Firestorm for Hue

Scott Dodson

About this app

Set the mood using your Philips Hue lights. Watch your lights glow and flicker to the sounds of a fire.*

*Hue Bridge required

FIRES

• Candlelight — Flickering flame from a candle in the wind
• Lava — Molten rock rises and oozes out of the volcano
• Fireplace — Glowing fire with wood crackling as it burns
• Campfire — Flames dance quickly in the campsite fire
• Fireworks — Bursts of color with explosions and crackles

SETTINGS

• Toggle fire sound effects
• Toggle fireworks crackle sound effects
• Change fire audio (default, lava, fireplace, campfire)
• Set fire volume
• Toggle fire light effects
• Change fireworks light effects delay
• Change speed (default, very slow, slow, medium, fast)
• Change flicker delay (default, off)
• Change the color of the fire light effects
• Change the brightness of the fire light effects
• Toggle background sounds (birds, cicadas, crickets, frogs)
• Set background volume
• Change default end state (on, off, revert)
• Change sleep end state (on, off, revert)
• Auto-start, Auto-stop, and Auto-restart fire (auto-restart activates auto-start and auto-stop)

LIGHTS / GROUPS

Select one or more lights for your fire light show on the Lights/Groups tab. Choose a group that you set up using the Philips Hue app, or create a new zone in the Firestorm for Hue app. To edit a zone in the list, swipe the item to the left and tap the pencil icon. When you add, remove, or change lights, pull down the list to refresh.

ADDITIONAL FEATURES

• Sleep Timer with audio fade out. Sleep End State setting lets you choose what happens to the state of the lights when the sleep timer ends.
• Bluetooth and Casting supported via Google Home app.

I'd love to hear your thoughts and appreciate you taking the time to rate the app. By leaving a review, I can continue to improve Firestorm for Hue and create a great experience for you and future users. Thank you! —Scott

Ratings and reviews

Ok app, and to be fair, would maybe look better if I had 2-4 lights all next to each other instead of just 2 in neighboring rooms. Flickering feels a little predictable/not very random. Wish you could control how much the brightness changes because I think the candle would look better if the intensity didn't vary quite as much.

This is a pretty solid app so far. I have not tested it in full with all the different functions though but it sets the Halloween mood I seek outside at night so Kudos on that. One thing I would suggest right now is to change the persistent notification icon from a solid filled square to a flame outline or something cooler with better definition of what it is.

I admit I really only use the candlelight setting but it is perfect for falling asleep to. I love the timer feature and after playing around with the settings I found the pattern I'm most comfortable with. I use this daily in place of candles and I'm really enjoying the ambiance. Thank you for your work with this great app.

What's new

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- fixed compatibility issue