Philips Hue Wall Switch Module, White - 2 Pack - Indoor - Keeps Hue Smart Lights Reachable When Switch is Off - Requires Hue Lights and Hue Bridge

Hue continues to knock my socks off! This is the most buttoned-up, integrated, reliable, simple, enjoyable component of my life. I have 38 bulbs of every sort and size and buttons. It is seamless and always works.The fact that each room can be set up separately and that each bulb within the room can be “tuned”separately is so needed and easy to set up. Simple and limitless.I switched to 100% hue bulbs in my house. Just completed the process. I was worried about the price until I realized every hue bulb I have still works and some of them are 9 years old. I have 2 outside on patio tables (I know… not for outdoor use) and these things have blown off the tables in wind storms and been exposed to 120 degree summers and 25 degrees winters. They are 8 years old and go on every night for 7 hours!Just added 2 buttons… bedroom and bathroom. Don’t have my phone in the middle of the night and these buttons solve the problem. Took :45 seconds to set up. Done and done.Highly recommend Philips HUE!!!

My home project earlier this year was converting a lot of my home lights to Smart lighting. For a while these were backordered and I had the simple one push smart buttons but mostly because I just couldn't access these. I wish I had started with these! I was able to obtain three of them. The plate was easy to install and looks nice with the existing hardware for a 2000s constructed house. It involves just screwing in a base plate and snapping on the top plate. The remote easily attaches with the magnet to the base and is very portable, attaches strongly to stay put but isn't so strong you have to wrench the remote off. Sometimes in the dark I have flailed at it and knocked it out of the groove but that's pretty infrequent. The settings are interesting - the top button can be set to either be a specific single brightness for a room/zone/set of lights, dimmer works well but is a bit slow in speed. HUE switches between a set of up to five scenes that you can program for the zone or room.I have my home exit switch which is in my 'mud room area' set to 'turn off all lights after holding for three seconds' and this easily lets me shut off all lights in my house on my way out. The HUE button is what's most convenient for my uses, because of all my rooms my bedroom has eleven separate lights (in a variety of towers, nightstand, accent lights, and torch). There are some times I just want to turn on a few lights when I'm zipping in to grab something and don't want every single light on. The 'power' top switch I have set to a nice incandescent color. For the scenes, I set the first one as a limited scene with just one tower and the torch so I get enough light to see by but don't have to turn on every single light. Multiple presses then go into my favorite four scenes afterwards. In essence this is a like a two button 'on' switch where I can use the Hue to get to a more efficient pattern, all from one single switch site. I have these also set up for my living room, where power is the full shebang and then HUE is only a overhead light over my computing desk - which makes it super convenient to use one single switch site to control multiple looks of lights. It's so easy to swap things around once you have the switches in place. So far so good!

Had them for a year, worked no problem for all that time. Makes my light switches easy to use for cave people. Dimming and color adjustment and brightness are not something cave people expect from a normal switch so they are happy, and I can adjust what I want anyway. It's a little on the expensive side, but since I had no problems with it at all I think it was worth it.

The main benefit of these switches is that they are as convenient as regular wall light-switches.There is no need for a phone-app beyond the initial programming. That makes your fancy Hue light accessible to everyone instantly.The switches are well made with good mounting options (screws or sticky pads). They mount to the plate magnetically.Each of the four buttons can be programmed with several functions: short press, long press, multiple presses. (I use mine for On, cycle though several light-scenes, Off, but then I have a complex setup).Programming is not hard. The app finds the switches fast, and it guides you through basic set-up.With these switches, even the most technophobic members of my household make use of the Hue lighting scenes. That’s the win here.The whole Hue system is however punishingly expensive. If only it wasn’t the only one that worked properly!

I wanted a plug that works natively with HomeKit and Alexa. I've tried numerous brands with various technologies using Matter over WiFi, Matter over Thread and just plain Cloud based connectivity using Alexa Skills. Matter over Thread would be my preference but the standard is too new and has too many problems. The one and only brand that I found to be both reliable and fast to respond is Philips Hue. It's because they have their own central hub. They now support the new Matter standard for their Hub but all their other lights and devices do not. That means you must still use their Hub. I have chosen not to turn on Matter because it does not support adaptive lighting for their bulbs in HomeKit. They say support is coming but who knows when that will be. Besides, whatever they're doing to keep compatibility between platforms is working great. These plugs work using Zigbee or Bluetooth so they do not take up resources on a WiFi network. They only offer the ability to program Power On Behavior. No options for LED control or timers etc. The reality is that most people will create automatons using the Hue App or the platform of their choice such as Alexa, HomeKit or Google. The LED turns green for a few seconds when the plug is on or Red for when it's Off. The LED does not remain lit and will turn off completely so it's not a distraction in a dark room. This plug is expensive compared to other brands that offer more but at the end of the day they just work, no hassles, no unresponsive messages, no worries.