The world is making steadfast progression in technology. The quality of our daily life is getting better through these technological advancements. It provides us ease and comfort to some extent. One such technological advancement in the field of electronics is the Philips Hue.
What is Philips Hue?
Philips Hue is a smart lighting bulb. It comes in many styles and these are colour changing LED lamps and bulbs which can be controlled wirelessly.
These bulbs were the first of its kind. Philips Hue not only are lightweight and provide various colours but also are long-lasting. The average life of a Philips Hue bulb is approximately 15,000 hours. It is compatible with the Amazon Alexa.
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What is Wink?
Wink is a smart app used to make your house smarter. You can control multiple electrical appliances of yours through this smart app, be it lights, power or security. It has simplistic controls which allow you to monitor and manage everything in your home. You also do not have to go through multiple apps to control your electrical devices. Through the wink app, everything in your house can get centralized.
Wink is also compatible with the Amazon Alexa. You can create shortcuts that will allow you to control and monitor multiple products with just one tap. For example, you can create a “Movie Time” shortcut that will dim the lights in the living room when you are about to watch a movie. You can also use Wink Robots to trigger products to work automatically. Like, set up your hue lights to turn red if the smoke is detected on your smoke detector.
Does Philips Hue Work With Wink?
Yes, Philips Hue also works with Wink. Wink works with all the lighting products of Philips Hue. Philips Hue Bridge is needed to connect the Philips Hue lighting products to Wink.
You can connect as many as 50 bulbs to one bridge. Wink allows you to control your Philips Hue lights from anywhere in the world as long as you have an internet connection. Philip Hue lets you create and control its lighting products through a smartphone. It brings endless possibilities in-order to help you get a personalized ambience to suit you and your family’s lifestyle. It lets you recreate all the 16 million colours in the spectrum. You can control all its functions remotely.
How to connect Philips Hue with Wink?
Download the Wink app on your mobile and create an account on it. After signing in, tap on “Add a Product,” then tap on “Lights,” then tap on “Hue Lights.” Read and follow all the instructions given in the app. Plug in you Philips Hue Bridge into your Wi-Fi router. Then plugin your hue lights. Press the button on the centre of the Philips Hue Bridge in to pair your hue lights with it. After going through this little process you will be connected to your Philips Hue Lights. This is how we connect Philips Hue with Wink.