Philips Shows Off Prototype Hue Notification Center Widget for iOS 8

[ryansimmons323]

There is no NDA for stuff Apple already showed.

I thought no screenshots were allowed.

I understand changes have been made recently, allowing things to be discussed publicly, however I read that screenshots are still not allowed.

"Further, Apple agrees that You will not be bound by the foregoing confidentiality terms with regard to technical information about pre-release Apple Software and services disclosed by Apple at WWDC (Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference), except that You may not post screen shots, write public reviews or redistribute any pre-release Apple Software or services." - From the current agreement.

So to me, that says, no screenshots whatsoever regardless of whether Apple has shown it.

 

[jonnysods]

Pretty cool to see devs be able to access this area!

 

[Davmeister]

As a Hue owner, The app was ugly until they did an iOS7 update to it. Now it is fine. For those saying it doesn't work, I disagree. It works pretty flawlessly for me.

It works fine if you have ~5 bulbs. I have 19. Its terrible.

 

[arkmannj]

How do I sign up for the beta, this would be very nice. not perfect, but nice.

 

[FlatlinerG]

I think this sort of functionality would have made more sense as part of the command center..

 

[emt1]

Seconded. Ugly iPhone app is the reason why I chose not to get Hue in the first place. I want clean UI that's obvious and pleasant to use. Hue just looks so messy.

You are missing out. There are many 3rd party apps.

 

[brian017]

You are missing out. There are many 3rd party apps.

What 3rd party apps do you find the best?

 

[mattopotamus]

What 3rd party apps do you find the best?

If you have an android device, lampshade is way better than the hue app

 

[brian017]

If you have an android device, lampshade is way better than the hue app

Nah I'm on iOS

 

[mattopotamus]

Nah I'm on iOS

I'm going to email the developer and see if he had ios plans for his app.

 

[emt1]

What 3rd party apps do you find the best?

Lightbow and goldee are good

 

[ppdix]

It is so unfortunate that widgets can only be shown on the Today View. I can imagine that it would look cramped fairly easily. They should have turned that third tab (which they removed) into a Widgets tab, letting users decide where to put their widgets.

U mean like this?

 

[IJ Reilly]

As seen in the image, adding a Hue widget to the Notification Center would potentially give users direct access to an off switch and a selection of light scenes.

Access to Hue controls in Notification Center would make it much simpler for users to turn off lights or choose their favorite scenes, as it would not require an app to be launched.

Apparently you can turn lights off, but not on.

 

[mattopotamus]

Apparently you can turn lights off, but not on.

The scenes are what is used to turn the lights on.

 

[IJ Reilly]

The scenes are what is used to turn the lights on.

I realize. I just thought it was sort of funny that the article referred twice to turning the lights off but not once to turning them on.

 

[Zxxv]

what does home kit mean for existing hue owners? the zigby controller won't be done away with will it? cause that makes little sense. If stuff is controlled via wifi and iCloud and you loose internet you can't rely on your timers to work because at the moment they're stored in your bridge aren't they? so if internet goes it doesn't make any difference. But if theyre all stored in iCloud it could **** up real easy.