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.
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.
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.
@@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.
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.
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?
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?
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!
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!
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
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 ?
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!
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?
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
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?
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.
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 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....
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!
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.
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!
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.
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 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?
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.
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
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.
I’ve been hearing this. It seems that some thing got broken after the fact. Thanks for watching!
So easy to do it! Thanks for the video!
You are very welcome. Thanks for watching!
Thanks, this is exactly what I was looking for!
Cool beans! I'm glad you found it useful. Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the clear video…but this is absurdly complicated. Surprised the two companies / APIs haven’t made this much more straightforward/automated…
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.
@@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.
Oh I’d say Hue’s customers’ve been losing out for years.
So just to confirm, this will only carry over static color/brightness values and not trigger animated lighting scenes from Hue, correct?
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.
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??
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?
@@myHomeKithome after I did a update for IOS it worked fine.
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?
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!
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.
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!
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
Unfortunately, it does seem this solution is now broken with the latest version of the Philips hue app.
@@myHomeKithome i updated all my software and hub in the philips app and things seem to be working good now
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 ?
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…
@@myHomeKithome I imagine you have to combine the room name with the effect you want but it becomes a bit cumbersome.
Thanks for the video! It's so silly that Philips scenes can't be directly invoked in the Home app.
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!
I used to be able to do it. Not sure why this didn’t work.
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?
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?
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
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?
So you can’t just use your voice to control the Hue app like it used to work?
Not that I’m aware of at this point
Great video!!! Is there any way to get Hue Labs scenes to homekit? or use siri to activate it?
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.
@@myHomeKithome thx! Keep the great contents coming!
I appreciate the support!
FYI: I have white hue lights only so far
Lol my one just turns it on
As long as it works for you, that's all that matters! Thanks for watching!
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”
You're right about the tutorial no longer working, but this is because Phillips Hue keeps changing their app. Thanks for watching!
I thought this was about how to sync hue scenes with HomeKit :-(
Sorry to disappoint. But that is an interesting idea… 🤔
@@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....
been trying to find posts about people syncing their scenes from Hue to HK but there is nothing about it specifically
Not harsh at all, my friend! It is strange that the scenes are not syncing though.
Great video! Such a simple, but useful idea! I have a lot of Hue lights so this will really help me!
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!
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.
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!
Doesnt work. Homekit doesn’t support gradient multicolor and I’ve been trying to get a workaround.. but this ain’t it
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.
@@myHomeKithome true, its very sad :( but im determined on finding a workaround :)
Good luck! Let me know if anything pans out. I've just about given up on Phillips Hue.
@@myHomeKithome really? Why😅. I find it difficult to find alternatives (here in Europe/Netherlands)
In a few words, I think they are way overpriced for what they do.
how is it this complicated to set up a 100$ light in apple home…….
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.
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?
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
@@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?