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Philips Hue in Home Assistant

hue part of Home Assistant since 0.60

Local, push Set up in the user interface

Philips Hue is an official Home Assistant integration for Hub and Light. Talks to the device on your own network and is told about every change straight away.

Facts about this integration

Compatible with Home Assistant
yes, official integration
Connection
Local, push – Talks to the device on your own network and is told about every change straight away.
Setup
in the user interface
Kind
Hub – several devices through one gateway or account
Installations
90,037 (12.6 % of the installations that share statistics)
Categories
Hub, Light
Provides
Binary sensor, Diagnostics, Event, Light, Scene, Select, Sensor, Switch
Found automatically via
Network discovery (Zeroconf), HomeKit pairing
Maintained by
@marcelveldt
Python packages
aiohue==4.9.0

Setup

  1. Home Assistant can find this integration on its own: if it is suggested under Settings → Devices & services, confirm it there.
  2. In Home Assistant open Settings → Devices & services.
  3. Click "Add integration" and search for Philips Hue.
  4. Follow the dialog – it asks for everything the integration needs.

Add to my Home Assistant

The link goes through my.home-assistant.io and opens the setup dialog in your own instance – no address of ours is involved.

Blueprints that use this integration

  • Automation Hue Dimmer Remote With Hold – Handles Hue Dimmer Remote hold actions and sends notifications via the Hue integration. ♥ 27 · Import · Forum
  • Automation Philips Hue Tap Dial Audio + Light – Controls media players and lights using a Philips Hue Tap Dial with sensor input. ♥ 3 · Import · Forum
  • Automation Philips Hue Tap Dial - Media Controls (Native Hue Hub) – Controls media playback and lights via Philips Hue Tap Dial with native hub. ♥ 3 · Import · Forum
  • Automation Motion-activated Light with illuminance v2 – Activates lights based on motion and illuminance levels, using Hue and Light services. ♥ 2 · Import · Forum
  • Automation Hue Scene Refresher (v2.11) – Refreshes Hue scenes and logs changes. Uses light entities and Hue integration. ♥ 1 · Import · Forum
  • Automation Adaptive Hue Wall Switch Scene Cycler ♥ 1 · Import · Forum

All blueprints for it

Known issues and fixes

13 open issues and 20 bug fixes in the last twelve months are recorded for Philips Hue in the Home Assistant issue tracker. If something does not work, update first: the most recent fix shipped with Home Assistant 2026.10.1.

Open

  • open Reported problem #181886 Affects: Philips 8719514440937/8719514440999 since September 10, 2026 · 1 reaction · 3 comments · #181886
  • open Reported problem #181864 since September 10, 2026 · 0 reactions · 9 comments · #181864
  • open Reported problem #166137 since March 21, 2026 · 0 reactions · 8 comments · #166137
  • open Reported problem #184832 since October 8, 2026 · 0 reactions · 6 comments · #184832
  • open Reported problem #178564 Affects: Dresden Elektronik FLS-PP since August 8, 2026 · 0 reactions · 6 comments · #178564
  • open Reported problem #181925 since September 11, 2026 · 0 reactions · 5 comments · #181925
  • open Reported problem #184985 since October 8, 2026 · 0 reactions · 4 comments · #184985
  • open Reported problem #174857 since June 25, 2026 · 0 reactions · 4 comments · #174857

Fixed

Source: the issue tracker of Home Assistant, as of November 1, 2026. The sentences are written by a language model from the titles of the issues; the reports themselves are on GitHub.

Check a specific device for known problems in the product check →

Compatible devices

Devices that work with Philips Hue

Source of this entry: the official documentation of the integration

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