Hue Essentials

In-app purchases
4.0
6.14K reviews
1M+
Downloads
Content rating
PEGI 3
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About this app

Imagine unlimited possibilities in your smart home. Set scenes and fast effects to your mood.

Experience Dance Sensation in your entertainment area with Philips Hue Entertainment. Enjoy a more colourful ambience on your IKEA TRADFRI gateway.

Feel more in control with schedules and automation from sunrise to sunset. Widgets, Shortcuts, Quick settings, and Wear OS help you get more out of your smart lights.

Control multiple bridges simultaneously without switching between them.

Supported devices
• Philips Hue bridge
• Philips Hue Bluetooth lights
• IKEA TRÅDFRI gateway
• deCONZ (ConBee)
• diyHue
• LIFX

Scenes & effects
Create the perfect ambience from your photos or the included photo library. Experience special animations like lava, fireplace, fireworks, or lightning.

Wake up at sunrise and go to sleep at sunset with fading lights.

Get into the party on the beats of your music. Sync your lights for a night of disco with strobe effects (updates 25 times/sec).

Quick access
Create rooms and groups to organise your lights. You can even put a light in several groups. Place widgets for temperature sensors, easy control of lights, setting colour and brightness without opening of the app.

Add shortcuts to your home screen for quick opening of your room. Control your lights through an optional notification in the notification panel.

Control your lights from your smartwatch. Switch on your lights right from your watch face. Create complications & shortcuts for quick access.

Smart lights & controls
The unique ‘Touchlink’ search allows you to find new (3rd party, Zigbee) lights. Use included wizards for easy setup of your devices.

You can set scenes, actions, or even multiple scenes on a button to make your switch a real investment. Experience the right ambience during different times of your day with your motion sensor. All of your creations are stored on the bridge. Easy for you and your family.

Advanced
Automation allows you to have greater control of your smart home. Turn on your lights when the door opens. Adjust your ventilation when the humidity gets too high. Open or close blinds and curtains based on temperature or sunshine. Configure endless automation possibilities through the Tasker plugin.

Make it look like you are at home using 'Away from Home' (out of home control).

Communicate directly with your Hue bridge using the API debugger. View technical details of your Hue bridge and update its resources like lights and sensors.

You want it all?
Fast performance with ad-free experience. Purchase the premium version to unlock full content.

Share your experience
Community: https://community.hueessentials.com
Updated on
6 Jan 2025

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
No data shared with third parties
Learn more about how developers declare sharing
This app may collect these data types
Location, App activity and App info and performance
Data is encrypted in transit
Data can’t be deleted
Committed to follow the Play Families policy

Ratings and reviews

4.1
5.44K reviews
Martin Jelínek
5 May 2025
Big improvement! All crashes suddenly disappeared and it seems like that at least the philips hue dial can be used perfectly now. It is a big help because with standard Philips Hue app the features for the dial device in particular are almost useless and it cannot be used as a light switch intuitively. Now I can finally customize it and use it as a standard switch with UX everyone expects from a light switch which is the exact purpose of this app.
7 people found this review helpful
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Andreu Pinel
13 January 2025
I used to love this app when I bought it, but the updates totally broke it, its UI has aged and has become less and less intuitive and the integration with some devices simply doesn't work, not to mention that support does not exist. It's one of those apps you liked when you discovered it, you want to keep liking it, but at some point one has to face the reality and admit that can't live in the past. I'll keep an eye on future updates but if it doesn't improve A LOT I'll end up uninstalling it.
17 people found this review helpful
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Lauri Lähteinen
20 January 2025
Quite good app, just a little bit buggy - especially with the Quick settings tiles which is the main (sole) function I installed this app for. I hope it gets fixed, before that there's no point for me going premium. Update: I notice only regression since starting to use this. E.g. home screen shortcuts stopped working a few months ago and are still broken. Quick settings tile hasn't improved and still isn't working really.
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What's new

• Fixed crash when configuring device automation
• Fix for unknown automation errors when adding multiple presses actions to a Friends of Hue switch
• Fixed bridge location not set properly causing sunrise/sunset automations to not work
• Added a copy button on the API debugger screen