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title: "Philips Hue"
description: "Philips Hue is a built-in integration for Home Assistant. It has 89.6k installs sharing analytics and works locally."
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url: "https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/hue.md"
last-updated: "2026-10-22"
version: "1.4"
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# Philips Hue

> Philips Hue is a built-in integration for Home Assistant. It has 89.6k installs sharing analytics and works locally.

Philips Hue is a built-in integration that connects Home Assistant to a Hue bridge over the local network. It adds lights, scenes, selects, sensors, switches, binary sensors and events from the bridge. Switches cover the light sensor, the motion sensor and MotionAware, and a sensor reports Zigbee connectivity. Two actions activate Hue scenes: one for a scene stored in the Hue hub, and another that gives more control over the options. Options allow Hue groups and Hue scenes, let unreachable bulbs report their state correctly, and can ignore connectivity status for chosen devices. Home Assistant can discover the bridge on the network, and setup is done in the UI by picking it or entering its host manually.

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[Open in My Home Assistant](https://my.home-assistant.io/redirect/config_flow_start/?domain=hue)

## Supports

- **Works locally**: Talks to your devices on your own network. No vendor cloud in between.
- **Set up in the UI**: Add it in Settings, Devices and services. Nothing to download.
- **Found by itself**: Home Assistant spots it on the network and offers to add it.
- **Device triggers**: Its devices can start automations directly.
- **Updated with Home Assistant**: Ships and updates with every Home Assistant release.

## Setting it up

Home Assistant usually finds it on the network and offers to add it. It can also be added by hand under Settings, Devices and services.

### Pick Hue bridge

- **Host**: The hostname or IP address of your Hue bridge.
- **Hue bridge**

### Manually configure a Hue bridge

- **Host**: The hostname or IP address of your Hue bridge.

### After setup

- **Allow Hue groups**
- **Allow Hue scenes**
- **Allow unreachable bulbs to report their state correctly**
- **Ignore connectivity status for the given devices**

Texts from Home Assistant's source code, [Apache License 2.0](https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0).

## Entities

- **Events**: Rotary
- **Selects**: Scene
- **Sensors**: Zigbee connectivity
- **Switches**: Light sensor enabled, MotionAware, Motion sensor enabled

## Actions

- **Activate Hue scene**: Activates a Hue scene with more control over the options.
  Fields: Brightness, Dynamic, Speed, Transition
- **Activate scene**: Activates a Hue scene stored in the Hue hub.
  Fields: Dynamic, Group, Scene

## Troubleshooting

- **Diagnostics**: Downloads a diagnostics file to attach to a bug report.
- **Repair notices**: Notices it can show in Settings, Repairs:
  Light turned on with deprecated effect

## At a glance

- Kind: Built-in integration
- Category: [Lighting](https://vulpo.app/integrations/category/lighting.md), Lighting systems
- Brand: [Philips](https://vulpo.app/integrations/philips.md)
- Number: 89.6k installs sharing analytics
- Connection: Works locally
- Upkeep: Part of Home Assistant
- Needs: Built into Home Assistant
- Domain: `hue`
- Source: <https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/hue/>

In Vulpo: Light card, Quick Toggle card, Scene card, Select card, Apple Watch, Control Center

## Other ways in for Philips

| Name | Kind | Installs or stars | Connection | Upkeep |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Philips TV](https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/philips-js.md) | Built-in integration | 13.2k installs sharing analytics | Works locally | Part of Home Assistant |
| [Philips AirPurifier (with CoAP)](https://vulpo.app/integrations/marketplace/kongo09-philips-airpurifier-coap.md) | Marketplace integration | 3k installs sharing analytics | Works locally | Updated in the last 6 months |
| [Philips Hue Play Sync devices](https://vulpo.app/integrations/marketplace/mvdwetering-huesyncbox.md) | Marketplace integration | 2.2k installs sharing analytics | Works locally | Updated in the last 6 months |
| [Philips HomeID](https://vulpo.app/integrations/marketplace/renaudallard-homeassistant-philips-homeid.md) | Marketplace integration | 280 installs sharing analytics | Works locally | Updated in the last 6 months |
| [Philips Sonicare](https://vulpo.app/integrations/marketplace/mtheli-philips-sonicare-ble.md) | Marketplace integration | 204 installs sharing analytics | Works locally | Updated in the last 6 months |

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Last updated 2026-10-22. Source: https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/hue

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