Hue Disco
Often imitated never surpassed
$4.99
3.5for iPhone, iPad and more
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About Hue Disco
Often imitated, never surpassed: Hue Disco ! An amazing controller for your Philips Hue connected house or business. Turn your ordinary livingroom into a dancefloor.
Use your Hue Connected restaurant as a party location without the need for an expensive lightplan.
***Hue Disco requires a Philips Hue Bridge***
Hue Disco does it all with your Philips Hue setup. The Mood function changes your Hue Lights within a themed colorset at your chosen time interval over and over again. Perfect for warming up your party or any other occasion.
Just perfect.
Hue Disco is the best in recognizing your favorite music through the microphone. Even at low volume levels changes are accurately detected and transformed into a lightshow. It's the only Hue App with a real fast Stroboscope! (Strobe)
Checkout the youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjXzdmjPMhU&feature=youtu.be
Some detailed features:
****Audio options****
- Microphone sensitivity sliders let you control how often music is turned into light (change) and control silence detection. (dB)
- Brightness control sliders manage the maximum and minimum brightness of your disco setup
- Indicators to show when your thresholds are being 'hit' by the music.
- LED indicator for TEMPO tap button indicating current BPM.
-> Auto Disco (strobe, transition style)
****Color Control and Custom Color Themes****
- User configurable color themes.
- Color control slider helps you set the saturation of bulbs.
- Color range control
- Transform any image from your library or Camera in a color theme.
****Strobe****
- New Color Strobe.
- Rainbow Strobe.
- Classic White Strobe
- Custom Color Strobe
- Strobe your own Custom Color theme
-> Smooth, Snap or Mix Transition. For selecting soft or crazy wild fast transition. Warning for the epileptic!
- Mood Tab. Control any mood with these new great features:
-> Select transition/cycle time between selected lights from 1 second to 10 minutes!
-> Choose a theme or select a color range
-> Create your own color theme
-> Choose to change all bulbs to the same color
-> Or never change to the same color
-> Or sometimes
-> Or Frequent
-> Shake for random setting within current theme (option)
-> Overall Mood Brightness Control
-> Overall Mood Color Intensity Control
-> Sleeptimer for Mood mode
Hue Disco listens to an external sound source. It supports running in the background!
- It’s possible to use hue disco while playing audio with any other app through:
- Bluetooth
- Airplay
- the internal speaker
- a connected dock with audio features
- a device connected through the headphone jack
Warning: Hue Disco requires a Philips Hue Bridge with at least one controlled bulb. Don't buy this App if you do not know what Philips Hue is. See http://www.meethue.com for more information.
Use your Hue Connected restaurant as a party location without the need for an expensive lightplan.
***Hue Disco requires a Philips Hue Bridge***
Hue Disco does it all with your Philips Hue setup. The Mood function changes your Hue Lights within a themed colorset at your chosen time interval over and over again. Perfect for warming up your party or any other occasion.
Just perfect.
Hue Disco is the best in recognizing your favorite music through the microphone. Even at low volume levels changes are accurately detected and transformed into a lightshow. It's the only Hue App with a real fast Stroboscope! (Strobe)
Checkout the youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjXzdmjPMhU&feature=youtu.be
Some detailed features:
****Audio options****
- Microphone sensitivity sliders let you control how often music is turned into light (change) and control silence detection. (dB)
- Brightness control sliders manage the maximum and minimum brightness of your disco setup
- Indicators to show when your thresholds are being 'hit' by the music.
- LED indicator for TEMPO tap button indicating current BPM.
-> Auto Disco (strobe, transition style)
****Color Control and Custom Color Themes****
- User configurable color themes.
- Color control slider helps you set the saturation of bulbs.
- Color range control
- Transform any image from your library or Camera in a color theme.
****Strobe****
- New Color Strobe.
- Rainbow Strobe.
- Classic White Strobe
- Custom Color Strobe
- Strobe your own Custom Color theme
-> Smooth, Snap or Mix Transition. For selecting soft or crazy wild fast transition. Warning for the epileptic!
- Mood Tab. Control any mood with these new great features:
-> Select transition/cycle time between selected lights from 1 second to 10 minutes!
-> Choose a theme or select a color range
-> Create your own color theme
-> Choose to change all bulbs to the same color
-> Or never change to the same color
-> Or sometimes
-> Or Frequent
-> Shake for random setting within current theme (option)
-> Overall Mood Brightness Control
-> Overall Mood Color Intensity Control
-> Sleeptimer for Mood mode
Hue Disco listens to an external sound source. It supports running in the background!
- It’s possible to use hue disco while playing audio with any other app through:
- Bluetooth
- Airplay
- the internal speaker
- a connected dock with audio features
- a device connected through the headphone jack
Warning: Hue Disco requires a Philips Hue Bridge with at least one controlled bulb. Don't buy this App if you do not know what Philips Hue is. See http://www.meethue.com for more information.
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What's New in the Latest Version 3.5
Last updated on Feb 7, 2021
Old Versions
*** Fix for iOS 12 users. ***
This small update fixes an issue on iOS12 on top of our previous update:
+ The color editor now accepts hex colors. Long press a color to enter a hex color manually.
+ Added informational text about Local Network usage in bridge connect.
* Fixed some light models strobing yellow in white mode.
* Fix for potential bridge overload.
* Several other small bug fixes.
Please send any feedback through the feedback option in the app or other support options.
We hope our app helps make your lockdown or stay at home evenings more fun. Share your video's and photos on our social media pages!
This small update fixes an issue on iOS12 on top of our previous update:
+ The color editor now accepts hex colors. Long press a color to enter a hex color manually.
+ Added informational text about Local Network usage in bridge connect.
* Fixed some light models strobing yellow in white mode.
* Fix for potential bridge overload.
* Several other small bug fixes.
Please send any feedback through the feedback option in the app or other support options.
We hope our app helps make your lockdown or stay at home evenings more fun. Share your video's and photos on our social media pages!
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Version History
3.5
Feb 7, 2021
*** Fix for iOS 12 users. ***
This small update fixes an issue on iOS12 on top of our previous update:
+ The color editor now accepts hex colors. Long press a color to enter a hex color manually.
+ Added informational text about Local Network usage in bridge connect.
* Fixed some light models strobing yellow in white mode.
* Fix for potential bridge overload.
* Several other small bug fixes.
Please send any feedback through the feedback option in the app or other support options.
We hope our app helps make your lockdown or stay at home evenings more fun. Share your video's and photos on our social media pages!
This small update fixes an issue on iOS12 on top of our previous update:
+ The color editor now accepts hex colors. Long press a color to enter a hex color manually.
+ Added informational text about Local Network usage in bridge connect.
* Fixed some light models strobing yellow in white mode.
* Fix for potential bridge overload.
* Several other small bug fixes.
Please send any feedback through the feedback option in the app or other support options.
We hope our app helps make your lockdown or stay at home evenings more fun. Share your video's and photos on our social media pages!
3.4
Jan 24, 2021
+ The color editor now accepts hex colors. Long press a color to enter a hex color manually.
+ Added informational text about Local Network usage in bridge connect.
* Fixed some light models strobing yellow in white mode.
* Fix for potential bridge overload.
* Several other small bug fixes.
Please send any feedback through the feedback option in the app or other support options.
We hope our app helps make your lockdown or stay at home evenings more fun. Share your video's and photos on our social media pages!
+ Added informational text about Local Network usage in bridge connect.
* Fixed some light models strobing yellow in white mode.
* Fix for potential bridge overload.
* Several other small bug fixes.
Please send any feedback through the feedback option in the app or other support options.
We hope our app helps make your lockdown or stay at home evenings more fun. Share your video's and photos on our social media pages!
3.3
Jul 18, 2019
3.3:
* Fixes startup bug for iOS10 users.
3.2
+ Siri Shortcuts support added.
* Fix bug that could lock up Candle light mood.
* Bridge compatibility update.
* Fixes startup bug for iOS10 users.
3.2
+ Siri Shortcuts support added.
* Fix bug that could lock up Candle light mood.
* Bridge compatibility update.
3.2
Jul 1, 2019
+ Siri Shortcuts support added.
* Fix bug that could lock up Candle light mood.
* Bridge compatibility update.
* Fix bug that could lock up Candle light mood.
* Bridge compatibility update.
3.1
Dec 3, 2018
+ Fresh updated UI.
+ Dark mode! Enable it in settings in the drawer menu. Perfect for saving battery and night usage.
+ Selected lights are restored to their original state when the app is stopped.
+ All lights on will also turn selected lights to their state when started the app.
+ Beat Mode now uses current Disco Theme
* Fixed crash on Find New Bridge
* New light icons.
* Last used theme's are saved between sessions for Disco and Mood.
+ Dark mode! Enable it in settings in the drawer menu. Perfect for saving battery and night usage.
+ Selected lights are restored to their original state when the app is stopped.
+ All lights on will also turn selected lights to their state when started the app.
+ Beat Mode now uses current Disco Theme
* Fixed crash on Find New Bridge
* New light icons.
* Last used theme's are saved between sessions for Disco and Mood.
2.4
Jan 10, 2018
Auto Disco is back!
Fix for empty light list when Hue Entertainment Area is present on the bridge.
Fix for empty light list when Hue Entertainment Area is present on the bridge.
2.3
Jan 2, 2018
Fix for yellow strobe on certain light types.
2.2
Dec 21, 2017
Small bugfix for sound routing to earpiece instead of speaker resulting in low volume.
2.1
Dec 11, 2017
New:
- New algorithm for Disco. Based on the current algorithm we improved light handling.
- iPhone X screen support.
- Room support for lights
Fixes:
- Fixed: Connection issues / crashes introduced in iOS11 for some users.
- Fixed: Bluetooth and Airplay issues.
- New algorithm for Disco. Based on the current algorithm we improved light handling.
- iPhone X screen support.
- Room support for lights
Fixes:
- Fixed: Connection issues / crashes introduced in iOS11 for some users.
- Fixed: Bluetooth and Airplay issues.
2.03
Sep 7, 2016
Added beat adjustment buttons for more precise BPM mode.
Added Chinese Traditional translation.
Added Chinese Simplified translation.
Fixed crash that could occur during bridge discovery.
Added Chinese Traditional translation.
Added Chinese Simplified translation.
Fixed crash that could occur during bridge discovery.
2.02
May 20, 2016
- Fixes bug which could cause Mood and Disco to freeze sometimes.
- Slider values in Mood are properly restored now in between sessions.
- Typo in settings.
- Added 30, 60 and 90 minutes Mood cycle time.
- Slider values in Mood are properly restored now in between sessions.
- Typo in settings.
- Added 30, 60 and 90 minutes Mood cycle time.
2.01
May 5, 2016
- Better Bridge Search.
- Manual Bridge Search option.
- Fixed Crash on pushlink timeout on iPad's
- Manual Bridge Search option.
- Fixed Crash on pushlink timeout on iPad's
2.0
Apr 29, 2016
*** IMPORTANT. DO NOT UPDATE ON IOS 8 ***
Welcome to Hue Disco 2.0. A complete rewrite from scratch to eliminate all small bugs but more important. Add a lot of new features:
+ User color themes:
-> Define your own color sets and use the theme in Disco, Strobe or Mood mode.
+ Ability to extract color from pictures in the Color Editor:
-> Create a theme from the colors of your favorite club shirt or any other picture in your Library.
+ Sleep Timer for all modes. Disco away to dreamland.
+ Bulb order Strobing support:
-> Drag your bulbs in a custom order. Strobe mode will use this at your wish.
+ Mood Transition Style:
-> Next to Cycle time, Mood mode now also has a Transition time option. So now you can have a 10 minute cycle time with a fast transition for example.
- Huge improvement in battery usage. At least 300% more efficient
+ New User Interface
+ New manual.
+ New settings screen.
Note: this version temporary disables Apple Watch support. It will be back soon.
Welcome to Hue Disco 2.0. A complete rewrite from scratch to eliminate all small bugs but more important. Add a lot of new features:
+ User color themes:
-> Define your own color sets and use the theme in Disco, Strobe or Mood mode.
+ Ability to extract color from pictures in the Color Editor:
-> Create a theme from the colors of your favorite club shirt or any other picture in your Library.
+ Sleep Timer for all modes. Disco away to dreamland.
+ Bulb order Strobing support:
-> Drag your bulbs in a custom order. Strobe mode will use this at your wish.
+ Mood Transition Style:
-> Next to Cycle time, Mood mode now also has a Transition time option. So now you can have a 10 minute cycle time with a fast transition for example.
- Huge improvement in battery usage. At least 300% more efficient
+ New User Interface
+ New manual.
+ New settings screen.
Note: this version temporary disables Apple Watch support. It will be back soon.
1.80
Apr 19, 2016
- Should fix problems for users experiencing good connection but no response to the lights. If not, please delete Hue Disco and reinstall from the App Store. Use the feedback option in the app if you still experience problems. We will help out.
- Preparations for Hue Disco 2.0 release
- Preparations for Hue Disco 2.0 release
1.71
Feb 10, 2016
Fixes installation and update problem on some devices.
And from 1.7
Fixed:
- Mood Sleep Timer
- Crash on mood slider color range theme on iOS 9.2
New:
- Watch app for basic control.
- Optimised for all screen sizes.
- Fx only mode. Use beats per minute and strobe only. So hue disco can be used while streaming audio to Bluetooth or Airplay speakers. (Note that this only works when the app is in the foreground)
- Light types in settings.
- Friends of hue now also strobe white
- New Beat options. Combine with transition style. Snappy Beats or smooth beats.
- New Beats/Tempo algorithm.It’s super accurate now.
- Auto Disco (strobe, transition style) press and hold start / stop button to enable
- Longer mood cycle up to 90 minutes!
- Setting to disable background animation. It’s in settings of the device! not app settings.
- Setting to disable Apple TV animation. It’s in settings of the device! not app settings.
- Compatible with Philips API changes 2016
*Bugs fixed*
And from 1.7
Fixed:
- Mood Sleep Timer
- Crash on mood slider color range theme on iOS 9.2
New:
- Watch app for basic control.
- Optimised for all screen sizes.
- Fx only mode. Use beats per minute and strobe only. So hue disco can be used while streaming audio to Bluetooth or Airplay speakers. (Note that this only works when the app is in the foreground)
- Light types in settings.
- Friends of hue now also strobe white
- New Beat options. Combine with transition style. Snappy Beats or smooth beats.
- New Beats/Tempo algorithm.It’s super accurate now.
- Auto Disco (strobe, transition style) press and hold start / stop button to enable
- Longer mood cycle up to 90 minutes!
- Setting to disable background animation. It’s in settings of the device! not app settings.
- Setting to disable Apple TV animation. It’s in settings of the device! not app settings.
- Compatible with Philips API changes 2016
*Bugs fixed*
1.7
Jan 30, 2016
Fixed:
- Mood Sleep Timer
- Crash on mood slider color range theme on iOS 9.2
New:
- Watch app for basic control.
- Optimised for all screen sizes.
- Fx only mode. Use beats per minute and strobe only. So hue disco can be used while streaming audio to Bluetooth or Airplay speakers. (Note that this only works when the app is in the foreground)
- Light types in settings.
- Friends of hue now also strobe white
- New Beat options. Combine with transition style. Snappy Beats or smooth beats.
- New Beats/Tempo algorithm.It’s super accurate now.
- Auto Disco (strobe, transition style) press and hold start / stop button to enable
- Longer mood cycle up to 90 minutes!
- Setting to disable background animation. It’s in settings of the device! not app settings.
- Setting to disable Apple TV animation. It’s in settings of the device! not app settings.
- Compatible with Philips API changes 2016
*Bugs fixed*
- Mood Sleep Timer
- Crash on mood slider color range theme on iOS 9.2
New:
- Watch app for basic control.
- Optimised for all screen sizes.
- Fx only mode. Use beats per minute and strobe only. So hue disco can be used while streaming audio to Bluetooth or Airplay speakers. (Note that this only works when the app is in the foreground)
- Light types in settings.
- Friends of hue now also strobe white
- New Beat options. Combine with transition style. Snappy Beats or smooth beats.
- New Beats/Tempo algorithm.It’s super accurate now.
- Auto Disco (strobe, transition style) press and hold start / stop button to enable
- Longer mood cycle up to 90 minutes!
- Setting to disable background animation. It’s in settings of the device! not app settings.
- Setting to disable Apple TV animation. It’s in settings of the device! not app settings.
- Compatible with Philips API changes 2016
*Bugs fixed*
1.63
Apr 14, 2014
*NEW*
- iOS7 optimized UI
- Interactive UI responding to music
- Improved disco algorithm. Sometimes changes all bulbs to the same color. *nice*
- Improved All Off
- Color range control in Disco mode
- Sleeptimer for Mood mode
- Reorder bulb list
- Newly selected bulbs are used immediately no need to switch to tabs
- Improved Mood transition on long transition times
- Added scrollviews for 3.5" screens. This will fit unlimited more options in the future
- Moved transition setting into Disco tab
- Added Mixed Transition style. (tx Mike!)
- Random mood theme removed as it doubled with Custom.
- Added Reggae theme! (tx Ross!)
- Added Green Meadow theme
- Added Candle theme
- iPad landscape support
- It’s now possible to use hue disco while playing audio with any other app through:
- the internal speaker
- a connected dock with audio features
- a device connected through the headphone jack
- airplay mirroring to an Apple TV or other device that supports Airplay Mirroring.
- Using Airplay mirroring to an AppleTV hue disco will show a nice dance floor filled with dancing people!
*FIXED*
- Fixed Frequent setting not working in Mood.
- Fixed empty bulb list after latest bridge firmware update
- Fixed issue where Airplay could not be used when hue disco had been used recently
- iOS7 optimized UI
- Interactive UI responding to music
- Improved disco algorithm. Sometimes changes all bulbs to the same color. *nice*
- Improved All Off
- Color range control in Disco mode
- Sleeptimer for Mood mode
- Reorder bulb list
- Newly selected bulbs are used immediately no need to switch to tabs
- Improved Mood transition on long transition times
- Added scrollviews for 3.5" screens. This will fit unlimited more options in the future
- Moved transition setting into Disco tab
- Added Mixed Transition style. (tx Mike!)
- Random mood theme removed as it doubled with Custom.
- Added Reggae theme! (tx Ross!)
- Added Green Meadow theme
- Added Candle theme
- iPad landscape support
- It’s now possible to use hue disco while playing audio with any other app through:
- the internal speaker
- a connected dock with audio features
- a device connected through the headphone jack
- airplay mirroring to an Apple TV or other device that supports Airplay Mirroring.
- Using Airplay mirroring to an AppleTV hue disco will show a nice dance floor filled with dancing people!
*FIXED*
- Fixed Frequent setting not working in Mood.
- Fixed empty bulb list after latest bridge firmware update
- Fixed issue where Airplay could not be used when hue disco had been used recently
1.43
Mar 20, 2013
Get ready for an even better Disco Experience. Hue Disco Looks better and will pulse your bulbs even better in this update. And that's not all, here's a summary of new features:
- Complete new look on all tabs
- LED indicators to show when your thresholds are being 'hit' by the music.
- LED indicator for TEMPO tap button indicating current BPM.
- Strobe Swipe pad enabling 'eyes off' control of the new strobe functions:
-> Color Strobe! (keep swiping right to select new color)
-> Rainbow Strobe! (swipe left)
-> Classic White Strobe (swipe up)
-> Turn off (swipe down)
- Better handling with large bulb setup.
- Autostart option to control if Hue Disco starts at startup. (setting)
- Snap Transition. For crazy wild fast transition. Warning for the epileptic! (setting)
- Mood Tab. Control any mood with these new great features:
-> Select transition/cycle time between selected lights from 5 seconds to 15 minutes!
-> Choose a theme or select a color range
-> Choose to change all bulbs to the same color
-> Or never change to the same color
-> Or sometimes
-> Or Frequent
-> Shake for random setting within current theme (option)
-> Clap hands (or shout) for random setting within current theme (option)
-> Overall Mood Brightness Control
-> Overall Mood Color Intensity Control
- And a new icon too!
- Complete new look on all tabs
- LED indicators to show when your thresholds are being 'hit' by the music.
- LED indicator for TEMPO tap button indicating current BPM.
- Strobe Swipe pad enabling 'eyes off' control of the new strobe functions:
-> Color Strobe! (keep swiping right to select new color)
-> Rainbow Strobe! (swipe left)
-> Classic White Strobe (swipe up)
-> Turn off (swipe down)
- Better handling with large bulb setup.
- Autostart option to control if Hue Disco starts at startup. (setting)
- Snap Transition. For crazy wild fast transition. Warning for the epileptic! (setting)
- Mood Tab. Control any mood with these new great features:
-> Select transition/cycle time between selected lights from 5 seconds to 15 minutes!
-> Choose a theme or select a color range
-> Choose to change all bulbs to the same color
-> Or never change to the same color
-> Or sometimes
-> Or Frequent
-> Shake for random setting within current theme (option)
-> Clap hands (or shout) for random setting within current theme (option)
-> Overall Mood Brightness Control
-> Overall Mood Color Intensity Control
- And a new icon too!
1.26
Dec 19, 2012
- Fixed sensitivity bug. -> new sound detection algorithm.
- Universal App now! Looks nice on iPad's
- Hold to reset changed from 1.5 to 1 second hold
- Interface improvements.
- Bright sliders now push both sides
- Tempo changes are also being ignored while dB value is lower than slider.
- Universal App now! Looks nice on iPad's
- Hold to reset changed from 1.5 to 1 second hold
- Interface improvements.
- Bright sliders now push both sides
- Tempo changes are also being ignored while dB value is lower than slider.
1.22.2
Dec 11, 2012
Hue Disco FAQ
Click here to learn how to download Hue Disco in restricted country or region.
Check the following list to see the minimum requirements of Hue Disco.
iPhone
Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
iPad
Requires iPadOS 12.0 or later.
iPod touch
Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
Hue Disco supports English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese
