Alexa voice commands for Philips Hue

Control your Philips Hue lights using dozens of voice commands for Amazon Alexa.

What Alexa voice commands do you need?

Top 10 Alexa commands for Philips Hue

Turn on all the lights.
Turn off all the lights.
Make my kitchen brighter.
Dim the lights.
Brighten the lights in the living room to 75%.
Make my lights warmer.
Make my lights cooler.
Turn my kitchen lights green.
Set the lights in the den to Relax.
Turn on Read in the study.

The handiest Hue commands for Alexa are some of the simplest. Turning on and off your lights, brightening and dimming, and other basic light controls can be executed in a variety of ways. Make sure to preface each command with “Alexa” to get its attention and replace with your own light and room names!

Basic Alexa commands

Find all my Hue lights.
Turn on the living room light.
Turn off all the lights.
Make my kitchen brighter.
Turn down the bedroom light to 50%.
Lower the desk lamp.
Dim the lights.
Brighten the lights in the living room to 100%.
Dim the entryway light by 20%.

Alexa colour commands

Make my lights warmer.
Make the lights bluer.
Make my lights whiter.
Turn my kitchen lights red.
Set the family room lights to magenta.
Set my bedside table to gold.

Other colour names you can use include (but are not limited to) crimson, salmon, orange, yellow, green, turquoise, cyan, sky blue, blue, purple, pink and lavender.

Light recipe and scene commands

Set the lights in the den to Relax.
Set the kitchen light to Energise.
Turn on Read in the study.
Set Concentrate at the dining room table.
Turn on Tropical twilight in the dining room.
Turn on Ibiza in the living room.
Turn on Arctic aurora in the bedroom.

Philips Hue offers the ability to set light recipes, which have been created based on scientific insights into the best lighting for activities, and custom, colourful light scenes via various Alexa commands.

Hue sync box commands

Turn on Hue sync box.
Turn off Hue sync box.
Brighten Hue sync box.
Dim Hue sync box.
Set Hue sync box to PlayStation 4.
Set Hue sync box to subtle/moderate/high.
Set Hue sync box to game/video/music.
Set Hue sync box to start.
Set Hue sync box to stop.

Alexa is smart, so you don’t have to say these commands exactly the way they are written in order for it to understand. Play around with these light commands to find the one that best suits you.

*When a bulb displays "Up to" a certain number of lumens in its specifications, it displays the maximum lumen output of the bulb. It shows how bright the bulb can get at 2700 K (White bulbs) or 4000 K (White ambiance or White and colour ambiance bulbs). Learn more about brightness.