Lamps and light fixtures

Here’s where to find the latest improvements and updates to the software that supports your smart bulbs, lamps, and light fixtures. We update these release notes with every software change so you can keep track of what’s new.

Want to make sure you get the updates immediately? Enable automatic updates for your Philips Hue system in the Hue app (Settings > Software update > Automatic update).

October 2, 2024
Bluetooth-capable lights
Software version 1.122.2/1.122.3

  • Added support for the Underwater, Cosmos, Sunbeam, and Enchant effects.
  • Added support for the Scattered style for gradient lights.
  • Bluetooth stability improvements
  • Bug fixes and stability improvements

May 14, 2024
All Philips Hue lights
Software version 1.116.3, 67.116.3

  • Bug fixes and stability improvements  
  • Improved Sunrise wake-up style for Bluetooth-capable lights  
  • Added Sparkle, Glisten and Opal effects on platform versions 100b-10C, 100b-10f, 100b-110, 100b-112, 100b-114, 100b-118, 100b-11d, 100b-11e, 100b-11f, and 100b-120   
  • Color temperature picker support on platform version 100b-103

October 24, 2023   
Philips Hue lights with hardware platform version 100b-10c 
Software version 1.108.7

  • Bug fixes and stability improvements

September 25, 2023  
Philips Hue Bluetooth-capable lights with hardware platform version 100b-11e, 100b-120
Software version 1.104.3

  • Bug fixes and stability improvements

August 31, 2023
Philips Hue Festavia string lights with hardware platform version 100b-123
Software version 1.107.1

  • Bug fixes and stability improvements
  • Added support for Opal, Glisten, and Prism effects

July 26, 2023
Lights with hardware platform versions 100b-104, 100b-105, 100b-108, 100b-10b, 100b-10c, 100b-10e, 100b-10f 
Software version 1.108.5 and 67.108.5

  • Bug fixes and stability improvements
  • Added support for effects on platform versions 100b-10c and 100b-10f

May 8, 2023 
Lights with hardware platform versions 100b-110, 100b-112, 100b-114, 100b-115, 100b-118, 100b-120, 100b-11a, 100b-11d, 100b-11e, 100b-11f
Software version 1.104.2 

  • Bug fixes and stability improvements

February 13, 2023
Bluetooth-capable lights with hardware platform version 100b-114
Software version 1.101.10

  • Bug fixes and stability improvements

November 28, 2022
Philips Hue lamps, fixtures and lightstrips that support dynamic scenes
Software version 1.101.2, 1.101.5, 1.101.7

  • Improved dynamic scenes: when you edit a scene and set a light to a shade of warm-to-cool white, that light will be excluded from the dynamic scene. 
  • You can now use the Mirror style on gradient lights, which makes either end of the light identical with a gradient of color in the middle.  
  • Fixed standby glow issue in US downlights 
  • Bug fixes and stability improvements 

November 11, 2022
Philips Hue Festavia string lights 
Software version 1.101.1

  • Improved effects including Candle, Fireplace, and Sparkle

June 20, 2022
Philips Hue Bluetooth-capable lights and first-generation Iris, Bloom, lightstrip, and bulbs 
Software version 1.93.11, 67.93.11

  • Fixed the Last on Power-on behavior option 

April 25, 2022 
Philips Hue gradient lamps and fixtures 
Software version 1.97.3

  • Bug fixes and stability improvements
  • Added functionality for deep dimming
  • Added support for the Sunrise wake-up style

January 10, 2022 
All Philips Hue gradient lamps and light fixtures 
Software version: 1.94.2 

  • Bug fixes and stability improvements
  • Added support for effects

November 30, 2021 
Philips Hue Bluetooth-capable lights and Hue Go 
Software version 1.93.3, 1.93.7, 67.93.3, 67.93.7

  • Security improvements
  • Bug fixes and stability improvements
  • Fixed the Hue Go Cozy candle light effect
  • Added support for effects

October 4, 2021 
All 1st-generation Philips Hue bulbs, Iris, Bloom and lightstrip 
Software version: 67.91.1 

  • Security improvements

September 13, 2021 
All Philips Hue gradient lamps and light fixtures 
Software version: 1.86.7

  • Bug fixes and stability improvements

August 9, 2021  
Software version 1.86.6, 1.88.1, 1.88.2, 1.90.1 

Available for all Philips Hue lights, this update includes: 

  • Security improvements
  • Bug fixes and stability improvements
  • Dynamic scenes functionality

January 4, 2021 
Software version: 1.76.3, 1.76.6, 1.76.8, 1.76.10 and 1.76.11

Available for all Philips Hue Bluetooth-capable lights and the Philips Hue smart plug, this update provides improvements to stability and security.

May 11, 2020
Software version: 1.65.11_hB798F2BF

This update improves performance for various Bluetooth-capable Philips Hue lights, including GU10 and E14/E12 candelabra bulbs.

February 20, 2020
Software version: 1.50.2_r30933 and 5.130.1.30000

This update for Philips Hue lights without Bluetooth capability provides:

  • Security improvements
  • Deep dimming functionality on the following White ambiance and White and color ambiance fixtures: Amaze, Adore, Apogee, Aurelle, Being, Calla, Cher, Ensis, Fair, Flourish, Liane, Lily, Muscari, Play, Sana, Semeru, Signe, Still, Struana, and Within

February 4, 2020
Software version: 1.65.9_hB3217DF4

This update, available for all Philips Hue with Bluetooth lights and the Philips Hue smart plug, provides improvements to stability and security, as well as the ability to:

  • Set routines in the Hue Bluetooth app
  • Perform a manual factory reset of lights by power cycling a light 5 times

October 21, 2019
Software version: 1.56.8_r30456

  • The Hue Go V2 with Bluetooth no longer turns off unwanted while connected to Bluetooth.

November 28, 2018
Software version: 1.46.13_r26312

  • Affected products (Hue Bulbs (E26/E27/E12/E14/BR30/GU10), Hue Lightstrips, Hue Lamps);
  • Reliability, behavioural and security improvements;
  • Smoothening of light transitions in entertainment mode;
  • Enabling power-on behavior feature.

April 9, 2018
Software version: r1.30.4_r23032

  • Reachability improvements of the Hue lamps & fixtures/lights. 
  • Security improvement: proximity based linking with a Hue dimmer switch is now only possible for 30 minutes after the light is powered on. 
  • Bug fixes and stability improvements.

Affected Hue lamps & fixtures are:

  • Hue Amaze, Hue Being, Hue Cher, Hue Fair, Hue Retrofit Recessed Downlights, Hue Still, Hue Struana and Hue white 1-10V.
  • Hue Aphelion, Hue Apogee, Hue Drumlin, Hue Memuru, Hue Muscari and Hue Within.

November 14, 2017
Software version: 5.105.0.21169, 5.105.0.21536, 1.29.0_r21169, 5.105.1.21778.

  • Affected Hue Lights: E26/E27/E12/E14/BR30/GU10/Par16 Lamps in Hue white and color, Hue white ambiance, and Hue white.
    Hue Go, Hue Lightstrip, Hue Lightstrip plus, Hue Beyond, Hue Bloom and Hue Iris.
  • Update to all Philips Hue color capable lights, including E26/E27/E12/E14/BR30/GU10/Par16 Lamps in Hue white and color, Hue Go, Hue Lightstrip, Hue Lightstrip Plus, Hue Beyond, Hue Bloom and Hue Iris, to enable the entertainment capability feature
  • Reachability improvements of the lights.
  • Security improvement: proximity based linking with a Hue dimmer switch is now only possible for 30 minutes after the light is powered on.
  • Bug fixes and stability improvements

October 3, 2016
Software version(s): 5.50.1.19085, 5.38.2.19136, 5.38.3.19141, 5.50.2.19072, 1.15.2_r19181 and 1.16.1_r19181.

  • Related products are Hue A19, Hue GU10, Hue Go, Hue Beyond, BR30, LightStrip plus and Hue connected lamps & fixtures
  • Bug fixes and stability improvements

December 3, 2014
Software version: 66013452

  • Related products are hue A19 and BR30 downlight bulbs and Friends of hue: LightStrips and Living Colors (Bloom, Iris and Aura)
  • hue Tap range is extended if lamp in between Tap and bridge is powered
  • Faster start-up when using the wall switch
  • Bug fixes and stability improvements
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