Philips Hue (First-Gen) Bridge and Osram Lightify end the Support

guest · Mar 10, 2020

First-Gen Philips Hue Bridge Exits Support in April
March 9, 2020
https://www.thurrott.com/smart-home/232104/first-gen-philips-hue-bridge-exits-support-in-april

Signify, the company formerly known as Philips Hue, will no longer support its 2012-era first-generation Bridge after April 30.

“After April 2020, no software updates will be made available for the Hue Bridge v1 and compatibility with our online services will be terminated at that time,” the Philips Hue account tweeted in response to a question about the coming end of support. “The Hue Bridge v1 can still be controlled locally via the dedicated Philips Hue Bridge v1 app.”
The original tweet asked Philips Hue in overly-aggressive fashion whether the firm would recycle their original-generation Bridge [...] “How long will the new bridge last before you deliberately make it obsolete too?” they asked. “Or make my bulbs stop working?”
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According to its End of Support policy, Philips Hue/Signify promises to provide “major platform feature software updates” for a minimum of only one year from date of purchase. It also provides “required security, quality and interoperability updates as well as maintaining compatibility with our online services and the latest version of our mobile Hue application” for a minimum total of three years. After that, updates are at its discretion.

As for the original-generation Bridge, Philips Hue/Signify says that the pending support end was announced a year ago, at which time it ceased releasing those so-called platform feature software updates.
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The Verge: The original Philips Hue Bridge hub is losing all internet connectivity on April 30th

In a comment to CNET explaining the decision, Philips Hue noted that “The Hue bridge v1 no longer has the resources to guarantee the evolution of the system — from compatibility and quality, to speed and security — thus we decided to end the support for it.”

Philips Hue also tried to reassure customers of the current v2 model on Twitter that they shouldn’t fear a similar lack of support soon [...] Another tweet added that “There is currently no scheduled end of life for the V2 bridge, and we’re not working on a new bridge at the moment either so will continue working with the V2.”
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guest · Mar 10, 2020

OSRAM Lightify Cloud shutting down 31-Aug-2021
March 9, 2020
https://community.hubitat.com/t/osram-lightify-cloud-shutting-down-31-aug-2021/35898

FYI - I've I've received the following email as an owner of a UK Lightify Bridge:
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Dear LIGHTIFY User,
Unfortunately, we have to share some bad news with you today. After five years of service, we have taken the tough decision to shut-off the LIGHTFY cloud servers on August 31st, 2021.
What you need to know now:
You still have plenty of time to react. The LIGHTIFY cloud servers will be available until August 31st, 2021. Only after this date the LIGHTIFY service and support will be discontinued.

This means, that there will be no further updates and a connection to the Amazon and Google voice assistants will not be possible anymore. Compatibility to newer versions of the iOS and Android operating systems can’t also be assured thereafter.
As the LIGHTIFY System is a cloud-based system, the majority of functions will unfortunately be lost and LIGHTIFY app control will be only very limited. Here https://www.osram.com/cb/lightify/lightify-home/lightify-home-app-functionalities you can find an overview of all affected functions.
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Why is OSRAM switching off the LIGHTIFY cloud servers?
The LIGHTIFY system is meanwhile technically outdated: Its performance (e.g. in respect to reaction times when controlling devices) is significantly lower compared to other systems in the market. Furthermore, the implemented ZigBee® standard is not state of the art anymore [...]
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Osram: Osram is shutting down the server for the Lightify system

Osram has decided to shut down server support for smart lamps from the Lightify lighting system within 18 months. More and more customers prefer comprehensive Smart Home solutions with intelligent assistants and are no longer controlling their lighting via a separate lighting control system or gateway. Osram, as the supplier of the Lightify platform, and Ledvance, as the exclusive distributor of the Lightify gateway, have taken heed of this trend.
Osram will therefore be shutting down the cloud server for controlling the Lightify gateway on August 31, 2021.

Lightify customers were informed today in a newsletter and will also be notified separately directly in the app. Customers have one and a half years to switch to an alternative smart-home platform where they can continue to use their smart lamps and luminaires under the ZigBee standard. Only local functions will be possible from August 31, 2021.
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guest · Jun 19, 2020

Google Assistant drops support for Philips Hue first-gen bridge on June 22nd
June 19, 2020
https://9to5google.com/2020/06/19/philips-hue-v1-google-assistant-support-ends/

Google Assistant is one of the best ways to control your various smart home products, Philips Hue included. If you’re still using a Philips Hue v1 bridge, though, Google Assistant is cutting off support in the next few days.

Philips announced it would cut off support for its original Bridge in March, saying that all internet access would be cut off on April 30th. At the time, that was supposed to include Google Assistant and Alexa, but apparently Assistant has continued to work in some sort of local implementation in the time since.
As first reported by Review Geek, Google Assistant devices being used with the Philips Hue v1 bridge have been giving an audible notification that support for the original bridge would be dropped on June 22nd — nearly two months after official support was dropped.

We’re not sure exactly how those bridges continued to work with Assistant, but in any case, that’s about to come to an end.
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The original Philips Hue bridge will continue to function using a legacy application, but from this point forward you’ll need to use a Philips Hue v2 bridge to use the brand’s smart lighting products with Google Assistant.
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