Review on 🔌 Assistant-Compatible Philips Hue Equivalent by Chris Ostby

tl/dr This bridge is unnecessary, does not find existing indicators configured on the v1 bridge and Philips is tricking owners of v1 bridges by turning off their internet connection to encourage them to upgrade to v2 force. Shadi. I've had tinted lights for a while. A few years ago I added a bridge to get a light bar and colored bulbs, as well as Alexa integration. The whole time worked like a charm. until Philips scammed all Hue Bridge v1 owners: They didn't just say they stopped supporting the thing. but that wasn't enough. You wasted your Alexa integration. It just stopped working - it couldn't be rolled back without buying v2. I could either just control them from my phone (like I'm the only one in the house - I'm not like that and my wife doesn't care about a light control app; I agree it's stupid) or buy a Bridge v2 . GREAT. $60 and almost 2 weeks later (btw, that seller is slow - I order with Prime all the time; the box also had creased corners. but let's just skip that part) here we are. THIS THING CAN'T FIND THE LIGHTS. For the whole life. There's no migration option in the app (contrary to what the YouTubers say - it's certainly not an option anywhere in the damn bad documentation that comes with the bridge). Net result: EVEN with manually entering the serial number of EACH lamp (you have to unscrew it or have no idea where it is on the light bar until now). he won't find her. Also in the immediate vicinity. real work. FU Philips. you are the worst It's rare for a company claiming to be in the tech industry to provide such a damn bad customer experience AFTER cheating them out of more than $60 for not providing value (by which I mean _negative_ value to offer). technical problem. He has been in the IT/Tech industry for several decades. I don't like bad products and complex setups, but I can handle some failed projects. I would like to burn everything down, hit the wall a few times and throw it out the window. Save yourself the headache. Philips is a dubious company that delivers (much) subpar technology that isn't suitable for the average consumer or every consumer. FIX: If you get the bridge close enough (I live in a two story house) you can sync the bridge to the light. . still need s/n. 1 star more for that. Still a piece of junk being sold by a shady company. Yes, and the serial number on the light strip is on the adhesive side. Why are they demanding that you read it while making it so inaccessible? No idea. Why isn't the v1 Bridge updated to show the serial number so you don't have to crawl and redo the entire lighting system? No idea. Even Philips understands that they are ignorant? No idea.