I think the most current version is the following. This custom smartapp gives you a ton of group features, but it’s not just within the standard features as you originally requested. You would have to install this custom device handler and its smartapp.
by: infofiend & claytonnj
UPDATED as of May 4th: new abilities include
1. Creation, Modification, and Deletion of Hue Hub Groups and Scenes - directly from SmartThings
– These features will appear on the Groups page and the Scenes page in the HLGS service manager (after inital installation).
As of March 26th: new abilities include
Color Temperature Slider Control from Bulbs or Groups
Transition Time Slider Control from Bulbs or Groups
Ability to update Scene settings directly from Scene device
Scene devices can retrieve & display Hue Hub sceneID
Group devices can retrieve & display Hue Hub groupID
Bulbs and Groups have colorloop effect
Claytonnj and I have created a Hue Service Manager that finds and installs (1) individual Hue Lights, (2) Hue Groups, and (3) H…
( for those who might find this topic in the future but are not yet familiar with custom code, here’s the FAQ on that:
The original FAQ information in this thread refers to the original smartthings architecture, which was in place through the end of 2022 and a little beyond. Custom code was written in the groovy programming language and ran in the smartthings cloud.
As of May 2023, you can no longer add new Groovy DTH‘s or smartapps to your smartthings account. So if you came here because of a link in an old forum thread, or on another site, I’m afraid the Groovy information is no longer usable.
All of this was replaced by a new architecture. Cloud to cloud integrations use the smartthings API. Hub connected devices, mostly Zigbee and zwave, now use “Edge Drivers,” written in the LUA programming language. Here’s the official announcement on those:
The process for using a custom Edge Driver in the new …
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