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Philips Hue and Apple Home

Connect your Philips Hue smart lights to Apple HomeKit technology to get voice control with Siri and create the ultimate smart home experience.

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Your lights, your home

Make your smart home smarter

What can you do when you pair your Philips Hue bulbs and lights with Apple Home? A lot — and more.

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Voice control

Switch your smart lights on or off, adjust the brightness, change their colors, or set the scene for movie night — you can do it all with simple voice commands. Just start with “Hey Siri!”

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Create a smarter home

Your Apple TV, HomePod, or iPad works as a smart home hub, letting you trigger complex automations. Siri Shortcuts allow you to set your lights to turn on as you approach home and unlock your front door at the same time.

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How to

Set up Philips Hue and Apple Home

Get step-by-step instructions on setting up your Philips Hue lights in the Apple Home app.

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Get Apple Home

Visit Apple to explore the full range of HomeKit-enabled smart accessories, from lights and speakers to doorbells, and more.

*When a bulb displays "Up to" a certain number of lumens in its specifications, it displays the maximum lumen output of the bulb. It shows how bright the bulb can get at 2700 K (White bulbs) or 4000 K (White ambiance or White and color ambiance bulbs). Learn more about brightness