If I’m not mistaken it’s possible to add bulbs via bridge alone due to how they work.
That being said, stop buying hue bulbs. Once you have home assistant you can integrate other brands into the mix. Don’t reward Phillips after they try to steal your information.
Get a ZigBee hub and home assistant
If you have the hue hub you don’t need to change anything…except the hue app to the home assistant one :)
Yes but I think in this case you will eventually be asked to sign up and login via the app to e.g. add a new bulb
If I’m not mistaken it’s possible to add bulbs via bridge alone due to how they work.
That being said, stop buying hue bulbs. Once you have home assistant you can integrate other brands into the mix. Don’t reward Phillips after they try to steal your information.