first time I try to pare the two apps. The Hue app works just fine, all the lights are visible and they all work, Both HomeKit and Phillips hue are up to date. In the Hue app when I try to pair it to HomeKit, my home name from the home kit app is visible, but when I press pair it tells me ti press the Button in the bridge to pair but nothing heappens when I do so. In the other hand if I try to pair them through HomeKit I scan the Code from the back of the bridge and it just keeps loading for ever

@TheShoxter 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video! It's so silly that Philips scenes can't be directly invoked in the Home app.

@myHomeKithome 2 жыл бұрын

I agree! It doesn’t surprise me, though. It is possible, however. I know several other apps that use a Scene workaround to get dynamic lighting affects into HomeKit. Thanks for watching!

@natureofnow Жыл бұрын

I used to be able to do it. Not sure why this didn’t work.

@neutralmutation5391 2 жыл бұрын

FYI: I have white hue lights only so far

@AlexManMe 2 жыл бұрын

Lol my one just turns it on

@myHomeKithome 2 жыл бұрын

As long as it works for you, that's all that matters! Thanks for watching!

@petridepita1777 2 жыл бұрын

I thought this was about how to sync hue scenes with HomeKit :-(

@myHomeKithome 2 жыл бұрын

Sorry to disappoint. But that is an interesting idea… 🤔

@petridepita1777 2 жыл бұрын

@@myHomeKithome sorry for my comment, to harsh maybe, your video is nice... I have a friend who installed 158 devices on his Hue app.. he has more than 20 scenes on it. but home kit is not syncing them... does not work... I have myself installed my first lamps yesterday, created two scenes to start, tried to sync (click the three dot next to the scene when selected) but it tells me the scenes are already there although they don't show up on Homekit....

@petridepita1777 2 жыл бұрын

been trying to find posts about people syncing their scenes from Hue to HK but there is nothing about it specifically

@myHomeKithome 2 жыл бұрын

Not harsh at all, my friend! It is strange that the scenes are not syncing though.

@dewmguy 6 ай бұрын

This tutorial doesn’t seem to work anymore or at least for me. I’m also trying to save the colors of a device that supports multiple colors (festavia) which might not be supported by home kit. Apple is so fucking slow to “innovate”

@myHomeKithome 6 ай бұрын

You're right about the tutorial no longer working, but this is because Phillips Hue keeps changing their app. Thanks for watching!

@GamingPIPI 5 ай бұрын

Doesnt work. Homekit doesn’t support gradient multicolor and I’ve been trying to get a workaround.. but this ain’t it

@myHomeKithome 5 ай бұрын

Correct, HomeKit does not support gradient lighting effects nor any lighting effects. Depending on how manufacturers create their lighting affect though, you can accomplish this through their native apps a lot of times. I haven't tested this in a while but when I recorded the video it worked.

@GamingPIPI 5 ай бұрын

@@myHomeKithome true, its very sad :( but im determined on finding a workaround :)

@myHomeKithome 5 ай бұрын

Good luck! Let me know if anything pans out. I've just about given up on Phillips Hue.

@GamingPIPI 5 ай бұрын

@@myHomeKithome really? Why😅. I find it difficult to find alternatives (here in Europe/Netherlands)

@myHomeKithome 5 ай бұрын

In a few words, I think they are way overpriced for what they do.

@grond348 16 күн бұрын

how is it this complicated to set up a 100$ light in apple home…….

@myHomeKithome 13 күн бұрын

It's actually pretty easy to setup up Hue in Apple Home, but it is a little more involved in order to bring this specific feature into HomeKit.

@flow_cortes_anime 2 жыл бұрын

Hello, I have an Apple TV 4K and my question is this: do I need the hub of the lamps to be able to have access to the home app on and off my network or can Apple TV itself be the hub of the lamps?

@myHomeKithome 2 жыл бұрын

This is a really good question! You cannot connect Hué lights directly to Apple TV. To control Hué lights in HomeKit, you need to have a hue pub

@flow_cortes_anime 2 жыл бұрын

@@myHomeKithome thank you very much. One more question, can I control the lamps or do any other Automation on my Apple Watch? Does HomeKit work well on it?