This application allows you to easily program your Philips Hue bridge in order to simulate sunrises in your house. Lights turn on when desired at low intensity and evolve towards higher intensity and daylight colours.
For each wake-up that you program, you can:
- Set the time at which the lights will turn on at low intensity.
- Select the days of the week for which the wake-up must be repeated.
- Choose between different colours when the lights turn on (natural, red, orange and blue).
- Select the duration of the transition towards high intensity (30, 10 and 5 minutes)
- Select the lights to use, this allows you to do sunrises at different times in different rooms of the house.
- Set when the lights must turn off so that you do not have to do so manually.
Each wake-up can be easily enabled or disable with a switch.
Wake-ups are programmed in the Hue bridge. This make their execution totally independent from the app.
Take note of the following limitations:
- This app only works with Extended Color Lights and Color Temperature Lights. It will NOT work with Color Lights, Dimmable Lights and On/Off Lights.
- The app uses five schedules and one light group per wake-up. Since the bridge is limited to 100 schedules and 16 groups, the number of wake-ups that can be created depends on the available space on the bridge.
HideShow More...
Screenshots
Wake FAQ
Is Wake free?
Yes, Wake is completely free and it doesn't have any in-app purchases or subscriptions.
Is Wake legit?
🤔 The Wake app's quality is mixed. Some users are satisfied, while others report issues. Consider reading individual reviews for more context.
This is a great app. Works as intended and very easy to setup and for that, I GI e it 5 star rating.
Would like to see two additions to make this app really stand out from others
1. The ability to set the final intensity of the lights, so they are not so bright.
2. The ability to creat own personal sunrise/sunset themes with transitioning colours. I would even be willing pay if these features were available.
As it is now, I can’t fault it
Had a Hue sunrise with closed curtains
Able to set a recurring wake up bedroom light within 2 minutes of opening this app for the first time.
Know that it’s possible to do in iConnectHue (which I used for other purposes), but this one delights me by letting me to do this task so easily and quickly. Haven’t look at the other functions yet, but even if this is the only thing that this app does, I would be happy.
Love this app
When I got my first Hue bulbs this was the app that made them worth the cost. It stopped working for me at one point and I was so happy when it was updated.
Hue offers a gradual on option for lights that is subpar to this experience. The white light just getting brighter is not as pleasant as the gradual shifting of colors offered here.
My one request would be a sunset sequence to cue bedtime.
Thanks for making this!
Fantastic!
I have been hunting for a way to do a good sunrise simulation for a very long time. This app did it easily. Even better, I can have multiple sunrises at different times for different bulbs, so each family member can have their own sunrise wake-up. Thank you!
Wish it worked for Bluetooth only lights
I absolutely love this app. Can you make this work for hue lights that are Bluetooth enabled and do not use a bridge?
So much better than the Hue app!
I wish there was a routine that did not end in maximum brightness, but the fade in is smooth and the choices are all nice. Kelly’s Favorite is a very natural blue to orange to warm white that is practically like looking out the window at a sunrise. So glad I found this, and many thanks to the author for a ridiculously better way to wake up.
Great simple app for sunrise / wake light
If you’re looking for a simple option for a sunrise / wake light for hue that work well, you’ll be happy with this. Thank you to the author for making the app free. One request: make the off time optional. This would make it easier to transition to another routine (e.g. from the official Hue app) — especially helpful in Northern countries having less daylight hours in the winter.
Love it!
What a great idea - I just bought a Hue system and this is the perfect compliment to it.
Siri Shortcuts would make it even that much better. “Hey Siri, turn on my morning wake up alarm.”
Great sunrise simulation app
Easy to use and works as described. Small bug: your “Tom’s favorite, very quick” is described as lasting “30 min” instead of “5 min”. Small request: would love a “Tom’s favorite” that starts in blue light!
Wonderful Hidden Gem
I'm so sad it took me so long to find this app. What a gift! I work nights and during the winter months it's dark when I go to bed and dark when I wake up. I'm sure it's the same for everyone when there's only 7 hours of sunlight a day. It gets depressing. I've become intrigued by the lamps that simulate the sunrise to wake up more gently. Then I thought how I have hundreds of dollars worth of Hue bulbs. I tried to do it on my own at first, and it was okay, but the lights would get stuck on the various shades of red and yellow. I wanted it to move to more white light as it went on. This app is perfect. It's more intuitive than the native Hue app, does everything I wanted and more, and is out there for free. Bravo. It is worth noting that the time you set the alarm for is the time is starts fading in, not the time it reaches full light, like in the native Philips app.