all 4 hue for Philips Hue

Rene Wahl

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About this app

"all 4 hue" is the most comprehensive and best-rated app for Philips Hue. In addition to direct control of lights and rooms, this app is ideally suited for comprehensive automation of up to five Hue Bridges via timers, alarms and rules in combination with all available Philips Hue devices such as switches and sensors. In addition, this app is also available for Wear OS smartwatches for convenient control of lights, rooms and scenes. The "all 4 hue" tile provides direct access to your Hue Bridges under Wear OS. By the way, "all 4 hue" does also run on Android TVs.

Key functions:
- Control of lights and light groups/zones/rooms including effects that can be activated such as campfire, candlelight and light prism.
- Use of scenes to be able to recall saved light settings both statically and dynamically (freely definable color loops).
- Use alarms and timers to activate freely definable actions at specific times.
- Full configuration of the entire Philips accessories product range with unique functions, for example a single Hue dimmer can be used for up to 5 rooms (by using multiple switching levels).
- Reaction to device events such as incoming SMS or app notifications, e.g. with the lights flashing.
- Support for Wear OS smartwatches and Android TV.
- Support up to 5 Hue Bridges.
- Many other unique functions such as backing up and restoring Hue Bridge content or the automatic cleanup function or several widgets for the home screen.

Requirements/supports:
- Philips Hue Bridge V1 (round) or V2 (square)
- Philips Hue Tap, Dimmer, Smart Button, Tap Dial, motion, temperature and brightness sensors
- Official Friends of Hue switches

Limitations:
- This app can only be used within the local network, as Philips does not allow third-party apps to access the Hue Bridge from outside the local network without contractual regulations. The development team of this app is currently in contact with Philips to clarify contract details so that remote access may be made available in the future.
- Bluetooth control not supported.

This app does not contain advertising, nor is user data sold to other companies. The development work is financed through one-time in-app purchases or a low-cost subscription. Thank you for your understanding.

Ratings and reviews

I've used this for many years, & it continues to be excellent, reliable & full of features! In the past, a couple of updates suddenly removed functionality I relied on, which at those moments were so frustrating I gave negative reviews. However, the developer has been amazingly responsive and improved the app & kept some of my requests! It's far more versatile than I even use it for, but the scenes and Widgets are brilliant, and one small premium payment years ago still gives useful extras.

Fantastic app for those with understanding of how Hue works, and is especially powerful for those with basic programming understanding. The UI is very basic, but I'd much rather have functionality over prettiness (that's what the official app's for, am I right?) Definitely recommend buying all the extensions your setup requires too, especially the backup/restore feature - something the official app doesn't have! Now to get Hue to expose the contact sensors and stuff 🤣

This app revolutionized my experience of hue by enabling me to customize hue dimmer switches nearly to my heart's content. Between the free Hue app and this app, my 4 button remote can launch 16 different scenes. I only wish, when editing remotes, it had the ability to evaluate whether a specific scene is running as a starting condition to determine the functionality of pushing a button. (this is a note for the developer, for users considering this app: buy it. ypu can already do so much.)

What's new

One action from "My Actions" can be added as item to the Android quick settings panel. The quick settings panel is the panel on the top of the screen that appears when you swipe down.