THE HUEDYNAMIC CHANGELOG
Good lights.Keep getting better. New ways to enjoy your lights, support for more Hue hardware, and care for the everyday details. Here’s how hueDynamic keeps evolving.
Browse updates 2026 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2026Recent updates Playlists, new packs & smarter automation Added audio output selection and sync adjustment for AirPlay and Android remote audio. Added experience playlists with reordering, per-entry duration or repeat count, brightness and speed, plus Loop and Shuffle. Everyone can build drafts; saving, playback and adding Home favourites require Pro 2.0. Add saved playlists to Home favourites with combined artwork, move them between rooms, and play the latest saved version. Start playlists using motion sensors, Siri Shortcuts or the local Smart Home API. Siri and the API also support next, previous and stop controls. Motion-triggered SFX and Random SFX can now play over a continuous ambient playlist without stopping it. Expanded backup and restore to include saved playlists, playlist favourites and motion-trigger configurations, preserving their links. Added Nightfall and Halloween SFX Experience Packs. Halloween SFX includes ten sound effects and three eerie atmospheres. Improved Home favourites guidance and responsiveness when triggering one-shot sound effects. Fixed iOS scrolling and layout issues, and Android dialog crashes. Added a local Smart Home server with an HTTP API for controlling lights, experiences and playlists from home automations. Enable it in Settings → Automation → Smart Home (Pro 2.0). Improved Experience Pack lighting and sound synchronisation. Improved Siri shortcuts and background playback reliability. Fixed Party BPM snapping and improved Disco strobe controls. Fixed bottom sheet sizing and Android scrolling crashes. Android refinements Small bug fixes on Android. Smoother experiences, simpler setup Improved lighting responsiveness and soundtrack synchronisation in Experience Packs. Improved bridge setup and handling of local network access on iOS. Choose installed Experience Packs directly from the Experiences toolbar menu. Filter Party effect presets by single beat, bar, custom or all. Enjoy refreshed ambience and experience artwork, plus clearer pickers and dialogs. The temperature dashboard now shows when bridge data is unavailable instead of reporting no sensors. Experience Packs, Advanced Disco & Party Experience Packs! Advanced Disco mode, Party mode sequencer, backup, and much more. Fixed incorrect backgrounds in the Experience Pack selector on Android. Back up and restore favourites, Disco presets, Party shows, patterns, effect presets, pad layouts and saved device-programming profiles. Review imports before applying them. Choose a selection of sound effects and let a Hue Motion Sensor trigger one at random while hueDynamic is running. Record live DJ pad performances into the Party timeline, with clips placed on the lights assigned to each pad. Disco presets & more reliable light control Added reusable Disco presets—save, load, rename, delete, or restore settings. Added detailed device information, with battery levels and recent trigger activity shown at a glance. Improved light and power-control reliability, batching, and state restoration after effects. Improved Disco audio capture and Hue Entertainment streaming, including recovery from temporary interruptions. Fixed assorted iOS toolbar, menu, gesture, and rendering issues. Keeping older Hue Bridges connected (Android) Added better compatibility with the old round V1 Bridge and improved background recording for disco mode on the latest OS. Smoother everyday lighting Improved lighting controls with smoother brightness adjustments, live colour previews, more reliable group updates, and synchronized playback/fades. Supporting the next chapter Bug fixes and a new subscription model to better support app development and new features. Stability improvements Bug fix and stability updates. Android interface refinements Small UI fixes (Android). More reliable device programming Stability improvements and bug fixes to device programming. Siri shortcuts in more languages General enhancements and support of more languages for Siri shortcuts. Ready for Hue Bridge Pro Hue Bridge Pro support. Home now remembers the last selected Home tab when returning from elsewhere in the app. Hiding the temperature dashboard now opens Favourites directly and keeps Favourites as the Home default. A fresh start for iOS (iOS) Complete rewrite to support the latest iOS and more! Earlier updates Explore the features, compatibility updates and fixes that brought us here.
2024 1 update v1.7.6.2 (Android) Google Library Updates. 2023 1 update v1.7.4.1 (Android) Google Library Updates. 2022 2 updates v1.7.3.1 Support for Hue Tap Dial. Support for new outdoor Hue Motion Sensor. Vastly improved Light Control page with per-light gradients. Individual light sliders now update during dynamic effects. New Ambiences - Chill Wave, Ocean Morning, Tokyo and Blood Moon. Improved navigation on Light Control page. (Android) Library updates. (iOS) iOS 16 support. v1.7.2.6 Support for new Hue Motion Sensor. 2021 2 updates v1.7.2.5 Hue Bridge SSL support. (Android) Library updates. (iOS) iOS 15 support. 2020 3 updates v1.7.2.1 Motion sensor improvements. (Android) Restore purchase bug fix. v1.7.1.7 Motion Snooze!! - App now intelligently disables motion sensors on manual control. Check the new Settings page. New Ambiences - The Spa, Bath Time, Citron Vert and Woodland Retreat. Time Constraints - Programming your switches and buttons for different times of day. Ability to re-order favorites. Ability to re-order ambiences in device programming. Devices can be programmed to stop timers on the Hue bridge. Removed AutoComplete and spell check from search boxes. Miscellaneous bug fixes. (Android) Navigation improvements. (Android) Improve stability of light updates on large numbers of lights. v1.6.4.1 / 2 Fix power on mode settings. Support Philips rebrand to Signify. Fix brightness settings being lost on motion sensor programming. New experience "Northern Lights". (iOS) Fix for taps not registering on iOS 13.4. 2019 13 updates v1.6.3.8 Soft navigation bar background now reflects app theme. v1.6.3.7 Support for advanced programming of Hue Smart Button and Lutron Aurora! Correct icons for new Hue GU10 lamps. Brightness slider setting is now saved between app launches (enable in settings). v1.6.2.1 (iOS) Fix for app crash on launch when using iOS 10 through 12. Thanks to everyone that reported the problem, your support is greatly appreciated. v1.6.1.8 / 1.6.1.9 (iOS) iOS 13 support and fix for iPad blank screen. v1.6.1.5 (iOS) Bug fix for Ambience delete button. v1.6.1.3 / 1.6.1.4 Better innr bulb support. You can now program a dimmer to sequentially switch lights on and off in a group. v1.6.1.2 Fix crash on Ambiences and Experiences page. Better stability when using Hue Entertainment modes. Attempts are made to detect changes to the bridge IP address, e.g. DHCP lease expiry. This can be disabled in app settings. Less memory usage across the app and quicker start up. (Android) Stop notification being displayed when an experience is not running. v1.5.5.5 / 1.5.5.7 Set the fade time for ambiences and store them as favorites. Last updated time for devices is now shown in the local device time. 6 new Ambiences - Police, Chilled Beans, Billabong, Enchanted Forest, Dolomites and Summertime. New cycle without fade animation mode. (Android) New adaptive application icon for Android 8 and up. v1.5.5.4 Hexidecimal RGB entry of colors is now possible on the palette page. v1.5.5.3 (Android) Fix for stuck update notification. v1.5.5.2 Full device programming support for RunLessWire Click and Niko Friends of Hue switches. Support for the Hue Outdoor Motion sensor. v1.5.4.6 You can now set a custom color for the light startup modes. 4 new experiences for Valentines Day - Roses, Date Night, The Nook and Champagne. Stability updates. v1.5.4.5 Device programming is now saved in the app and reloaded when necessary. When selecting ambiences in device programming, the number of slots left available is shown. You can now set the lights to flash once or multiple times with a Tap or Dimmer button press. 2018 32 updates v1.5.4.4 Parallel actions for Dimmer and Tap programming - Perform actions across rooms and light groups with one button press. You can now change the size of the Ambience and Experience tiles to allow you to see more at once. The number of lights which are on is now shown on the Light Control page. (Android) Device rotation setting is respected when switching between portrait and landscape mode. v1.5.4.2 New 'Candy Cane Forest' experience for Christmas! Provisional landscape mode support / better tablet support. Show battery level of devices, e.g dimmer / motion sensor. Motion sensor sensitivity can now be set from devices page. Updated some more dialogs to be compatible with dark mode. Dark mode now selectable on welcome screen. Now easier to change the duration of a running experience. Fix for motion sensor programming when using require lights to be off option. Fix some text layout issues on certain devices. Fix some disco modes could no longer be selected if backgrounding the app. Fix some buttons not selectable on Hue Tap programming screen. v1.5.3.2 Set the light start up mode for bulbs with the latest Hue firmware. Three options are provided, Safety, Power Fail and Last On State. Show the light start up mode on the lights page of the app (for supported lights). v1.5.3.1 Ability to specify different light groups for each motion sensor period. Motion sensor triggers can be automatically disabled if lights are already on. (Android) Fixed crash on split screen mode. (Android) Can now bring app to front by tapping background notification. (Android) There is a new setting to stop the app running full screen and hiding the Android notification bar. v1.5.2.4 Updated Power Cut detection programming to support bridge firmware 1810251352 and above. Please disable and re-enable the feature in settings. v1.5.2.2 Dark theme - great for OLED screens and using the app at night. Ability to view motion sensor, temperature and light sensor unique ID. This helps you rename temperature sensors on the dashboard. Tweaks to group color picker. v1.5.1.5 Water ambience and associated animated mode. Improved audio playback from 3rd party apps when using disco mode. Fixed some some rare crashes that were reported. v1.5.1.1 Ability to increment or decrement brightness with motion sensor or light sensor. Haptic feedback can be disabled in app settings. Bug fix for light settings being correctly restored after timed effects have finished. v1.5.0.1 (Android) Better looping of sounds. (Android) Hardware back button now works better for navigation. (Android) Toolbar icon color updated for better visibility. v1.4.1.0 Thunderstorm experience for Halloween fun. UI tweaks and updates - rounded corners baby! Motion triggering now runs in background more reliably. Custom scene brightness can now be adjusted. v1.4.0.0 - v1.4.0.2 Advanced Motion Sensor Programming - Perform actions for multiple time periods, light levels and more. Fixed a bug where light lux levels may not be shown correctly with multiple bridges. Fixed a bug where sounds could become quiet without a reinstall. (Android) Setting to have a notification that may help the app run in the background on Android 8.0+. v1.3.5.0 Bug fix for creating new rooms with lights already in other rooms. v1.3.4.0 Light Sensor Programming! - Perform actions based on motion sensor light level. Durations now saved to favorites. Better support when transparently moving between bridges in different locations. Bug fixes and performance improvements. (iOS) AirPlay now supported with disco mode and experiences. v1.3.3.3 Better support for Osram lights. Lights are restored to previous state when disco or camera mode finishes. v1.3.3.1 New ambiences - Orkney, Pirate Cove, Spring Day, Catbells and Portmahomack. Better scaling to large numbers of lights. Fix for bridge not available messages. Optional bridge throttling setting which helps if bridge reports it is overloaded. v1.3.2.6 New Neural Analyzer disco mode - This uses machine learning and spectra processing to deliver a light show that represents what you perceive to hear! v1.3.2.3 Fix layout on disco peak page. (iOS) Zoom for camera mode! (pinch to zoom). Create custom ambience schedules. New "Throb" animation and updates to "Flash". Camera mode now supports multiple light colors at once (select number in settings). Animate lights directly from the Photo Search screen (on Tweaks! menu). Flash lights in batch on the peak disco mode (Hue Entertainment group recommended). v1.3.1.0 (Android) Zoom for camera mode! (on supported devices) Screen now stays on when camera mode is running. Fixed instability when switching between different device cameras in settings v1.3.0.0 Child Lock! - Enable access to control a subset of rooms only and disable access to device programming and other bridge features. Limit to 1 day for non Pro users. Relax mode for disco. Great for when you don't want to rave. Experiences now work in the background if sound is muted in settings. Sound selection for Fall Asleep Light - Rain and Waterfall or off. Updates to the user interface. v1.2.1.1 (Android) Bug fix for slow rendering when animations are disabled on the OS. v1.2.1.0 New experiences - Lounge 23, Cosmos and Lawn Sprinkler. Switchable anti-flicker setting for camera mode. v1.1.5.0 Animated ambiences now work in the background. Change the colors of lights in a room on one screen using new picker. Improvements to adding favorites. More easily adjust colors after selecting a photo ambience (use the Tweak! button to see new option) Updates to temperature dashboard - tap header to hide or switch off in settings. Can now use dash and apostrophe in room names. (Android) Added Battery Optimization shortcut to settings page so you can whitelist the app to run in the background after periods of inactivity. Stops animations being paused by Android 'Dose'. Other bug fixes. v1.1.4.0 Animated Ambiences! - You can now animate all your custom ambiences by pressing the play button on the bottom right of the tile. v1.1.3.0 Multiple colors for fall asleep light. Hue Tap programming. Timers created in the Philips app can be started using Hue Tap or Hue Dimmer programming. Fixed audio being routed to incorrect speaker in iOS. v1.1.2.0 Fall Asleep Light - A natural solution that helps you get to sleep quicker. Works best with Hue Go. v1.1.1.2 Bluetooth speaker support. V1 bridge support. v1.1.0.0 Hue Entertainment Support for Camera and Disco modes! Natural Sunrise and Good Night schedules - wake to fading warm tones that turn to daylight. v1.0.3.4 / 5 / 6 (Android) Improvements to responsiveness on Android. v1.0.3.3 (Android) Screen Capture option now available so you don't need to use the device camera. Minimum brightness slider for camera mode. v1.0.3 Small bug fixes with ambience saving and loading to bridge. Brightness adjustment for Photo Ambiences. v1.0.2 Motion sensor triggering for dynamic effects and stability improvements. Manual IP address entry. Advanced Hue Dimmer programming. v1.0.1 Initial app release. More features from the Windows 10 application and unique mobile features are coming soon! This history follows the app’s release notes, including grouped updates and beta releases where marked. Features and availability can vary by platform.
