Philips Hue Dimmer Switch

I'm using the Philips Hue switches, handy if you want a portable switch. They'll work with Homekit directly now too, although through homebridge is fine too. You will have to get a Hue Hub to use them though.

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I use the Philips Hue switches. They have four buttons and you can use HomeKit to set them to do anything you like. They seem pretty immediate to me for lighting control. I even use them to control my garage door via HomeBridge - that has a slight delay, but that’s because of the way the HomeBridge integration works with the MyQ door controller.

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I have many Hue dimmers in HomeKit to control Hue, Lutron and Nanoleaf lights. After you set the device to be a Homekit dimmer in the Hue app (instead of Hue controlling/managing the device) you can set scenes and devices to each of four buttons. My main floor has 5 light switches controlling Hue and Lutron. I have a dimmer at each entrance that go top to bottom full brightness, half, dim and off. It’s fantastic. In the bedroom I use the top button for ceiling light full brightness, the middle two full and dim for the bed stands and the last turning all off. Our bedsides each have a hue …

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