To control your lights you soon need to create an account and share your data with the Hue cloud.
  • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
    571·
    9 months ago

    IoT stuff isn’t safe to use unless it’s flashed with a third-party Free Software firmware like Tasmota or ESPHome.

      • Lhianna@feddit.deEnglish
        33·
        9 months ago

        But the green part of RGB only works if you’re using their app

        Edit: downvoter, please let me know what’s bothering you about this?

        • Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          3·
          9 months ago

          From what I read, it’s not a bug.

          Many bulbs trade on the green LED for more variation in white. Red/Blue serve a function to make whites warmer or cooler, green has no such function.

          And because most people use white, they ditched the green LED. That’s why the green it has is more yellowish than you would expect.

          It probably also means the bulb API has no dedicated green setting, which is why the remote and 3rd party apps don’t have proper green settings.

          It’s a bit of speculation though, not entirely sure. Apparently older Hue bulbs also do this.

          • Lhianna@feddit.deEnglish
            2·
            9 months ago

            That’s interesting. Funnily enough, we did try the one color GU10 we have today and this one does work perfectly.

          • Lhianna@feddit.deEnglish
            2·
            9 months ago

            Unfortunately yeah. We’ve tried the E27 and green just didn’t work. Thought it was broken and returned it, told them why. “Oh, you used the remote, right? It only works with the app, it’s been like that for years and hasn’t been fixed yet”

            • cooopsspace@infosec.pubEnglish
              1·
              9 months ago

              Oh so that’s just a bug rather than a feature lock.

              Im only using mine in home assistant that should act as an app anyway.

              • Lhianna@feddit.deEnglish
                1·
                9 months ago

                No, that’s just the problem. We only use ours in home assistant as well and it didn’t work. It’s got to be the Ikea app.

    • Zetta@mander.xyzEnglish
      5·
      9 months ago

      ESPhome for the win! I have like 12 smart plugs with power monitoring flashed with ESPhome

      • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        9 months ago

        I have 8! (They’re literally the only smart home devices I have so far, although Home Assistant automatically detected my Roku and my printer.)