iConnectHue for Philips Hue 4+
Get the best out of your light
Stefan Gohler
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- € 3,99
- Offers In-App Purchases
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Description
HALLOWEEN - we have a set of 8 spooky Animations, available until mid Nov! LIMITED TIME OFFER: 25% off the app!
Discover a whole new world of lighting with iConnectHue, the ultimate Philips Hue app. Transform your lighting experience with our smart timers, customizable switches, and intuitive sleep timers, allowing you to adapt your Hue lights effortlessly for every occasion.
Whether you yearn for a soothing ambiance or a lively party atmosphere with our optional Discotainment, iConnectHue has you covered. Immerse yourself in striking calibrated colors, captivating gradients, and enchanting Magic Scenes, perfect for any mood.
Our dynamic Animations breathe life into your home with lively color displays. For lightning-fast access to daily actions, our customizable widgets are at your fingertips.
Join us and elevate your lighting control to new heights with iConnectHue! Celebrated 5x as Philips' App of the month, we've created a potent, yet user-friendly interface that simplifies complex tasks. Step into the future of Hue light control today!
More about all the fantastic possibilities: iconnecthue.com/features
PLEASE NOTE: In case of any issues, please contact us! Our team will try hard to solve any problem that you may encounter.
Why iConnectHue?
• Full feature set: control almost every aspect of your Hues + constant updates
• Family focus: Scene sharing, family geofencing (first one turns on the light, last one off - optional), group hiding
• Everything non-music related happens on your bridge - your iPhone stays off!
• Color animations on bridge. No empty batteries, everybody w/ iConnectHue can stop them!
• Color calibrated color picker w/ great gradient modes
• Create beautiful Magic Scenes, color your home - they work for every group & gradient light - super easy to create
• Drag & drop colors between lights
• Multiply the possibilities of your switches and Motion Sensors! More flexibility than any other app on market (more: iconnecthue.com/features)
• Create the Home widget you want! Add scenes, switches, sleep timers, reminders, light states and dimmers, motion sensor temperature & more
• Access your lights and timers when not at home
• Intelligent timers: Start them by time and day, by condition (group on/off or presence - w/ optional Automation), use colors & scenes, use random offsets, use sunrise or sunset time
• Instant timers: Darken lights when you go to bed, let your lights remind you, transition to scenes
• Find new lights & devices, add lights from other bridges, update your firmware
• Integrated tutorials and FAQ make it easy to understand the usage and to solve problems
• Supports all Hue Zigbee hardware & many 3rd party lights
To allow further development, additional modules are available via in app purchase or membership:
• Home & Away turns off lights when first arrives and last left + individually by user
• Animation Upgrade: unlimited animations, upload to switches, use them on your Apple Watch, widget & timers
• Discotainment: sync lights to music with Hue Entertainment, make your home a Disco - works with every source thanks to microphone use
• Weekend mode: let your switches and sensors act differently on week vs. weekend
• Watch Plus: control your groups, adjust their brightness and load their scenes
• Additional animation and Magic Scene packages
Memberships:
• Basic: All purchases, share your content, many & large Widgets, 2 Bridges @ 1 location (w/o switching)
• Pro: Like Basic, plus:
• Many bridges @ multiple locations w/o switching
• Light wizards: easily replace old lights, set startup mode via batch & on light search
• Daylight & Incandescent light mode
• Widget on Apple Watch
• Group picture/widget
• Apple Family Sharing of membership
• Advanced Shortcuts
• +More: iconnecthue.com/pro
Options & pricing: iconnecthue.com/app-options
It's less than a single Hue light! We want the best app for you and invest time and money. More:
iconnecthue.com/app-costs
It's the most comprehensive Hue app available:
iconnecthue.com/features/
HUE BRIDGE V2 REQUIRED!
Terms: iconnecthue.com/terms/eula_en.pdf
What’s New
Version 5.7.3
Thanks for using iConnectHue!
Dear users, we have noticed that a considerable number of users have missed the information about the Home Widget. This has somewhat surprised us, as we introduced it 4 months ago and have not made any changes since then. We have therefore adjusted the app to improve clarity regarding the Home Widget.
With the 2024 upgrade, you can access 1 small and 1 medium-sized Home Widget. However, we recommend considering a membership due to its many additional benefits – which is why we show this information first.
If you have any questions, please reach out to our support directly – you can contact us easily via the app in the menu “Help & More” -> “Contact.”
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It's going to get flashy with this update, be prepared for:
Halloween Animations!
Following our yearly tradition, we've made our Halloween Animations available again to everybody, which now includes 8 spooky animations!
As always, available for free until mid November, or, with Membership, available all year.
Hint: You can also put these on motion sensors and switches or timers, if you want some extra-scariness (w/ Membership or Animation Upgrade).
(Available to everybody)
Support for new Hue effects
We've added support for Philips' new effects, they're available for every light under the "effects" menu.
Note that their availability depends on whether you have the latest bridge firmware (1.66), your lights support them and that Philips enabled them for your bridge. If they're not available right now, try to check for a new firmware and/or give it a few days until they're announced by Philips themselves.
(Available for every Member or w/ 2024 upgrade or when purchased in 2024)
Classic Widgets and iOS 18
Please note that Apple discontinued support for the Classic Widgets in iOS 18, hence you can only use Home Widgets with it. We've put a lot of work into making Home Widgets do the same and more, albeit working completely different and being more restricted, and we recommend you to make the switch to them.
If you want to stay with the Classic Widgets, the only way is not to install iOS 18. But please note that due to issues in iOS' app extension handling, we've found that Classic Widgets are not as reliable as they used to be - we're sorry about that, but at the same time, cannot do anything about it, as we do not have access to iOS' internals. Again, we recommend to use Home Widgets instead by now.
Please restart your device if your Widgets are not working out of the box after this update due to iOS' extension handling.
Other detail improvements
• We've prepared iConnectHue for iOS 18
• Hue Twilight: We've added support for 2 additional model types of it; If it didn't appear in your device list, it should by now
• Some dialogues enhanced
• Fixes and stability improvements - yes, we also do that...
•• Please support us with a positive App store rating - thank you very much! ••
If you run into any issues, don’t hesitate, contact us from within the app. You will surely get support! Need a quick check for a question? We also have an elaborate FAQ: https://iconnecthue.com/f-a-q/
Ratings and Reviews
Best hue app
Yes this app is worth the money. It's the most versatile hue app I have found!
Mostly used to configure my hue system containing over 25 hue bulbs, multiple taps and dimmers. For daily operation we still use the standard Philips hue app as well
Pros:
- majority of the features can be used without buying extra in app purchases
- powerful usage of devices like the dimmer and tap
- works together with several other apps, including the standard Philips app. That is because all settings are stored on the bridge.
- The developer is very responsive when you have an issue. Most of my contacts were related to suggestions, as the app is very stable
Cons: iOS app only. So you need an iPhone
Pay again for dimmer V2
I have to pay 5 euro for hue dimmer V2, I already bought it. Thats bad, really bad.
Developer Response ,
Hello Givgcghshujrbbbkxj,
question: Wouldn't it be worse if you hadn't support for this device at all? This would be the case if we wouldn't get paid for our additional work - this is why there's this purchase. It is thought to let us continue develop this app.
You have purchased iConnectHue at some point without support for that new Hue Dimmer. We continue to develop new features and add support for new devices, and as your work costs money, ours costs money as well.
Wouldn't you also rate us negatively if we didn't add the support and you couldn't use your brand new dimmer? So why would you rate us negatively for doing our work, and just ask for a fair share? That's the part we don't understand: After all, a single Hue Dimmer is already four times that price - and for a fraction of that, you can let iConnectHue make it do things it wouldn't have been able to otherwise.
So please understand that in order to be able to work for this app - after all, you get paid for your job as well, right?
Awesome app with tons of fantastic features
Love this app. It’s one of the best apps on my phone.
Developer Response ,
Dear EOTB,
thank you for your review.
We are sorry to hear that your motion sensor is not working as expected.
But please note that the sensor is (once configured) controlled by the bridge, and not iConnectHue. App-updates don’t have any influence on the bridge and thus motion sensor behaviour - but changes in other apps than iConnectHue might lead to issues. We therefore recommend to configure it with only a single app. You can set up your motion sensor again with the wizard and see if this resolves your problems.
We are also not aware of any general problems with the sensor.
If that didn’t help: Could you please contact us from inside the app so we may have a look at your settings to help you solve this issue? To do so please go to “Contact” in the menu, and then “I have a question”. I’m pretty sure that we’ll find a solution for this. Thank you!
Best regards,
Your iConnectHue Team
App Privacy
The developer, Stefan Gohler, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- User Content
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary based on, for example, the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Provider
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Stefan Gohler has identified itself as a trader for this app and confirmed that this product or service complies with European Union law.
- DUNS Number
- 315191146
- Address
- Doberaner Strasse 16a Parkentin Germany
- Phone Number
- +49 38203727877
- appstore@iconnecthue.com
- Size
- 63.5 MB
- Category
- Utilities
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 16.0 or later.
- Apple Watch
- Requires watchOS 8.0 or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English, Danish, French, German, Spanish
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2013-2024 iConnectHue
- Price
- € 3,99
- In-App Purchases
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- Home & Away € 1,99
- Discotainment € 4,99
- Pro membership 12 months € 19,99
- Watch Plus € 2,99
- Classic Widget Editor € 2,49
- Basic membership 12 months € 12,99
- Animation Upgrade € 3,99
- Multi Bridge € 5,99
- Christmas animation package € 2,69
- 2020 Upgrade € 4,99
Supports
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Family Sharing
Some in‑app purchases, including subscriptions, may be shareable with your family group when Family Sharing is enabled.