Questions & Answers for Philips Hue White and Colour Wireless Ambiance Starter Kit A19 E27

The hue bridge does not have WiFi built in. It is meant to be wired to the router at all times.

• Answered by George W from Oakland
• 23/04/2016
• Flag as inappropriate Answer (Can the Hue Bridge itself be connected directly to the WiFi router or is an Ethernet cable still required?)

If you unplug the Bridge from your router, you will not be able to control the lights from the smartphone app. The bridge does not have built in WiFi, it uses the wired network connection. Therefore you would not be able to use Siri or any advanced features. Ideally you would want the bridge to have wired network at all times. There may be an exception if you use a Tap switch, it might be possible to use that offline.

• Answered by George W from Oakland
• 23/04/2016
• Flag as inappropriate Answer (Once the base has been plugged in to the router doe it have to stay wired to the router?)

The new bridge. You can tell because the old bridge was round. The old bridge is incompatible with HomeLink.

• Answered by George W from Oakland
• 23/04/2016
• Flag as inappropriate Answer (Does the Phillips Hue Starter kit (A19 E26) include the old bridge, or the new updated 2.0?)

ZigBee Light Link protocol carried on 2.4Ghz ZigBee radios. They seem to work fine despite high levels of 802.11 Wifi interference. I suppose because the link is low-bandwidth, not much data is needed to control a light.

• Answered by George W from Oakland
• 23/04/2016
• Flag as inappropriate Answer (What kind of technology is used to control the Philips Hue ? Is it Radio Frequency ? What frequency ?)

With this current product listing, 25,000 hours.
The first generation was rated to last 15,000 hours while the second generation is rated to last 25,000 hours.

• Answered by George W from Oakland
• 23/04/2016
• Flag as inappropriate Answer (How long does the light bulbs last before they die)