OnSwitch for Philips Hue

Dynamic scenes app for Hue! Dazzling Fireworks, Disco, Chill, Sports, Holidays

OnSwitch for Philips Hue: Dynamic Light Scenes

"OnSwitch for Philips Hue" is a powerful Android app that connects to your Philips Hue Smart Bridge, creating vibrant animated light scenes for everyday use, holidays, parties, and relaxation. With features like a sunrise alarm, sunset sleep timer, and curated color options, it transforms any space with stunning visual experiences. Ideal for family time or themed gatherings, OnSwitch enhances your smart lighting dramatically and offers intuitive controls for effortless management of light groups.
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App stats

Version: 4.1.7 (Last updated: 2024-12-20)
Creation date: 2015-08-19
Permissions
Identity: find accounts on the device
Contacts: find accounts on the device
Wi-Fi connection information: view Wi-Fi connections
Other:
  • receive data from Internet
  • view network connections
  • pair with Bluetooth devices
  • allow Wi-Fi Multicast reception
  • connect and disconnect from Wi-Fi
  • full network access
  • run at startup
  • control vibration
  • prevent device from sleeping

Ranking

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App summary

OnSwitch for Philips Hue has a beautiful, simple user interface but it's also powerful. Your Hue lights come alive with a single click!

Our Hue app connects to your Philips Hue Smart Bridge, creating immersive animated experiences with your Hue lights!

There are many categories of light scenes:

Everyday lighting to enhance family time or working from home. There is even a Sunset sleep timer and a Sunrise Wake Up alarm.

Animated holiday experiences for Halloween, Christmas, New Years and many more.

Party/Disco lighting to make your home gatherings come alive.

Relaxing ambiance lighting with smooth color flows, nature scenes, health spa style experiences.

Even fun light scenes for kids such as "Baby Animals" and "Emergency" which simulates police cars and fire engines.

Get the best Hue App, get OnSwitch!

HERO LIGHTING
Our Hue light scenes have cinematic flair. Music sound tracks set the mood while our an animation engine delivers bursts of light and sound where anything can happen. Santa lands on your house! Zombies attack! You are in a spaceship battle!

Other light scenes transport you to a Lush Forest, Venice or even Deep Space to chill out in the Orion Nebula listening to superb ambient electronic music.

CREATIVE LIGHTING
OnSwitch gives you smarter, clearer ways to control your smart lights. Instead of guessing what Hue's "Light Recipes" mean, our Everyday Lighting album presents gorgeous photos of antique and halogen bulbs or a skylight so it's clear what kind of light you are going to get. Our fluorescent tube even flickers on like the real thing!

Want Color? Other apps make you drag a pin around a color wheel. OnSwitch makes it easy with curated Pastels and Accent colors. Warm and Cool color flows. And "Color Splat!" our exclusive color discovery feature that's always fun and a surprise.


SUNRISE ALARM & SUNSET SLEEP TIMER
Wake up with a beautiful sunrise and your favorite music! Go to sleep with a sunset, optimized for better sleep.

LIGHT GROUPS
Easily create and manage groups of bulbs. Control each group independently. OnSwitch manages groups on your Philips Hue Bridge so it will play nicely with your other apps!

IMPORTANT!
• You will need Philips Hue lights along with the Hue Smart Bridge or LIFX bulbs to use this app.
• LIFX support is not guaranteed. If connected, it may not support all LIFX devices, or all app functions and animated content.

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Google Play Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Great effects and routines available, including seasonal ones.
  • Responsive developers who address complaints.
  • User-friendly once it works properly.
  • Integrates well with both Philips Hue and Lifx lights.
Cons
  • App frequently freezes or crashes, especially on startup.
  • In-app purchases are seen as too expensive.
  • Connection issues with Philips Hue lights; users often have to reconnect.
  • Limited functionality regarding the use of personal scenes and specific bulb control.
Most mentioned
  • Frequent app freezing and crashing.
  • Issues with connecting to smart bulbs.
  • In-app purchase pricing and value concerns.
  • Positive feedback about app effects once it works.
  • Responsive support from developers.
User reviews
I have no idea why this app is rated so high. All it does is turn the hue lights on and off. It does nothing to sync the with your TV or connected entertainment devices.
by Joe Pastier, 2024-11-27

I have my own groups and scenes, but this app wont let me use them. I can only by their scenes. I hate this app.
by Thomas Boomer, 2024-11-19

Awesome app. Great effects and constantly adding nemembership. I changed my five star review to 2 stars. I'm suddenly unable to see anything on the app it just says downloading effects then fail. It gives me the opportunity to retry but with the same result. This was my favorite of all of the hue recommended apps, and I had a paid memberahip.
by Brian Boatman, 2023-08-01
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