Alexa with Philips Hue, connect - the preparations
Before Philips Hue with Alexa can be connected, the Hue System only once, separately set up.
- Mandatory requirement for use with Alexa and the General control of the Hue system is the Hue Bridge.
- In addition, you will need a minimum of a Hue light bulb. When buying you should pay attention to the same fact, that the light bulb has the same socket as the lamp, in which it is to be operated.
- You screw the bulb in the connector just in a lamp and turn it on.
- Now it's time to connect the Hue Bridge to your wireless Router. You can use the included Ethernet cable. Alternatively, you can also connect other devices with Ethernet Port with the Bridge, unless they are also connected to your Wi-Fi Router.
- Install the free Philips HueApp on your Smartphone. You need this to be able to, regardless of Amazon's Alexa, the control lamps, and groups, for example, for single rooms, create.
- Tap the Login, or create a new My-Hue-account within the App the plus icon to find light bulbs and add. You have decided to purchase the Starter Sets should be displayed and the corresponding bulb from the outset.
- All the bulbs are connected, you can designate the orientation of rooms and lamps. This helps later in the control, use the Amazon Alexa immensely.
- You can do this simply click "settings" and then "room settings". By the plus symbol, you can create additional rooms to which you assign the corresponding lamps.
- You can do this simply click "settings" and then "room settings". By the plus symbol, you can create additional rooms to which you assign the corresponding lamps.
Philips Hue Bridge, and Alexa (source:Amazon)
Alexa with Philips Hue, connect the device
After all of the prerequisites for the commissioning of Philips Hue with Alexa have been created, you can now connect both systems to each other.
- With Apple's Siri or HomeKit Philips makes Hue without any further setup to use, however it is probably much more comfortable, to navigate without mobile devices, and only by acclamation, the light in the room.
- Alexa uses a so-called Skills, in order to extend the own abilities. In this case, the Installation of the Hue-Skills is needed.
- A My Hue account if you have already created when you set up the Hue Bridge. You will need this account to be able to use the Skills at all for Philips Hue use. In addition, the registration by means of My Hue account, expands the functionality of the App about the definition of certain forms of automation. So, you can now specify, for example, that the light that comes on automatically when you come home.
- The connection must have the Alexa App on your device will be installed, if you do not already own.
- Open the App and select in the menu on the left edge of the screen "Skills". In the appearing search box, enter "Hue" and typing in the results on the corresponding entry.
- Now you will be shown the skills of the Skills. With a tip on the "Activate" Button at the upper right edge you associate the Skill with Amazon's Alexa.
- In the terminal you will be automatically redirected to the Login in of your Hue account, where you enter user name and password.
- After the activation of the Skills must be linked to the Bridge with Alexa, the commands corresponding to and to be able to run.
- To do so, select again in the menu on the left edge of the "Smart Home" and then "devices". With a tip on "Search" starts a 20-second search. Alexa asks you to press once the button of your Hue Bridge in order to localize this.
- The Alexa App now all with the Bridge connected to the lamps should be with the corresponding name is displayed. You have added lamps on the Hue App, the name was changed or scenes are created, you should look for a complication-free operation, even for devices, so that Alexa can retrieve any new information from the Hue Bridge.
- Thus, the link by Alexa is completed with the Hue Bridge now. As a test you can try using the command "Alexa, turn the lamp [ ... ]" a particular lamp on or off.
Alexa with Philips Hue connect (Screenshot)
How big is the wireless range of the Hue Bridge isfound in a further practical tip.
