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💡 Enhance Your Smart Lighting Experience with the Philips Hue Smart Button Review

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Easy to Use; The Hue Smart Button is the easiest way to switch on your smart lights. If you forget your phone in the other room, you can press the smart button to activate programed Hue lights. Press once to turn the lights on and off or press and hold the button to dim and brighten them. CHOOSE YOUR OWN LIGHTING SCENES- Depending on the time of day, the Philips Hue Smart button will tune your lights’ color and brightness to the best settings—inspired by the natural light outside. Need a jolt of energy in the morning or a relaxing atmosphere after a long day? Your Smart button knows just what light to set. There is even a nightlight option so you can enjoy a good night’s sleep. KEEP IT SIMPLE- Simplify your life through smart home automation. With a smart light switch that is so much more than a light switch, you can configure it to activate “smart automation” to tailor it to your personal needs. These automations will help you get the most out of your Philips Hue smart lighting system. You can change the Smart Button’s default settings in the Hue App to control the effects of your smart bulbs, set your very own light scene, or to control all the smart lights in a specific room. FLEXIBLE, WIRELESS MOUNTING- With the latest wireless technology, the Philips Hue Smart Button is installed in seconds. You can add it anywhere in your home wirelessly by placing the magnetic mini-mount on any surface (like a refrigerator door or a side table lamp). Or use it to replace an existing light switch (requires hard-wiring) with the included mounting plate. EXPAND YOUR HUE ECOSYSTEM- Easily expand your smart lighting system by adding the Philips Hue Smart Button. The smart light control works with the Hue Hub (sold separately) and can control any Hue Smart Bulb.

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Revainrating 1 out of 5

Small and versatile

Works great, mine is set to cycle through multiple scenes with a short press and dim when the button is held. Tucked it under the coffee table. It would be nice if at least one additional magnetic plate was included.

Pros
  • Sturdy design
Cons
  • Too long to wait

Revainrating 1 out of 5

Not ready for release

All three required a battery change within 24 hours of use. Three days later, all three lost contact with my Hue bridge, the Philips troubleshooter resulted in my bridge resetting to default settings, after which I was able to reconnect to the bridge. The downside to this is that I've lost all my smart home routines in Homekit. Once again, they worked for about three days before losing connection one by one. I refuse to reset my bridge every three days so I'll be returning the buttons.

Pros
  • Beautiful
Cons
  • Vulgar

Revainrating 1 out of 5

Battery empty on arrival, then does not work well with fresh batteries

Bought three, all three arrived with dead batteries. One seemed to work, the LED was flashing to initiate pairing, but the battery was too low to pair with my system, a huge waste of time. After replacing the battery and connecting one, it doesn't work. The button is magnetic and I was hoping to attach it to a metal door frame. When placed on metal the signal doesn't get through even with the top of the button facing my hub. In my experience, this only works well when standing away from walls…

Pros
  • Everything great!
Cons
  • Expensive

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Marshmallow from Hue that controls the light!

I have one of these to try with my Hue bulbs. It's a single button, about half the size of a marshmallow and almost the same color. Nice smooth rubberized finish. There is a built-in magnet on the back so you can easily attach it to any magnetic surface. The "Wall Plate" can be attached with screws (not included) or two attached strips of adhesive, and the button also sticks to its center. As a final option, a disc is supplied which can be attached using the supplied double sided tape and to…

Pros
  • price
Cons
  • little things

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Nice product, disappointing software design

Button itself is good. The mounting plate looks a bit cheap but is small enough to fit onto an existing switch panel with a mini bracket and looks good. The big problem with this product is the design of the software when you want to turn off the light. Simply put, this product cannot turn off lights or lights in the same room (*edit: via software). It can dim the lights in the room or turn off all the Hue lights in the house. These are your two options. Yes, the button can be assigned to room…

Pros
  • Good workmanship
Cons
  • No

Revainrating 3 out of 5

Hardware is fine, software not well thought out

This smart switch does the job, but its software is rather limited. It works, but it's not amazing. I have a bunch of Hue hardware as well as unmanaged Phillips LEDs. Overall, the company makes a good product, but I'm not blown away by the Hue line considering what it could be with some small software tweaks. Installation: First, the instructions for adding this switch to the controller are outdated. You'll need to remove the back of the switch to access the pairing button, but it's not…

Pros
  • Free for educational purposes
Cons
  • Not sure