New in iConnectHue 4.11
This release is all about improving overview and easier finding of things. These are the changes:
- Extended grouping, “Groups” is now “Home”
- Brightness change in group overview, light switches in group widget
- Presence editing & Visitor mode
- Search in group and light lists
- Additional changes
Extended grouping, “Groups” is now “Home”
You can now easily group your groups in our new “Home” screen, which was previously called “Groups”:
- By bridge (how it was until now)
- By type (rooms, zones, groups)
- Mixed (if multiple bridges present)
Each section has a separate on/off switch and can be collapsed for better overview. As a wish by some users, you can also hide these section headers as an option.
If you have Pro, you can also subdivide by location (meaning the selected grouping is applied per location), and have the present/last location put on top automatically, on 12.9 inch iPads, you can now display one more group per line, if you zoom out.
This is now available on group overview (when all groups are zoomed out) under the three dots menu, and also in the lights section.
(Available for all members or w/ 2022 Upgrade or purchase of version 4.10 and later)
Brightness change in group overview, light switches in group widget
Our group overview on the iPhone now shows you the current brightness, a group picture (Pro)/type icon, and brightness can be changed on slide up/down.
Pro users can now have a light switch for their group widget, e.g. if you want to exclude certain things from scenes, like a plug that e.g. controls a fan.
(Available for all members or w/ 2022 Upgrade or purchase of version 4.10 and later)
Presence editing & Visitor mode
If you’ve set up Automation, you can now quickly see and edit your presence via the menu under our new iConnectHue logo.
Pro users can enable the visitor mode – it will keep lights on even if the last one left, so that if you have visitors at your home, they’re not left in the dark.
(Available for all members or w/ 2022 Upgrade or purchase of version 4.10 and later)
Search in group and light lists
It’s now easier to find lights and groups in various editors – just pull down and enter your search text.
(Available for all members or w/ 2022 Upgrade or purchase of version 4.10 and later)
Additional changes
We’ve been tinkering with many details, to make the app even easier to work with. Some notable ones:
- We’ve updated many situations to our new drag-style menus and views (iPhone only)
- Pro Watch users now can easily switch between group and widget on the top
- A slightly updated app icon, Pro users have a Pro badge
- CPU and memory improvements
- Random shake can be disabled in the settings
- You can now decouple a user from a device (if you gave your phone to a family member, but didn’t fully erase it)
- Device search now via “+” icon on top right
- You can now follow us on Instagram! (Under Help & More)
- Many other improvements