Yes it have to be connected to the router all the time!. I'm doing a review about hue and some accessories. Coming up within a week.

Ahh, of course. Thanks for clearing that up!

I never knew! The more you know! Thank you

Is E26 the norm?

Yes. That's exactly what I did. I've picked up 5 colored bulbs, 1 Bloom light, 1 Go light, and 2 Iris lights (all colored) and I use them with the same hub as the original 3 white bulbs.

I use the color ambience bulbs more than the white ones, but they’re all still going strong!

Right, and even when he plugged it in the wall Not that we don't know how to do that. The point is to show everything. Other than that, the video is informative.

That depends on your wifi signal. I think the lights work in a mesh, also, so every light relays to the next one, if it's outside the range of your wifi connection.

Andrew Joy You can get adapters which work great. That's what I'm doing with my current hue lights.

You can, and i do have some. The issue is that edison is wired so that the phase is in the middle and neutral is on the screw outside part. As bayonet can be ether way as it has recessed pins and the outside is not connected you could end up with the outside of the eddison being live depending on what way you put it in.

As far as I'm aware, yes. I think the lights can be used on their own, but to get full functionality and interactivity with other services like Alexa and Google Home, the bridge is necessary. For $60 (or less), hard to say no when the bulbs are as expensive as they are on their own.

Mine is connected to a wireless access point, so it should work through an ethernet plug. Are you going from a wall ethernet port to a switch, and the switch to the router? Yes, once the hub is working, you can control the lights from anywhere (inside or outside your home).

Yes, unless you buy their connected switch. I've got one of those in a kit with another light, so I'll be doing a video about that soon.

Jordan Keyes oh, I see. Thanks!

no there is probably another switch in the bulb. If anything its using minimal energy to maintain a wifi connection but I imagine its not very much

also do you know if these would work in a circuit with a dimmable switch, i imagine they would but not sure

hi, it actually no, the app can be off, the bridge is the one that keeps the instrucions and you can schedule color hours or on and off at daily hours, is the Bridge that got all instructions, so you ask Siri with your voice, or the app by Philips with touch instructions, but works awesome but definetly wifi is needed always on

That's what I'm about to do LOL I've been reading about this Hue thing for not less than 3 weeks and I think I'm ready to take the step

you should spend the money on a grammar course

stephbenitesx help I have hue, and both the echo and home, they work pretty much the same, only the Google home, you can change the color of the hue, ' ok Google turn kitchen light orange' echo can't do that, but echo can control wemo plugs, Google home can't

Rich Bird it can now

I believe you have to have the hub to allow any sort of external connectivity (Alexa, app control outside the house, etc.) With just the bulb, I think you can set up individual bulbs, but I never had the chance to try, since this kit was the first set I bought.

holmete yes, you can set a sleep time and a wake time

hi, yes it does, you use HUE app to set the hours to fade out to sleep or wake you up AM with 100% light in the morning, (I use it) but it works on holidays too XD, in the morning if you leave on a daily basis they get off at specific hour too (you set the time and minutes) so you gotta be quick AM, they still will work as a normal bulb though getting back to normal using the wall switch, the HUE is awesome but it requires Wifi always on, still an amazing system

Not with the white only bulbs but maybe with the other bulbs like color and white grading bulbs

Dayz_legend yes Alexa will communicate with the bridge thus using Alexa to turn on the lights via the bridge

katiegrav it says in the video!!!!

The kit I showed only does white light (soft white, more yellow). You can add multicolor bulbs to the system, but they’re not included.

That's the other Hue bulbs, the color bulbs. These just do white, and only one shade of white.

Our canned lights have a traditional light bulb base, so we've been using that size/style of bulb in them all along. As long as your lights have the same base and have room for the bulbs, should be fine. I love it because it adds a dimmer where we didn't have one before.

Yes, there are routines you can set up in the app

Yes.. the do it turn off and on the light. If you power of the light with the switch it resets lamp to default values. I'm doing a review about hue and some accessories. Coming up within a week.

Hi, actually no, it will always be a normal bulb, but if you set it RED or Green, and someone switches, well is set to 100% normal warm bulb, but you set back to your color with siri in a second, its awesome, you just cant stop using it, there is NO failure found yet, HUE is Huge!

Yes. As long as your wifi signal is strong enough to reach both places, it doesn't matter what room you place them in. You can set up new rooms in the Hue app

Jordan Keyes cool! Thanks!

+Joe Hornyd yes, I think you can have 50 devices on one hub. I've got 8 bulbs, 2 Iris lights, 1 Bloom light, 2 wireless dimmers, and a motion sensor with no problems

DeTodoaLoTico ya I bought some innr coloured bulbs which are quite a bit cheaper than the overpriced Philips colour bulbs and they work in exactly the same way and are apparently just as good as the Philips in terms of brightness and colour but they're cheaper

+Jamie Bergin do you have an amazon link to see em

DeTodoaLoTico​​ I'm in the UK, but these are the ones I ordered www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01N5G9WNA/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_0GAXybNX4NDC7

+Jamie Bergin Innr ok, I thought it was a typo. I couldn't fi d those in the US store, are those uk only?

DeTodoaLoTico oh yeah, looks like it's UK only.. there are some other Philips hue alternatives like hive and tp link bulbs but you'd have to check whether they work with the hue bridge and stuff

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Debi Goldstein one end in the Philips hub, and the other end in the back of your internet wireless router

Yes it does and you can control your Philips Hue lights using Google Now as well

The kit I bought is the cheapest one. They have more expensive starter kits with color bulbs, but they're $120-200, I think.