How To Set Up Innr Bulbs

Nosotros're massive fans of smart lighting brand Innr here at The Ambience. Not only does the Dutch startup accept a bang-up (and e'er expanding) array of smart lighting devices, at very competitive prices, it also makes information technology super simple to become bulbs working within pop systems such as Hue, Alexa and SmartThings.

That Hue integration isn't really all that surprising, given the company was founded by a bunch of ex-Hue (and Ikea) people back in 2022.

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And the good news is – unlike getting Ikea'southward Trådfri smart lights working within the Hue app, which can be a bit of a fiddle – adding Innr bulbs to Hue is just as easy equally calculation regular Philips bulbs.

Adding Innr bulbs to the Hue app

Getting you Innr smart light bulbs appearing, and controllable, inside the Hue app is piece of cake. Just follow these steps.

1. Launch the Hue app and click Settings (bottom correct corner).

two. Choose Lights.

iii. Click the blue plus icon (top correctand then tap Search.

four. Y'all need to power the Innr bulb on and off during the search - this is the but difference from pairing a regular Hue seedling.

5. The Innr bulb should show upwards. Name it, and assign it a room.

No bridge needed

The best thing nigh the method above is, yous don't even need an Innr bridge to get it to work. Certain, there is a very reliable Innr bridge on sale, should you lot want to start an Innr system from scratch but, if y'all've already got a Hue bridge, information technology'southward non needed.

And information technology isn't just Hue's Zigbee bridge that plays nicely with Innr. It tin can too be connected to a Samsung SmartThings hub, an Amazon Echo Plus or a 2nd-gen Echo Prove.

Using the Hue method we went through higher up, your Innr bulbs will testify as Hue bulbs within Alexa or Google Dwelling house. You can rename them, group them, control them, add them to routines... everything you could practice with a Hue seedling, basically.

Sadly, there's no HomeKit support, though.

The other manner effectually

Innr recently introduced a new Zigbee span that can only drive Innr bulbs, simply those of other brands too, including Philips Hue.

The Innr Span is a cheaper alternative to a Hue bridge or indeed a SmartThings Hub.

Innr uses the same Zibgee protocol as Philips Hue, Samsung SmartThings and Amazon Echo. Up to xxx bulbs can be continued to one Innr Bridge.

That'south less than the 50-device official cap of the Hue Bridge, but still more than enough for many homes.