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Hue Labs: a success story
After 7 years of testing new features, the Hue Labs experiment has come to an end! Many formulas have been promoted to built-in app features (with even more functionality!) so users can start using those instead. What’s happening to Hue Labs? Hue Labs was a testing platform that helped us develop our most out-of-the-box ideas. […]
V2 API update: Effects, Smart Scenes, Contact Sensor and Camera motion
We’ve added some new features to the Clip V2 API. Use all-new effects! Candle for a soft gentle glow, Fireplace for dancing flames and Prism for a color loop. Compatible with newer-generation lights. Transition your lights automatically through scenes throughout the day with Smart Scenes. Feel secure! Receive the sensor state of devices with a […]
V2 API maintenance update
We have some maintenance updates to share on the API V2. Sensors & Switches: The format of sensor and button events have changed to accommodate a timestamp and solve other issues for the future. Temporarily both formats will be available, but mid this year the old format will be removed. Scenes: rid and rtype in […]
Guarding Your Privacy: Philips Hue Secure’s End-to-End Encryption
The Philips Hue Secure cameras take a strong stance towards keeping their users’ data private while offering an unparalleled feature set and experience. The cornerstone of this approach is End-to-End encryption by default and without compromise. In this blog post, we’ll highlight the key aspects of this approach, and in the attached white paper, we […]
V1 OAuth2 to be disabled on July 1 2023
Dear developers, In July 2020 we announced the deprecation of the V1 OAuth2 (/oauth2) endpoint. As of July 1 2023 it will be fully disabled. Please double check that you are using the V2 OAuth2 (/v2/oauth2) endpoint to ensure your app(s) keep working.
V2 API Progress Update
Dear developers, With todays Hue Bridge software release 1955082050, the V2 API now supports all light control features from the V1 API that we intend to move over, and the API reference has been updated. Also all new features such as dynamics, effects, and gradients are only available on the V2 API. Therefore the V2 […]
We updated our Terms of Use – Developer Content
We have updated our Terms of Use – Developer Content by adding wording in clause 11 to capture our transfer mechanism for international transfers under the GDPR. Please take a moment to review the change.
Rate limiting status code
Dear developers, The next Hue Bridge firmware release contains a change to the HTTP status code we respond with when your client exceeds the request rate limit. Previously this would return the wrong status code 503, and going forward the correct status code will be 429. This only applies to HTTPS connections. The 503 status […]
Scenes and groups change on V1 API
Dear developers, Later this year we will make a small breaking change on our V1 API, limited specifically to scenes that are also exposed on our V2 API. These are the non-recyclable scenes of type ‘GroupScene’ linked to a room or zone. For these scenes, the following changes will be made to align them between […]