Previously for Philips Hue owners, when the power would go out and then come back on, all of their connected Hue bulbs and fixtures would immediately turn back on, even if they were off … In other words, turn lights on/off (or change their brightness/color, of course) within Alexa – especially since Alexa supports a range of routine triggers including time based and sunrise/sunset based. I need some help. All you need to do is open your Hue app, go to Routines > Other Routines, then schedule specific rooms to turn on and off at “random” times or roughly following your routine … I can't figure out why my routines keep turning themselves off and not firing. My bulbs are listed in Philips Hue app, … Help…..Adele. You choose rooms for the routines to apply to, and the scene to activate (in the case of turning lights on). Also we can manually turn lights off and on, change colors or can use phone/tablet but cannot set a routine or repeat function.. timer to turn on and off not working. If this happens, you can ask Alexa to turn the Hue lights on and off, but they won’t respond. When you turn on one of the Philips Hue bulb without using the Philips Hue app or your Amazon Echo, there is a high chance that will cause connectivity issues. In Philips Hue, automation is achieved through 'Routines'. I have a bunch of Philips Hue bulbs, both white and color and they’ve been set up and working great for almost a year. I'm new to the whole home automation thing and recently replaced most of my home lighting with Philips Hue. Issue #2 – Philips Hue Lights Unreachable. Some (the upstairs ones) seem to turn back on. Pro Tip #5. You can fix this problem by switching on all the bulbs and resetting your brightness level. No issues. If you really can’t do something you want via the Alexa app, add this as a ‘one off’ routine within the Hue … However, ever since Monday night (4/8/2019), it seems that all of my Philips Hue bulbs turn off at 10pm. Home › Forums › Hue Forum › Lights turning on/off by themselves Search for: Philips Hue smart bulbs allow for a customized and voice-activated smart home setup. January 15th, 2019 Reply If this fails to work: a. But they will also go back to their original color and brightness after … Hue offers four inside the app; Home & Away: Here, you can set Hue to turn lights on, or off as you arrive or leave home. The system uses your smartphone to determine your location. The main issue I'm having is that routines I've set keep … I have 2 that should run at night that turn the living room blue alerting the kids that they have 10 more minutes of play time before hue is supposed to turn red indicating bed time and they, along with other routines turn completely off after they run once. To fix this, just turn the light fixtures back on manually — once you do this, your Alexa commands and routines will work again. The ones in the TV room, where I am, do not. Mike, January 2019, bought HUE color starter kit, using Android or Kindle fire, have problem with setting sunrise wake up lamp in bedroom.