Hue Lights 4+

Great app, needs to run in background

This was my first app purchase as soon as I bought Hue lights. Worth every penny. Fairly easy to program custom stuff, once you get the hang of it.

With Phillips putting out some outdoor lights that can work kind of like Christmas lights, I do wish this app would run in the background. I set up a color rotation red->green->blue->white, and I’m a bit tired of going outside and seeing that the lights have stopped switching colors. Open the phone, navigate back to the Hue Lights app, and they start changing colors again. I think the problem would be solved if the app ran in the background.

개발자 답변 ,

Thanks for the feedback. The app can run in the background with some restrictions. It is considered a music app for background purposes. If you launch another music or video app and start playing content, then the Hue Lights app will be suspended. You can use other apps that do not use audio and then the Hue Lights app should keep running in the background.

Superior App

I have had Philips Hues lights for about 5 years. This is by far the best app. Worth every single upgrade. I will continue to support this app as long as they stay around. I hope you will add more fun automated scenes. I love the thunderstorm & water. It would be great to get some new ones soon. It’s worth it to figure out how this app works. It really has everything that you’ll ever need all in one place. The only thing I’m having an issue with is the animations. Whenever I put it on concert, the thunderstorm plays at the same time. It’s weird and pretty annoying. I’ve tried refreshing and even deleted the app and restored it. It’s still there. Any ideas how to fix it? Thanks

개발자 답변 ,

Thanks for the review and feedback. The concert animation uses several audio tracks and creates multiple music/sound effect loops. One of these loops occasionally adds a thunderclap during the animation. If you have a recommendation for another sound to play, please contact support and this can be changed in Hue Lights v3.3.

Very powerful, for advanced users

This app is easily the most powerful one on the app store for controlling Hue lights. You can set up advanced scenes and animations with custom sequences. The drawback is that there is a learning curve for the advanced custom scenes.

If you prefer pre-built scenes and animations there are some very good ones that you can purchase as one-time in-app-purchases. Very refreshing, compared with other apps that charge a recurring monthly or yearly fee.

Lastly, there are some one star reviews but they are almost all several years old and referencing bugs that were fixed in later releases.