I'm Commander Shepard, and this is my favorite wake up light on the Citadel
@AutomateYourLife4 жыл бұрын
ahahhahahaha yessssssssssss!
@brianceglarski37353 жыл бұрын
I use the wake up feature but I still have 1 question. It seems the default wake up color is Warm White. Is there anyway to change the wake up light color? I prefer the color Cool White when my lights are on. So with the wake up color being Warm white, I then have to change the color back to Cool White.
@la1964 жыл бұрын
Considering the brightness of these lights at highest intensity, could I install them in my existing night stand lamps (that have lamp shades) and still be bright enough to wake me? Also, would you agree using with google mini isn't a problem?
@AutomateYourLife4 жыл бұрын
I totally think they're bright enough, as I use them myself. At 100%, most Philips Hue lights are pretty bright...at least to me. I also fully agree using the Google Home Mini or Nest Mini is not a problem at all. :)
@la1964 жыл бұрын
@@AutomateYourLife Great! Once I get a little intermission from the holidays, I'm going to get two lights. Even if they fall a bit short on waking me, I've still always wanted to get them:)
@balderpetersen951210 ай бұрын
Do you need the Philips hue bridge or something other than just the bulb to set alarms?
@AutomateYourLife10 ай бұрын
The Hue Bridge and Bulbs are both required to set alarms
@balderpetersen951210 ай бұрын
Thanks
@Heezay7 ай бұрын
Is the wake up light also possible with apple homepod?
@PeterEidegren5 жыл бұрын
Great video Brian, This is what I like about your tutorials. Straight to the point and very informative. So one question. I have Philips Hue hub connected to my Smartthings hub and that Smartthings are in turn connected to Google Home. For this to work i think I need to connect Philips Hue directly to my Google home, because I cant find my recently made Philips Hue "Wake up 1" in Smartthings. This will, I'm sure, end up with me having multiple instances of Philips Hue lights in my Google Home, right? How I am to handle this, should I in Smartthings make sure not to share Philips Hue lights between Smartthings and Google Home? Or should I just let there be multiple Philips Hue lights and just group the extra lights in a temp room? It seems a little cumbersome just to be able to have the Philips Hue "Wake up 1" in Google Home. How have you set up your connections between , Smartthings hub, Philips Hue hub and Google home? Again, great video and thanx !
@AutomateYourLife5 жыл бұрын
Hey Peter! Fancy meeting you here.... So a couple things...Yes, you'd need a direct connection (although, there is a feature directly in SmartThings that would allow you to gently wake up your lights as well) from Philips to Google Home. Once you do that, you'll end up with multiples of the same device coming to Google Home's interface, and then things get messy quickly. So what I do (because we have the exact same hubs, FYI) is I manage the SmartThings connection to Google Home. With that hub, you get the choice of which devices come across when you go into the settings for Google Home. That allows me to pull out the Philips Hue lights, and keep them synchronizing strictly through the Hue Hub. This also has the additional benefit of removing a point of failure from my scheme when interacting with Google Home (no more SmartThings required for wake up/sleep). I think I should do a video, hey? You're not the only person to talk to me about this, this week.
@PeterEidegren5 жыл бұрын
@@AutomateYourLife Great, Yeah I figured I had to manage the connections in Smartthings to Google home and in Smartthings exclude the Philips Hue lights not to reach Google Home and in Google Home connect Philips Hue directly to Google Home. I will do that and tidy up and as you said, It will be better with a direct connection between Philips Hue and Google Home. I get what you are saying but a video will never hurt to describe the preferred way of connect theses three main components (Google Home, Smartthings and Philips Hue). Cheers and keep on trucki'n *edited for clarification.
@AutomateYourLife5 жыл бұрын
Oh! Maybe I didn't say that right. You manage the connection between SmartThings and Google Home/Alexa :)
@xchellinhax3 жыл бұрын
Hi Brian, is this a good alternative for the expensive Phillips wake up lights? Cause there are so many models and I am not sure which one to choose and I think they are so expensive
@AutomateYourLife3 жыл бұрын
Actually now you can wake up to just about any kind of smart light with Google. :) You don't even need Philips Hue! Google can turn on Gentle Wake up in any room or on any bulb. Follow our regular update videos for tips like this. Here's our latest: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o3fFhKNvqL9_q7s
@turtleduff3892 Жыл бұрын
Bluetooth needs to be activatet all the time or Just for the programming of the wake Up Alarm?
@AutomateYourLife Жыл бұрын
Bluetooth doesn't matter at all. You need the Hue Hub and that uses Zigbee
@Niels_f27043 жыл бұрын
I don't see my Hue routines under 'Change Scenes' on the Google home app?
@sblacka5 жыл бұрын
Hi Brian! I need some guidance to determine which is the most adequate smart lightning system for me. I'm looking for white bulbs that can be dimmed and adjusted between bright and warm white (do not need the bulbs with a variety of colors, just white) and the system shall be compatible with Smartthing. I think the Philips Hue is a good option but I'm wondering if there is any other system similar and that may be cheaper. Any thoughts?
@AutomateYourLife5 жыл бұрын
Hi sblacka - I'm going to answer like you asked for temperature controlled white, but if you didn't...just go buy the Sengled A19 ZigBee bulbs on Amazon here. They're only one temperature, but dimmable and so cheap - amzn.to/2NRMP4J You could definitely go Hue, but I love the Sengled Bulbs for being inexpensive and also for giving you direct integration into SmartThings. Hue does too, but then you've got two hubs in your home with SmartThings, Hue, and then likely a voice controller. You could definitely do hue, but it's about $17 - $20 USD/bulb after the hub. Instead...look at these Sengled with color: US - amzn.to/2NWrmaT - $25 US apiece It's just a cheaper way of direct integration if you don't need a ton of bulbs. Also, you can then use color to indicate situations in your smart home. Just a thought. :)
@sblacka5 жыл бұрын
Thanks Brian! Sengled looks like a great option!!
@adoptedegg_33923 жыл бұрын
I'm in the google home app and can't find the "Adjust scenes" tab.
@-Constantine-2 жыл бұрын
Hey! thank you for your videos , realy helped me many times! Do you know if i can set the warmness of a light depending the time of the day? Like for example every time i turn on a light before sunset, would be always set as white colour and after sunset as orange (warm) colour. Thank you in advance.
@AutomateYourLife2 жыл бұрын
I think you'll want to use HomeKit for that actually. There's a feature there called Adaptive Lighting there :)
@TheHigherSpace5 жыл бұрын
I use the wake up routine built in in the hue app, Starts increasing the lights brightness for 30 mins .. What I wish for is the same cycle for sleeping, but triggered by an alexa command for example .. saying for example "Alexa, I'm going to sleep" and the lights starts to dim till 0% in 10mins or something .. I don't think that's possible right now .. Let's see if this video solves that :D
@AutomateYourLife5 жыл бұрын
It sure does!
@TheHigherSpace5 жыл бұрын
It actually did :D Thanks! I didn't know you can find the "go to sleep" routine in the scenes! I had to rediscover the scenes though for it to show up!
@AutomateYourLife5 жыл бұрын
Yep! There you go! Glad it's helped you today.
@xy2575 Жыл бұрын
I bought a lamp to connect it with sleep cycle. Do I need a bridge?
@paulputin2 жыл бұрын
Hi :) Can you trigger the gentle wake up routine not by a preset alarm but rather by a sleeping cycle detector?
@AutomateYourLife2 жыл бұрын
Not that I know of now :)
@DamnHotCatz4 жыл бұрын
When I give the turn on gentle wake up it says. “Actually 3 lights don’t support that functionality”. Any ideas?
@AutomateYourLife4 жыл бұрын
Are they Philips Hue lights? And are they attached to a V1 hub?
@jackgartlan4 жыл бұрын
@@AutomateYourLife Hey, I'm having the same trouble, only it says 2 instead of 3. I have only one bulb connected (Mark 3), but I got two others in the starter kit which are not connected. Connected to a Google Home and a Mark 2 Bridge
@DamnHotCatz4 жыл бұрын
Automate Your Life yes Hue lights. V2.1 bridge and gen 3 A19 color bulb. Connected properly with google home as I see my custom presets in the routines selection.
@eventhorizon28734 жыл бұрын
You need the latest versions. With zigbee
@joshuamcdonnell12694 жыл бұрын
Does the newish command “Turn on Gentle Wake up” work with white ambient Philips hue bulbs or only the white “full colour spectrum” bulbs? Thanks great vid btw
@AutomateYourLife4 жыл бұрын
It works just fine! :). Thanks!
@abstyle0015 жыл бұрын
A very creative video as always Brian! but one question, where do I get those bases for light bulbs?
@AutomateYourLife5 жыл бұрын
I wondered when someone would ask...well...they're not the highest quality by any means (but here's the affiliate links) Canada - amzn.to/2ImXb8l US - amzn.to/2IoCY23
@abstyle0015 жыл бұрын
@@AutomateYourLife Haha! thanks men
@dankill16 Жыл бұрын
Can you make a new one for apple HomeKit
@AutomateYourLife Жыл бұрын
Hey Daniel, you're looking for effects with Hue and HomeKit or just the sleep stuff?
@dankill16 Жыл бұрын
@@AutomateYourLife more on how to setup the hue bulbs to gradually wake you up trough HomeKit.
@mccannms5 жыл бұрын
Thanks Brian. This is the one I've been waiting for you to do. Great job as always.
@AutomateYourLife5 жыл бұрын
Perfect! I knew some folks were waiting on this feature and I just wanted to do it right. Took me a while but better late than never :)
@ScottHirschman5 жыл бұрын
Im done with Google home units, end WWN Program, and I am finnished. Not to mention the fact that setting up a smarthome with Alexa is a cake walk compared to Google.
@AutomateYourLife5 жыл бұрын
Stay tuned for Sunday. I have some similar sentiments coming...got a little fed up this week.
@Pa11en3 жыл бұрын
I love Google phones and speakers but gave up on Google Philip lights and Kasa plugs when they kept stop working and they are ridiculously hard to reset to get working again. I have 6 expensive dumb LED bulbs now.
@AutomateYourLife3 жыл бұрын
Paul, your Hue lights shouldn't have issues. Ever. Honestly, most people experience that product as completely seamless. If you're having issues, they are likely network OR interference. We can help with some of our videos if you want to get back to a smart home. That's what we do here...get it working! Lots of problems are with WiFi issues - Start here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6fapX2Pd86ci68 Then Hue stuff uses Zigbee - Make sure your WiFi (or your neighbours) isn't interfering with you: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rmWzdZmliNZsj5I and kzbin.info/www/bejne/nl6mhqF8g9ufo8U
@jainsiddharth215 жыл бұрын
What will happen to Philips Hue bulb when it’s off and suddenly power cuts, will it stays off or it switches on the light.
@AutomateYourLife5 жыл бұрын
Hi Siddharth - You can set the power on condition to multiple different scenarios within the Philips Hue application. You could set it to "last state", "full on", or "full off", as well as any state you'd like that the bulb can reproduce. So short answer: anything.
@jainsiddharth215 жыл бұрын
Automate Your Life thanks for the reply as I heard it from someone that after power cut at night the bulb glows at full intensity and you have to switch it off manually.
@AutomateYourLife5 жыл бұрын
Sorry actually I was wrong. You’ll get to choose 1 of 3 things: full brightness, last powered on state, or a custom choice. The lowest you can set is 1%
@chellydebeer4 жыл бұрын
Hi Brian, thanks for this helpful video! Is it right that you don't need the Hue Bridge to use this wake up setting in the Philips Hue app?
@AutomateYourLife4 жыл бұрын
That is not something I have been able to try actually. I believe the setting would require the bridge though...
@czucziandras1406 Жыл бұрын
@chellydebeer could you find out more about it?
@crash2net3 жыл бұрын
Love the Stevie Y signed photo. Great video
@AutomateYourLife3 жыл бұрын
The best player ever!
@KyleNelson2794 жыл бұрын
Do you need the philips bridge to do this?
@AutomateYourLife4 жыл бұрын
Yep!
@EdieShack Жыл бұрын
Thanks for a great tutorial/explanation.
@evarenteronieto87293 жыл бұрын
hi! I just got my first lights and I am completely lost. If i set ask google to torn my light in the mornin it will do it, if i create a rutine with light it will do it, but when i activate gentle wake up... nothing happen. Any ideas? Thank you
@AutomateYourLife3 жыл бұрын
Gentle wake up can be set by room or by device, then you just set an alarm on a good home device in the same room as those lights and it should all work!
@burnzy32105 жыл бұрын
i've got mine to come on full brightness during week days, shock the system! :P
@AutomateYourLife5 жыл бұрын
Ahahahaha, you officially have issues!
@garethjones50685 жыл бұрын
Great vid as always Bri, I think Phillips ability to keep improving their automations, integration & application is what justifies the premium you pay for their Hue products
@AutomateYourLife5 жыл бұрын
There's a price to pay...but boy is that feature nice. Impressive, even.
@garethjones50685 жыл бұрын
@@AutomateYourLife Equally impressive is that they keep pushing to improve despite being the pre-eminent player in the smart lighting space
@AutomateYourLife5 жыл бұрын
I think it's the premium they charge. They'd lose me if they stopped.
@garethjones50685 жыл бұрын
@@AutomateYourLife Yeah they've kind of boxed themselves into needing to live up to that price tag, but we all know of companies that price themselves high then don't deliver on the pricetag.......
@AutomateYourLife5 жыл бұрын
Apple-out?
@MrMalmquist3 жыл бұрын
I don't have routines or my Philips hue in the google home app
@AutomateYourLife3 жыл бұрын
So nowadays, you could set this up just in the Philips Hue app (not using Google, but getting the lights to come on slowly).
@MrMalmquist3 жыл бұрын
@@AutomateYourLife Cheers will check that out! Have a great day.
@crgeek095 жыл бұрын
Hey Brian great video! Hope you all are well, just to let you know SPANISH IS AVAILABLE FOR SMART DISPLAYS (SPAIN VARIANT) Greetings from Costa Rica
@AutomateYourLife5 жыл бұрын
Hey Mario - Just so you know...you're making the next Smart Home Updates video with this one!
@EM-ks5my3 жыл бұрын
Technically you only need the Philips Ambiance lights, to get up with colder light and go to bed with warmer light. Obviously they want you to buy the expensive light bulb 😆
@AutomateYourLife3 жыл бұрын
ahhahahahaa, yeah
@sleepingunderthewire5 жыл бұрын
I've got this working with my Innr bulbs too so I'm pleased.
@AutomateYourLife5 жыл бұрын
Excellent!
@hometechUK5 жыл бұрын
I don't like the wake up as it changes the colour from orange to white should give use the option of 1 colour. So I Much prefer other routines where you can setup up wake-up in 1 colour over set minutes.
@AutomateYourLife5 жыл бұрын
That's an interesting thought. I like that. :)
@hometechUK5 жыл бұрын
It's absolutely terrible that you can 1 not wake up to radio in UK. 2. Cannot set the radio to gradually increase volume to set max. No one wants instant max volume.
@AutomateYourLife5 жыл бұрын
WHY DONT YOU WANT INSTANT MAX VOLUME!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? ;)
@Kate-uo5ms3 жыл бұрын
Can you do a sunset but not all the way off, so it acts as a night light?
@AutomateYourLife3 жыл бұрын
Hey Kate - So what I'd do here is just create a second routine 10 minutes after you start your lighting reduction starts. Just raise it back to 5% or whatever level you want!
@Kate-uo5ms3 жыл бұрын
@@AutomateYourLife good idea, I'll try it!
@Kate-uo5ms3 жыл бұрын
I've found a Hue Labs feature called Personal go to sleep, that dims lights over a chosen period of time to either complete darkness or the nightlight setting. However, the nightlight setting on these bulbs is far too bright for us!
@AutomateYourLife3 жыл бұрын
Yeahhhh it could be too bright. Some light bulbs follow a linear curve for 1-100%. These are not so 1% feels more like 15-20%
@JOHN-3225 жыл бұрын
Thanks Brian. Very helpful for me.Have a good 1.
@AutomateYourLife5 жыл бұрын
You too John!
@bernardbredhauer14845 жыл бұрын
Very nice Brian 💡💡💡
@AutomateYourLife5 жыл бұрын
Hope it’s useful for ya Bernard!
@FarrelClement4 жыл бұрын
Hmm. Doesn't look like wake up routines are coming across as scenes on Google home anymore.
@AutomateYourLife4 жыл бұрын
There's some strange stuff going on with routines right now. It should come back...
@TODOMATIO4 жыл бұрын
I wanna simulate a sunrise
@AutomateYourLife4 жыл бұрын
That's what you can do with this! Are you having any trouble, or does 30 minutes not fit your goal?
@TODOMATIO4 жыл бұрын
Automate Your Life I have not yet bought all the equipment. What do I need to buy?. And I want it to change colors (Red/orange/pink/cool). I wake up at 4 AM, up by 4:15.
@AutomateYourLife4 жыл бұрын
Oh my...I forgot this! I meant to give you links. Ok, here's what you need (these are affiliate links so I may make money if you click and buy): 1. Philips Hue Starter Kit or Philips Hue Hub - amzn.to/2ReZ0tW (Hub, refurbished...so cheaper) 2. Philips Hue Go - amzn.to/2uksiy2 - I love this bulb/fixture because it has many purposes and is mobile. You could also just get a color bulb here: amzn.to/2uksrBA 3. You could add a store.google.com product if you want to request the wakeup through Google but you actually can just use the first 2 products above and schedule your wakeup for 15 minutes!
@doblighting46002 жыл бұрын
Very complicated to set
@TiaanJonker5 жыл бұрын
Tx!
@AutomateYourLife5 жыл бұрын
Hey Tiann :) Good to see you!
@DavidTelesPortugal5 жыл бұрын
I just can't create new routines, great!
@AutomateYourLife5 жыл бұрын
Yeahhhhh...there’s an upgrade going on right now.
@ashleysingh89755 жыл бұрын
wow👏
@AutomateYourLife5 жыл бұрын
Glad it hit home Bisham!
@rxw55203 жыл бұрын
A $220 light bulb? Does it wash my pits and drive me to work?
@AutomateYourLife3 жыл бұрын
I don't think there was a $220 light bulb in this one was there!?
@rxw55203 жыл бұрын
Was in the links
@AutomateYourLife3 жыл бұрын
@@rxw5520 lol well you shouldn't buy it based on it washing anything
@neklamp24315 жыл бұрын
English accent still on???
@AutomateYourLife5 жыл бұрын
Yeah...I appear to be one of the very few that this is working for!
@neklamp24315 жыл бұрын
@@AutomateYourLife My google just got the english accent! It seems that I'm also in the group of the few 😀
@AutomateYourLife5 жыл бұрын
Yesssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
@NilsKung3 жыл бұрын
E26 lol
@MeepMeep885 жыл бұрын
Can you do a tutorial where you make a house with only smart lights and no electricians are needed? =D Other than the outlet for the router I guess Is that even possible?
@AndrewWeitzel5 жыл бұрын
I live in an apartment, we aren't aloud to mess any light fixture that was installed when we moved in. More then 90% of my lights are smart lights installing them did not require an electrician, they were all direct replacements to the old dumb bulbs.
@AutomateYourLife5 жыл бұрын
Heck ya! I'm basically doing that here. Who needs an electrician...very good idea. Might be a bit until I put it all together, but yep...we can do it.