Philips Hue
Philips Hue Bridge Pro
- Native integration
- Local control
- Zigbee
- Wi-Fi
- Matter
Prices verified September 2026
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The 2025 Bridge Pro is the hub to buy if you're starting a Hue system in the UK now, but it's not a blanket upgrade for existing owners. It triples device capacity over the standard Bridge (150+ lights and 50+ accessories vs 50 lights), adds built-in Wi-Fi so it doesn't have to sit next to your router, and enables MotionAware, turning any three-plus-light room into a motion sensor with no extra hardware. At around £72-£80 versus roughly £50-£60 for the standard Bridge, it's only worth the premium for large multi-room installs, MotionAware, or fresh Hue buyers — casual owners on a standard Bridge gain nothing from switching.
What can Home Assistant control on the Philips Hue Bridge Pro?
| Control | Type | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Bridge firmware update | Update | Diagnostic entity on the bridge device flagging pending firmware. |
| Motion sensor bundle | Binary sensor + sensor | Each paired physical Hue motion sensor exposes linked occupancy, illuminance, temperature and battery entities. |
| Room/zone grouped light | Light | Hue rooms and zones import as a single light entity representing the group, disabled by default — enabling it addresses the whole group in one call via the v2 API. |
| Imported scene | Scene | Scenes authored in the Hue app appear as HA scene entities and send commands to every member light simultaneously over the local eventstream. |
| Remote button press | Event | Button presses on paired Hue remotes fire an event usable as an automation trigger, rate-limited by the Hue API to about one event per second per device. |
HA only auto-adopts the Bridge Pro on a sufficiently recent core release after a restart — manually adding it as a new hub via Settings creates a duplicate entity set and breaks existing automations, per multiple community migration reports. MotionAware areas are Hue-app-only: the integration exposes zero entities for them, so HA can't trigger on them directly — the closest workaround is wrapping a bridge light manually flagged as a motion source, which surfaces in HA as a bare switch rather than a binary_sensor. Matter is a real fallback if the native integration drops (relevant if you're also bridging to Apple Home/Google Home), but Hue scenes don't traverse Matter, so scene control only exists through the direct hue integration's local eventstream.
Specs
| mounting | Desktop or wall |
|---|---|
| weight kg | 0.21 |
| max lights | 150+ |
| max scenes | 500 |
| power source | USB-C power adapter (included, fixed cable) |
| dimensions mm | 93 x 93 x 26 |
| max accessories | 50+ |
| wireless protocols | Zigbee,Wi-Fi,Bluetooth,Matter |
| ethernet requirement | Ethernet port + cable included, but optional — built-in Wi-Fi can be used instead |
How does the Philips Hue Bridge Pro compare?
| Product | From | Protocol | Local control | Integration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philips Hue Bridge Pro (this product) | £77.28 | Zigbee, Wi-Fi, Matter | Yes | Native |
| Athom WLED WS2812B LED strip controller (pre-flashed) | £6.5 | Wi-Fi | Yes | Native |
| Govee Flow Plus RGBICWW light bars H6056 (twin pack) | £69.99 | Wi-Fi, Bluetooth | Yes | Native |
| Govee RGBIC LED Strip Light H619A (5 m, protective coating) | £39.99 | Wi-Fi, Bluetooth | Yes | Native |
Frequently asked questions
- Does the Philips Hue Bridge Pro work with Home Assistant locally?
- Yes. The Philips Hue Bridge Pro is controlled locally in Home Assistant through a built-in Home Assistant core integration (hue), so it keeps working if your internet connection or the Philips Hue cloud goes down. Control and state updates stay on your own network.
- Which protocol does the Philips Hue Bridge Pro use, and do I need a hub?
- The Philips Hue Bridge Pro uses Zigbee and Wi-Fi and Matter. To pair it with Home Assistant you need a Zigbee coordinator (for example a SkyConnect/ZBT-1 or Sonoff dongle) attached to your Home Assistant host; or no hub — it joins your Wi-Fi network directly; or a Thread border router if it is Matter-over-Thread, or just your Wi-Fi network if it is Matter-over-Wi-Fi. Philips Hue's own hub is not required when you integrate through a built-in Home Assistant core integration (hue).
- How much does the Philips Hue Bridge Pro cost in the UK?
- The lowest price we have listed for the Philips Hue Bridge Pro is £77.28 at Amazon UK. Prices were last checked in September 2026 and change often, so confirm on the retailer's page before buying.