I was just wishful thinking about the Hue from Philips and inquired with my Co-Bro(Who has links to Philips) if we can source Hue from Singapore as it is not available in India. (Sourcing from US had its own challenges as the voltage will not match-Update: I came across some post which said Philips Hue Bulbs are 110-240 Compatible. Not sure.) He said that its not easy. I left it there as I was not fully into buying it anyways.
Then a few days later, I was told to travel to Singapore on an official matter! Hue was again getting some traction and I went and did some research. The price was double that in US as with many stuffs in Singapore is, But then I decided to take the plunge and got the starter kit!
Back in India, I connected and tried it. The kit comes with three bulbs and one connector hub which is a mandatory requirement for you to control the light except for on and off. (Was not aware of it before, But Luckily I went for the starter pack and the decision paid off) The Hub need to be connected via Ethernet port and you have to have it plugged into the power. I am not sure if this will end up having some issue if I distribute the bulbs now in the house as the individual bulbs I am not hooking explicitly to the WiFi. Some research is required to find out. Will update if I have some info on this, later/
The device worked as promised. I could turn it on and off at will, change colors using the app! A nice touch is that there is widget available to put the functionality on to the Widget screen of iPhone! I tried one of the music driven app from the app store but that did not seem to work. I might have missed out some thing so once again, will need some research on it. If it does work, it will be great if we plan any party! Disco music lights!
Then a few days later, I was told to travel to Singapore on an official matter! Hue was again getting some traction and I went and did some research. The price was double that in US as with many stuffs in Singapore is, But then I decided to take the plunge and got the starter kit!
Back in India, I connected and tried it. The kit comes with three bulbs and one connector hub which is a mandatory requirement for you to control the light except for on and off. (Was not aware of it before, But Luckily I went for the starter pack and the decision paid off) The Hub need to be connected via Ethernet port and you have to have it plugged into the power. I am not sure if this will end up having some issue if I distribute the bulbs now in the house as the individual bulbs I am not hooking explicitly to the WiFi. Some research is required to find out. Will update if I have some info on this, later/
The device worked as promised. I could turn it on and off at will, change colors using the app! A nice touch is that there is widget available to put the functionality on to the Widget screen of iPhone! I tried one of the music driven app from the app store but that did not seem to work. I might have missed out some thing so once again, will need some research on it. If it does work, it will be great if we plan any party! Disco music lights!
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