NEWS July 31, 2020 Hue Voice Skill Challenge with Incentives Hi 3rd party Hue app developers, We are looking for a few good 3rd party Hue voice skills, preferably in diverse use cases. A new OAuth2.0 compliant remote authentication is introduced for such skill development. It is currently in beta and please contact us for access. Successful skill publications in app stores will be promoted […] Read more

NEWS July 16, 2020 Bridge API 1.40 (ETA wk34 2020) Breaking change to Luminaire and LightSource groups: This change has impact on two specific Hue luminaires: the Hue Beyond and Hue Phoenix, where special Luminaire groups and LightSource groups were automatically created by the bridge. From Bridge API 1.40 onwards, these groups will be removed, while the light points of such luminaires remain the same. […] Read more

NEWS July 3, 2020 Philips Hue Affiliate Program is Live Hi 3rd party Hue app developers, Philips Hue Affiliate Program is live! Join the world leader in smart lighting by signing up. Program Features: Standard commission rate is 7% after customer purchase via the affiliate link Special offers and on-site promos throughout the year Read more

NEWS March 3, 2020 Hue HDMI Sync Box API is live! Dear Hue API developers, Great news on Hue HDMI Sync Box API. It is live under Hue Entertainment! Check it out to extend the diverse possibilities of Hue HDMI Sync Box in your app. Hue Developer Support. Read more

NEWS January 8, 2020 Important news about Bridge v1. Hi Hue developers, Happy new year to you all. We would like to take this opportunity to inform you about the bridge v1 remote api connectivity: After April 30, 2020 no software updates will be made available for the Hue Bridge v1 and compatibility with our online services will be terminated at that time. The […] Read more

NEWS October 16, 2019 HueDev Terms & Conditions Update If you receive a recent rejection for your iOS app submission (e.g. Guideline 5.2.1 – Legal – Intellectual Property), please know that we have updated the HueDev Terms & Conditions (https://developers.meethue.com/terms-of-use-and-conditions/) primarily stating what is allowed to be used in 3rd party Hue contents (section 8.1.xiii). We have notified Apple, but please also reference this […] Read more

NEWS July 8, 2019 Deprecation – Philips Hue SDK We have decided to deprecate the hue SDK effective as of July 1st 2019. This means there will be no new SDK releases except for critical updates (e.g. security) which will be maintained for one additional year. Existing Hue SDK client applications will continue to work normally but we can no longer guarantee long term […] Read more

NEWS June 4, 2019 Improved status code on remote Hue API Dear remote Hue API developers, To improve our remote api http responses we have changed the status code, when an app quota is reached, from 500 (Internal server error) to 429 (Too many requests). Hue Developer Support. Read more