OnHub Adds Phillips Hue Support
Today marks the first anniversary of the release of OnHub, the home router that aimed at making Wi-Fi connectivity easy. Beyond this though, OnHub was positioned with its antenna array and other features as being a potential hub for home automation and Internet of Things (IoT) integration. To date, that promise has gone largely unfulfilled with the exception of IFTTT support a few months ago. That is changing today with an announcement from the team at Google that OnHub is now partnered with Phillips so you can control your Hue lights with your OnHub.
Today, we’re celebrating OnHub’s first birthday and announcing a new partnership with Philips Lighting, the first connected home device you can control directly with OnHub. We know people don’t like having too many apps on their phones, so we made it possible to control your home’s Philips Hue lights without downloading an app. Now anyone connected to your OnHub can type “On.Here” in a computer, tablet, or mobile browser and control the most popular features of your Philips Hue lights from there. Crank up the party lights!
It’s is a great addition to see to the router and hopefully is a sign of things to come.