Lightswitch Light for Philips Hue

Lightswitch Light allows control over digitally connected lightbulbs, such as Philips Hue.

Lightswitch Light for Philips Hue - Control Your Lights from Chrome

Lightswitch Light for Philips Hue is a browser extension designed to control the lighting in your home or workspace seamlessly. This tool gives users the ability to turn their light bulbs on or off with a single mouse click while on the same WiFi network. It features auto bridge discovery and a minimal, fast performance design. The pro version offers additional features including dynamic scenes, group editing, and colourlover integration.
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Extension stats

Users: 1,000+
Rating: 2.63
(30)
Version: 3.0.0 (Last updated: 2017-01-05)
Creation date: 2017-01-04
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • https://www.meethue.com/
  • storage
Size: 7.85M
URLs: Website

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Extension summary

Lightswitch is a browser extension to control the Philip Hue lights. Only one click away from turning the lights on and off.

A pro version is available with dynamic scenes, group editing, colourlover integration, and ambient web mode: http://bit.ly/lightpro

Features:

• Turn all the light bulbs on or off. • Auto bridge discovery. • Minimal design. • Blazing fast.

Setup:

After installing Lightswitch you will need to press the link button on the Philips Hue Bridge to authenticate the extension. Then control your lights from any home computer while on the same WiFi network. The application dims all the lights on and off with a single mouse click. No further setup necessary.

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User reviews

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Pros
  • Works great for controlling multiple Hue bulbs
  • Simple browser integration
Cons
  • Lacks individual control of lights
  • Doesn't work with some newer hardware (e.g., new square shaped bridge)
  • Generally unresponsive or ineffective for many users
  • Limited features, primarily just on/off functionality
Most mentioned
  • Waste of time
  • Works as advertised but limited functionality
  • Sequential control issues
  • Does nothing except turn all lights on or off
User reviews
Complete a waste of TIIIMMME >:(
by parmitpal singh, 2020-11-10

Works great! Fourth of july is the best
by Jellyfish Fee, 2020-02-27

Worked as advertised, basically an ad for the pro version. No individual control, turns every single light on at once which is essentially useless.
by Dan Freeman, 2019-05-14
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Lightswitch Light for Philips Hue requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Lightswitch Light for Philips Hue has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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