“Can you use these without a smartphone or tablet? My grandparents have flip phones but love my smart lights at home and want to try them out.”
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You can use them as standard light bulbs by turning the lights on and off with your existing switch. In order for them to be used by a smartphone you have to leave the power on to the light at all times.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.I guess it depends on what functions you want to use. If you want to make it turn green/sunset/blossom, you probably need a smart phone to do that. If you want to just dim/have few preset scenes, I think you can set it up through hue switches. In any case, these lights work through the philips hue bridge, which can only be set up through smartphone/tablet. If you are adventurous, set up something like IFTTT and put an Alexa/Google home in your grandparent's house? Then they can talk to a machine to change the color of the lights.
I would recommend:
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.To get the best experience, you must have the Philips Hue app on a smartphone or tablet.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.You can buy your grandparents a low cost $49 tablet , download the app and they can use this as their controller if they do not have a smart phone
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Yes but they are very expensive and they’d function just like a normal lightbulb... not worth it.
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