Why your Philips Hue bulb is randomly setting itself to one hundred pc brightness

Are your Philips Hue sensible gentle bulbs seemingly going rogue, randomly turning themselves as much as full brightness even for those who’ve set them dimmer? Philips Hue dad or mum firm Signify is conscious of the problem, has found out the foundation trigger, and tells The Verge {that a} repair is coming as quickly as subsequent week.

“After in depth evaluation, we’ve got recognized an interoperability challenge with the Matter smarthome normal, through which random momentary radio visitors disruptions are incorrectly acknowledged as legacy swap energy toggles, turning low brightness lights to full brightness,” Signify third-party spokesperson Kate Helander tells The Verge.

On this case, it’s not clear which group(s) are at fault — we’ve requested the Connectivity Requirements Alliance behind Matter for remark — however no less than you received’t have to attend lengthy for an answer. “A everlasting repair for the problem is in progress and shall be rolled out throughout the subsequent week,” Signify tells us.

In case you can’t wait, the corporate says you possibly can simply disconnect the Hue Bridge from Matter within the meantime. “Please observe you might want to do that in your cellphone settings in addition to the Matter controller app you’re utilizing,” Signify writes.

Based on Signify, the problem solely impacts “a small proportion of customers.”