Customer Ratings & Reviews

Pros: Very reliable connection, easy setup through the app, and excellent integration with Alexa, Google Assistant, and Apple Home. Easily turn lights on or off from the click of the app while you are home or abroad. Cons: The standard version requires a wired Ethernet connection to your router, which limits where you can place it.

I picked up the Philips Hue Bridge mainly to use with an LED strip behind my TV, and it’s been great so far. Setup was quick, and everything connects smoothly through the app. The lighting effects work really well and add a nice touch when watching movies. I haven’t added any other Hue lights yet, but I’m excited to expand the setup and see what else it can do. Overall, it’s been an easy and reliable way to get started with smart lighting.

You can't use the Hue system without a bridge. It's easy to install. I bought it as a stand-alone and attached it to an ethernet port on my router. I read numerous comments suggesting that you should buy the bridge as part of a package. This is probably good advice especially if you are starting your system during a sale period like Black Friday. However, I wasn't sure whether I wanted it and my objective was to pair it with the Hue Play. The app on my phone is a little confusing and there are frequent updates to the system. On the whole, it works very smoothly and it is quite simple to use.

As a relatively first time user of Philips lights I had bought the lights trips and LED bar lights and realized that I needed the Hue Bridge in order to connect them to my smart home set up (Google Assistant). It was a relatively simple setup, essentially this device acts much like an internet router for your Philips Hue lights and allows them all to be synchronized to a hub so that you can seamlessly control them using your Philips Hue phone app. Also, and this was the sell for me, it allows me to hook this up to my Google Assistant speaker. Once you have the Hub setup you can go into your phone app to set up "rooms" so that you can group your lights based on which room of your house/apt they are in. Therefore, you can turn on all the lights in say, the living room or bedroom and it will know to only turn on the Philips Hue lights that are in that particular room and not your whole house. A must have to get your room lights in those super cool setup in the other review pictures.

The hue bridge is very easy to set-up. In my experience, all the previously set-up lights are recognized immediately without any glitches.

As with many of the trendy products these days, Philips gets a lot of geek right but misses one or two basics. For example, you can't set the lights to power up to the color of your choice. What could be more basic than turning on the lights? I think they expect you to leave them powered up 24/7, using the phone all the time (geez!) The initial color is a warm white like a light bulb from 20 years ago, so it's a very common color. But I prefer daylight white. On the positive side, a new interface was downloaded recently, and while I still haven't learned all the changes (geez!) it really does seem to be a big step up. The third-party add-ins (another trendy idea) don't bring much to the party for me. In particular I really didn't want to use my phone's microphone to drive the sound-responsive lights (why not bluetooth or a wired connection to avoid interference), but the music-responsive add-ins seem to be naive doohickies done by some non-audiophile developers. Bottom line: when I want daylight white I drag my phone out and run the app (geez!). And for movies, I really do like some funky green and red colors I've selected (I have four Hue bulbs). Sometimes I like to dim the LEDs while not necessarily doing much with the colors. And I set up a few "Scenes" (in the old interface I didn't even find out how for several weeks) and put shortcuts on my Android phone so that I just tap (yep, daylight white is one of them), including a scene where only the light near my media rack is turned on. Worth having, absolutely, but Philips, I want to select my own power on color (GEEZ!)

The Phillips Hue is worth the money. The Hue Bridge can connect up to 50 lightbulbs at once, so it doesn’t eat up your WiFi like other hue lights. The setup is easy, and it fits in well with any room that would have a router. The bridge helps control multiple lights, and when it comes to setting up a game room, it’s perfect.

Of all the wifi light systems the Phillips hue is the best. From the ecosystem to the quality and ease of use. It’s expensive but you really get what you pay for. I’m sticking with this system.

Used to connect my Hue tv lights. Works great. Simple setup.

I never had the 1st gen hue bridge, but I noticed that this gen is much compact and stylish compare to the 1st gen. The set up was extremely easy and any subsequent set up (adding light bulbs) was also effortless. I wish the price was a bit less since each hue light bulb is very expensive compare to other competitions.

This a good controller and is easy to set up but in the event you're having trouble getting it connected to the internet. You may need to bypass your router and connect it directly to an internet source to update its firmware before setting up through a router.

While I was a bit frustrated to learn that I had to purchase a hub in addition to bulbs in order to connect to HomeKit, the performance and reliability of this system makes it 100% worth the investment. I've gone through several no-hub-required smart bulbs, switches, etc. and always had some reliability issues, some worse than others. Phillips and Lutron products are the only two brands that I can say I have never experienced a single hiccup, connectivity issue, etc. with.

Hue second generation hub. This was one of my first purchases and I was very hesitant. I didn’t know much about smart things but it was so easy to hook up to My Hue Go lamp that I was simply amazed! By the way you can buy the hub with several bulbs and it’s much more cost-effective. But I didn’t do it that way because I wasn’t sure about the lightbulbs just yet my recommendation: buy the hub and the several lightbulbs all at once it’s cheaper that way! This controller I have mounted on the wall in my office. My Hue Go lamp goes outside on my patio ( when I sit in the hot tub) and I have since bought a Hue color bulb which I use in my bedroom. Soft pink is my favorite color, very romantic. I bought the Bloom but haven’t figured out how to use its features yet since I just opened the box. These items are really easy to use and clearly I am a 56-year-old amateur! So if I can use these things and have loads of fun I’m sure you’re much more technically savvy than I am and you’ll have a blast using them. Can’t wait to get the Hue strips and use them under my kitchen counters AND I just found out today that you can cut the strips which is marvelous and they also have extensions. That will be my next purchase. I’m buying these items one item at a time and it’s marvelous how they work together in sync. Also they have fan light bulbs but I’m a little disappointed that the fan light bulbs are not colored and that they only fit certain size fans. So make sure you bring your fan light bulb in to see if it fits because these are skinny nozzle fans that you screw in if you have a larger nozzle the fan bulbs won’t fit But the hue controller is fantastic and controls all of these devices. I totally recommend it -go for it! And it easily extends the Wi-Fi from inside my office outside onto the porch, into the kitchen, all over my house so it has excellent range on Wi-Fi. You don’t have to worry about whether it will reach far enough with the Wi-Fi. Love this item.

Needed a new Hue as we gave away our old one after a decade of use. Makes life so much easier especially if you have kids or mobility challenged adults in the house. No one has to fumble around and maybe trip at night trying to head to the bathroom. Easy to connect to Alexa or Google home or just use the phone app. Lots of settings if you want them but can also keep it simple.

i love this product i just set it and forget it. it works great. but i did have to move it because it was too far away from my lights but other than that is great

This device connects straight to your existing router. I'm using the fastest Ethernet cable to have accurate results. I have my hue bridge hooked up directly to my room. Looks nice and flush and doesn't take up space. I have it mounted on the wall and got some nice cable ties to make it professional. Anytime you need to pair something to the hue bridge all you need to do is one simple press of a button on the bridge itself and I like how everything is illuminated so I can see the status of my hue bridge if there's any problems or connection issues also like how the big button is illuminated incase I need to press it in the dark that's a plus. So far no problems. I recommend it to anyone looking to upgrade to a smart home

If you are purchasing Hue Philips lighting system, having a hue bridge is a MUST !!! It will allow you to synchronize all products with your app and acts as a amplifier for all products. Very easy to use and install. Absolutely recommend to obtain the full experience.

Used for my racing simulator. Works as advertised.

Fits easily anywhere, looks nice, easy to work with, waiting to test with Alexa, it could be more affordable though. still very worth the purchase

Decided to upgrade our condo lighting and electrical systems to smart devices like Samsung smart things, Google home and Phillips hue. If you have the money to invest it well worth the investment for convenience. We've had the system set up for almost a month now. Highly recommend investing in a quality dual or tri band gigabit router in order to not suck up all your bandwith. Have not lost connectivity once but I'm very happy with the purchase. We have two dozen recessed lights in several lamps so the process is not cheap. But if you have the expendable income sit back and enjoy being lazy while setting the mood with lights or turn it off when you're ready for bed are leaving house.