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| Function | Basic App | In App Purchases (IAP) | Basic Membership | Pro Membership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Create groups, rooms and zones | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Color, color temperature and favorites | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Create scenes | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Create Magic Scenes | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Play included Magic Scenes | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Use animations in app | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Widget | 1 small and 1 medium (if purchased after 2023) | 1 small and 1 medium with 2024-Upgrade* | Unlimited + Large size | Unlimited + Large size |
| Remote access | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Versatile switch and sensor editing | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Define power on state of lights | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Color & Light state drag & drop | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Intelligent timers | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Sleep timer, reminder and fade over | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multiple normal, sunset and sunrise timers | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Family sharing of app itself | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Add scene or Magic Scene to Siri | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Use iPhone search for most used scenes | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Hide specific groups, rooms and zones | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Many 3rd party lights supported | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Full support of all compatible switches and sensors (at initial purchase) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Hue Smart Button- & Dimmer V2 support | ✓ (if purchased with version 4.0 or later) |
with 2020-Upgrade* | ✓ | ✓ |
| Change group brightness with group center slider | ✓ (if purchased with version 4.0 or later) |
with 2020-Upgrade* | ✓ | ✓ |
| Edit room/zone type | ✓ (if purchased with version 4.0 or later) |
with 2020-Upgrade* | ✓ | ✓ |
| Edit Siri shortcuts from within the app | ✓ (if purchased with version 4.0 or later) |
with 2020-Upgrade* | ✓ | ✓ |
| Exclusive HOLD for Dimmer, Smart Button & Lutron Aurora | ✓ (if purchased with version 4.0 or later) |
with 2020-Upgrade* | ✓ | ✓ |
| Clean up scenes function | ✓ (if purchased with version 4.0 or later) |
with 2020-Upgrade* | ✓ | ✓ |
| Shake scenes and magic scenes for randomization | ✓ (if purchased with version 4.0 or later) |
with 2020-Upgrade* | ✓ | ✓ |
| Widget entry naming | ✓ (if purchased with version 4.0 or later) |
with 2020-Upgrade* | ✓ | ✓ |
| Sunrise-/Sunset timers & conditional timers for single lights | ✓ (if purchased with version 4.0 or later) |
with 2020-Upgrade* | ✓ | ✓ |
| (De-)activate motion sensor by switch | ✓ (if purchased with version 4.0 or later) |
with 2020-Upgrade* | ✓ | ✓ |
| Use Magic Scenes for gradient lights | ✓ (if purchased with version 4.6 or later) |
with 2021-Upgrade* | ✓ | ✓ |
| Use Magic Scenes for gradient lights | ✓ (if purchased with version 4.6 or later) |
with 2021-Upgrade* | ✓ | ✓ |
| Use gradients for Scenes & Magic Scenes | ✓ (if purchased with version 4.6 or later) |
with 2021-Upgrade* | ✓ | ✓ |
| Gradient functions via remote access | ✓ (if purchased with version 4.6 or later) |
with 2021-Upgrade* | ✓ | ✓ |
| Hue Wall Switch Module support | ✓ (if purchased with version 4.6 or later) |
with 2021-Upgrade* | ✓ | ✓ |
| Combine group on alternation with day/night, timeslot, or push alternation (for Hue Wall Switch Modules, Hue Dimmer, Hue Smart Button, Lutron Aurora) |
✓ (if purchased with version 4.6 or later) |
with 2021-Upgrade* | ✓ | ✓ |
| Better setup wizards for Smart Button & Lutron Aurora | ✓ (if purchased with version 4.6 or later) |
with 2021-Upgrade* | ✓ | ✓ |
| Additional button press extends sleep timer | ✓ (if purchased with version 4.6 or later) |
with 2021-Upgrade* | ✓ | ✓ |
| Quicker reaction to bridge status updates | ✓ (if purchased with version 4.6 or later) |
with 2021-Upgrade* | ✓ | ✓ |
| Candle and fire effects | ✓ (if purchased with version 4.6 or later) |
with 2021-Upgrade* | ✓ | ✓ |
| Search bar in group and light lists | ✓ (if purchased with version 4.10 or later) |
with 2022-Upgrade* | ✓ | ✓ |
| See user presence in menu | ✓ (if purchased with version 4.10 or later, requires Automation) |
with 2022-Upgrade* and Automation | ✓ | ✓ |
| Additional Group Sorting options: By type or mixed | ✓ (if purchased with version 4.10 or later) |
with 2022-Upgrade* | ✓ | ✓ |
| Improved Watch App | ✓ (if purchased with version 4.10 or later, requires Watch Plus) |
with 2022-Upgrade* and Watch Plus | ✓ | ✓ |
| Hue Tap Dial support | ✓ (if purchased with version 4.10 or later) |
with 2022-Upgrade* | ✓ | ✓ |
| Improved Discotainment(Sparkle duration up to 400%, random Disco-Scene, change all lights at the same time with Magic scenes, better Strobe, Master brightness-slider) | ✓ (if purchased with version 4.10 or later, requires Discotainment) |
with 2022-Upgrade* and Discotainment | ✓ | ✓ |
| Gradient picker – blend | ✓ (if purchased with version 4.10 or later) |
with 2022-Upgrade* | ✓ | ✓ |
| Gradient picker – blend | ✓ (if purchased with version 4.10 or later) |
with 2022-Upgrade* | ✓ | ✓ |
| Diffuse for Festavia | ✓ (if purchased with version 4.10 or later) |
with 2022-Upgrade* | ✓ | ✓ |
| Group relative brightness | ✓ (if purchased with version 4.10 or later) |
with 2022-Upgrade* | ✓ | ✓ |
| Gradient support in Animations and Magic Scenes (in Groups and Zones) | ✓ (if purchased with version 5.0 or later) |
with 2023-Upgrade*, requires 2021-Upgrade* | ✓ | ✓ |
| Animations on Single Gradient lights incl. Festavia | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Detection of the active scene in many cases in Rooms and Zones | ✓ (if purchased with version 5.0 or later) |
with 2023-Upgrade*, requires 2021-Upgrade* | ✓ | ✓ |
| Single-use Timers | ✓ (if purchased with version 5.0 or later) |
with 2023-Upgrade* | ✓ | ✓ |
| Siri shortcut creation and editing in Shortcuts app | ✓ (if purchased 2024 or later) |
with 2024-Upgrade* | ✓ | ✓ |
| Hue contact sensor widget toggle | ✓ (if purchased 2024 or later) |
with 2024-Upgrade* | ✓ | ✓ |
| Hue light effect speed and color control | ✓ (if purchased 2024 or later) |
with 2024-Upgrade* | ✓ | ✓ |
| Hue effects access: Under Water, Cosmos, Sunbeam, Enchant | ✓ (if purchased 2024 or later) |
with 2024-Upgrade* | ✓ | ✓ |
| Hue Entertainment deactivation via switch | ✓ (if purchased 2025 or later) |
with 2025-Upgrade* | ✓ | ✓ |
| Advanced light controls in switch editor | ✓ (if purchased 2025 or later) |
with 2025-Upgrade* | ✓ | ✓ |
| Hue Button V2 support | ✓ (if purchased 2025 or later) |
with 2025-Upgrade* | ✓ | ✓ |
| Number of bridges | 1 | 1 | 2 | unlimited |
| Number of user created animations | 1 | unlimited (with IAP Animation Upgrade*) | unlimited | unlimited |
| Discotainment | limited to 60 seconds per usage | unlimited (with IAP Discotainment) | unlimited | unlimited |
| Discotainment: Effect Color, Different Strobe modes | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Additional thematic/seasonal Magic Scenes | Try 3x | In multiple packages of 6 via IAP | All | All |
| Additional Disco-Scenes | Try 3x | In multiple packages of 6 via IAP | All | All |
| Add Animation to Siri | with IAP Animation Upgrade* | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Use animations for timers, switches & in widget | with IAP Animation Upgrade* | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Create more Animations | with IAP Animation Upgrade* | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Automation | with IAP Automation | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Weekend Mode | with IAP Weekend Mode | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Presence dependent timers | with IAP Automation | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Watch Plus | with IAP Watch Plus | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Multiple locations | ✓ | |||
| Share Magic Scenes and Animations | Try 3x | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Duplicate and share your own Magic scenes, Animations and Disco-scenes | Try 3x | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Create Magic scenes from image or gradient | Try 3x | ✓ | ✓ | |
| AI Magic scenes by description | Try 3x | ✓ | ✓ | |
| All Gradient picker styles | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Widget on Apple Watch | ✓ | |||
| Group widget | ✓ | |||
| Group picture | ✓ | |||
| Membership family sharing | ✓ | |||
| Incandescent mode | ✓ | |||
| Daylight functionality | ✓ | |||
| Add sleep timer, reminder to Siri | ✓ | |||
| Light migration wizard | ✓ | |||
| Relative change of color temperature via switch | ✓ | |||
| Visitor mode for Automation | ✓ | |||
| Light switch as group widget | ✓ | |||
| Group sorting option: Sort by location and show current location on top | ✓ | |||
| Shortcuts & iOS-Search: Start Discotainment and change the Disco-Scenes | ✓ | |||
| Change strobe and sparkle-effect-color | ✓ | |||
| CiE-1931-Picker | ✓ | |||
| Automatic suggestion of color names | ✓ | |||
| Copy & Paste of colors and gradients | ✓ | |||
| Temp mode (show color temperature value over slider) | ✓ | |||
| Show XY-color values over color picker | ✓ | |||
| Save the brightness for your favorite colors | ✓ | |||
| Translate scenes to Magic scenes | ✓ |
*The initial purchase of the app is decisive. A subsequent purchase does not change the initial purchase date.