Home AssistantSep 22, 2023

For over a decade Philips Hue offered lights that work without sharing your data to the cloud. This is changing soon and we need your help to make some noise to convince them to revert this decision.

https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2023/09/22/philips-hue-force-users-upload-data-to-cloud/

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[Update Oct 2: data sharing to become optional] Philips Hue will force users to upload their data to Hue cloud

To control your lights you soon need to create an account and share your data with the Hue cloud.

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Show threadDidierSep 22, 2023
@homeassistant I've started to disconnect my Hue-lamps from the Bridge and add them directly to another controller (sorry, not (yet) using HA)... Even if they revert the decision, they've lost my trust...
Show threadJohn Goerzen
@ON8SD @homeassistant Can you configure scenes, etc. without the app?
Sep 22, 2023 at 2:33pmWeb