Hue Iris Bulbs on clearance at HD

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@rockitaway

Does this work without the Hue Bridge? Thanks!

I recently had exactly this same question.
The answer is… Yes, BUT…

I recommend going to the following post by @JDRoberts in the thread titled, of all things, “Hue bulb without Hue Bridge?”…

Hue bulb without Hue Bridge?

The Phillips hue bulbs originally use the ZLL (Zigbee light link) profile. They use this profile to communicate with the Hue bridge, which in turn can communicate with a SmartThings hub over the local area network. In this setup the hub does not speak directly to the bulbs. This is the only setup which is officially supported by SmartThings. Most brands of zigbee bulbs can be individually reset through a “blink method” where you power the bulb on and off in a specific pattern, and then it will reset itself. Phillips chose not to offer that for their smart bulbs, perhaps because they were concerned about children playing with the light switch and accidentally resetting a bulb to factory specifications. SmartThings does not use the ZLL profile. Instead, it uses the ZHA ( zigbee home aut…