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Philips Hue will soon force users to create an account (defcon.social)

submitted 1 year ago by IsoKiero@sopuli.xyz to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://derp.foo/post/250090

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[–] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Wait, all of them? Noice.

Though I do have one that’s running a “candle” hue labs program, I wonder if I can replicate that outside the Hue environment.

[–] llii@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

The special features are hard to replicate. Hue sync won't work for example. That's why I still use the hue hub in addition to a zigbee stick for non-hue lights and switches. But if they want a login I'd rather drop hue sync and just add the lamps to my zigbee stick.

[–] Jakor@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I looked this up a while back. Someone wrote code to try to replicate it in homeassistant on their forums. If I recall correctly, it didn’t work quite as well as the hue version but I haven’t have a chance/reason to try it yet. Maybe someday soon.

[–] vodka@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Not all Philips bulbs actually, only Hue. They have another line called Wiz which uses wifi.