The interior of the Philips Hue Bridge connection is very simple. After a few steps she is registered on the network. Here you have to enter a password, everything is done via smartphone.
The Bridge is the lamps theoretically automatically. For me, however, she had problems with the LED strip. I had to manually enter in both the smartphone, but this has also worked out very quickly. At a Hue Bridge can integrate multiple Hue lamps and taxes.
Per Hue app you can now pulse the individual lamps and adjust their color, saturation and brightness. If you log on the Philips Hue side, the lamps can even control without being in the WLAN. So theoretically anywhere in the world. Or you can directly create programs. You can also enter a picture of Apartment shoot or use existing images, so precisely also adjust the color choice of the surroundings. This is very well thought out and works practically excellent. In my case I have a living room program, in which the living room exudes a warm white and a bedroom program with indirect, warm lighting. In the original Hue app you can now grab the programs as a widget on the home screen of your smartphone and activate through these programs. However, disabling it just about all out. Why not with you, the light also activates on the same widget?
In addition, further automation are possible, such as automatic switching on and off the lights when the user is near. I had a feeling the associated tracking my location however, costs a lot of battery. In addition, you can let the lights go on automatically at a certain time. And since they are dimmable can happen very gently. Perfect as extremely gentle alarm. You can also let go the lights. I think this case should the lamps change the color at regular intervals. However, this feature seems to have no effect on me.
The apps from other providers also offer other features and widgets, so almost anything is actually possible. It is this openness towards the customer makes me happy. About circumstances the Philips Living Whites Lights Adapter into the system are well integrated. So you can then regulate other lamps.
The brightness and response time of the lamps is outstanding. It is felt hardly a delay in a change of lighting (The Bridge is with me but also not far away). The color spectrum and especially the number of different colors is incredible. Other color-changing LEDs have perhaps 15 different shades, here you have a whole range of colors (You have to remember that the color palette of light colors is served. Brown or gray is not available here.)
The illumination of the LEDs is very good and evenly. I also own other LED chains in which we see significant color variations. Orange is then clear from yellow and red tones. The Philips Hue are here simply a quality product. Thanks to 3M adhesive tape on the back, it keeps excellent on different surfaces. Also hanging.
In summary, I find the bulbs very successful. Especially for such a novel product. And nothing can replace the feeling of lying in bed and say: Oh, the light's still on, I'll do then came out in the fall.
