Hello everyone,
Has anyone already implemented a Philips Hue bridge in Gladys Assistant?
I wonder about the interest of the bridge in a context where everything can already be managed directly in Zigbee (via Zigbee2MQTT for example).
Does the Hue bridge really bring any advantage in terms of features, stability or integration in Gladys?
Furthermore, are the dynamic / « living » ambiences offered by Philips Hue usable from Gladys, or are we limited to static scenes?
Thanks for your feedback!
Hello,
I had a Philips Hue bridge and I switched the bulbs to Zigbee2Mqtt.
The operation from Gladys is exactly the same. All lamp unit control and automation will be possible.
You lose control from the Philips Hue app and its features not integrated into Gladys (transitions and group control).
You can reproduce static scenes in Gladys (control a device on each lamp), but it may be less intuitive.
Thanks @cicoub13 for your reply.
Well, I’ll stick with Zigbee then… and if I want a « candle » ambiance, I’ll go to the app…
In this case, you won’t be able to, it’s one or the other 
At my place, I decided to keep the Hue bridge to keep the nice ambiences, and I have my entire living room on Philips Hue, despite the fact that everything else is pure Zigbee.
The downside is that my Philips Hue bulbs don’t act as « relays » in my Gladys Zigbee network.
However, this is how I have been operating for several years… the Philips lamp is connected to Gladys assistant via the Zigbee2mqtt integration and my partner still uses the Hue app on her phone to control it?
Is your Hue bulb connected to the Hue bridge in Zigbee + Zigbee2mqtt at the same time?
Not only in zigbee2mqtt…
… and directly to Madame’s phone via the Hue app.
This isn’t just a regular bulb; we were given the HUE IRIS.
I don’t have the Philips bridge. That was the point of my post: to understand if I had any interest in getting one and retrieving all the « dynamic » pre-programmed ambiances from the Philips Hue app in Gladys…