Hue Essentials

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About this app

Imagine unlimited possibilities in your smart home. Set scenes and fast effects to your mood.

Experience Dance Sensation in your entertainment area with Philips Hue Entertainment. Enjoy a more colorful ambiance on your IKEA TRADFRI gateway.

Feel more in control with schedules and automation from sunrise to sunset. Widgets, Shortcuts, Quick settings, and Wear OS help you get more out of your smart lights.

Control multiple bridges simultaneously without switching between them.

Supported devices
• Philips Hue bridge
• Philips Hue Bluetooth lights
• IKEA TRÅDFRI gateway
• deCONZ (ConBee)
• diyHue
• LIFX

Scenes & effects
Create the perfect ambiance from your photos or the included photo library. Experience special animations like lava, fireplace, fireworks, or lightning.

Wake up at sunrise and go to sleep at sunset with fading lights.

Get into the party on the beats of your music. Sync your lights for a night of disco with strobe effects (updates 25 times/sec).

Quick access
Create rooms and groups to organize your lights. You can even put a light in several groups. Place widgets for temperature sensors, easy control of lights, setting color and brightness without opening of the app.

Add shortcuts to your home screen for quick opening of your room. Control your lights through an optional notification in the notification panel.

Control your lights from your smartwatch. Switch on your lights right from your watch face. Create complications & shortcuts for quick access.

Smart lights & controls
The unique ‘Touchlink’ search allows you to find new (3rd party, Zigbee) lights. Use included wizards for easy setup of your devices.

You can set scenes, actions, or even multiple scenes on a button to make your switch a real investment. Experience the right ambiance during different times of your day with your motion sensor. All of your creations are stored on the bridge. Easy for you and your family.

Advanced
Automation allows you to have greater control of your smart home. Turn on your lights when the door opens. Adjust your ventilation when the humidity gets too high. Open or close blinds and curtains based on temperature or sunshine. Configure endless automation possibilities through the Tasker plugin.

Make it look like you are at home using 'Away from Home' (out of home control).

Communicate directly with your Hue bridge using the API debugger. View technical details of your Hue bridge and update its resources like lights and sensors.

You want it all?
Fast performance with ad-free experience. Purchase the premium version to unlock full content.

Share your experience
Community: https://community.hueessentials.com
Discover ways to get the most out of your smart lighting.
Updated on
Oct 2, 2026

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
  • No data shared with third parties
    Learn more about how developers declare sharing
  • This app may collect these data types
    Location, App activity, and App info and performance
  • Data is encrypted in transit
  • Data can’t be deleted
  • Committed to follow the Play Families Policy

Ratings and reviews

6.11K reviews
Dom
September 7, 2026
If you're trying to make a light strip sync to your TV do NOT use this app. it does not work properly. it is a pale imitation of the real thing, using the hue sync on my PC it does bright smooth gradient colours. On this after having to PAY £7.50 it does dim and seizure inducting colour transitions that made me feel distracted and irritated. Easily one of the worst apps I've ever had the misfortune of using. I don't ever leave reviews but this app is so awful I had to
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Tony Stark
September 8, 2026
Hi there, trying to go about refunding as Google isno help. Tried to process immediately after purchasing Premium because I was told there was a backup and restore feature, so as soon as I found out there wasn't, I tried to refund and Google got back to me today and told me no way and pretty much to try my luck with you, so here I am
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Fuzzycatfur2008
September 2, 2026
Miles above the main hue app in a lot of ways!! Only thing I can think if is adding precise RGB selection to the gradient (paintbrush) section in light controls!
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What’s new

• Fixed an issue where all groups became hidden when rearranging favourite groups
• Fixed an issue preventing 'all lights' bridge groups from being unhidden
• Unreachable light errors are now ignored when applying power-on mode to all lights
• Migrated more features to the Hue V2 API
• The Hue V2 device ID is now shown under device details
• Natural light scenes are now hidden from automations; support will be added in a future update
• Bug fixes