I’ve read that this is how philips is forcing users into giving them access to even more data.
Upon reading the release notes, the only thing they added seems to be support for apple home kit. Does that require to lock me out of the app? Very fishy …
Anyone else knows whays going on?
I also have a sonoff zigbee dongle and homeassistant as an alternative
I personally ditched Hue for standard WiFi bulbs (now Matter) because I had a problem with the bridge’s wireless range. I have a 1.5 story, 3,051 sqft home and the only place I could connect it was in the upstairs game room and it was controlling downstairs lights, including a few outdoor. Now this was before using Home Assistant and HomeBridge in my setup.