Philips HueGo 2.0 White & Colour Ambiance Smart Portable Light with Bluetooth, Works with Alexa and Google Assistant (Pack of 1)

My living room is a converted garage with heavy curtains, which is usually inhabited in the dead of night. In spite of knowing this, it took me half a decade to realise that it was actually kind of dark! It was only when my husband brought down a reading lamp so that he could actually see a book that I looked around for some solutions.I ended up buying two of these cute Hue Go lamps (one at first, which I liked enough that I bought it a twin). They're small and inconspicuous so it was a simple matter to place them on top of high book cases where they weren't in the way and wow, they have made such a difference to the ambient light in my living room! They're bright enough that they solved the problem of the gloom even angled up towards the ceiling. The cables are slim and white so they're not really visible when they're tucked away. The lights are designed to be unplugged and made portable for short periods of time but I haven't actually needed to use this feature yet. They'll be handy in a power cut, though.I use Hue lights elsewhere in the house so I quickly paired my new Go lamps and set them up in Apple's Homekit; the Home app let me link them so that they perfectly match colour and brightness whenever I want to mess around and they come on with my main living room light when I flick the switch; in other words I have all of the benefits of permanent lights without the hassle of installing permanent lights. My current favourite ambiance is to turn off the main light and just use the Hue Go lamps when I'm watching movies; I set them to an eerie violet so that I can see what I'm doing without getting distracted from the screen. Colour changing lights are great fun.

We have a large number of smart bulbs and sockets in the house, many of which are Phillips. We do have a Phillips hub, and we use Alexa. We spend many evenings outside in summer and wanted a coloured light to add to the other lights we have out there. We also plan to use it indoors. I was concerned about some reviews saying it needs charging after every use. We have had this 3 days now, and after only one charge it has been on every night. The light can be operated from Alexa, although the colour choice is limited. Using the Phillips app gives lots of colour choices. We have kept the brightness level quite low as that seems to work best outside. Operating the colours manually offers a few “scene” choices like candlelight, but these are not replicated on the app for some reason. You can create the look you want though, using the app. I think this looks lovely outside, and it will add some colour and atmosphere to an outdoor party. It was expensive, but we are pleased with it.

Simple and easy to use, the new updated Hue Go 2.0 really adds the flexibility you want from a portable light, while also working perfectly at home. Its easy to set up in the Hue app then works flawlessly.You can use it around the home or outside, with a 3hr battery life when not plugged in. When it's connected to WiFi you can still use smart assistants to control it or routines even when not plugged in.The colors are great on it, making it grab that bit of atmosphere and putting it into the room.I would fully recommend this as a good step into the hue ecosystem, without having to buy a hub.

I was in the market for a portable light that could be used on the garden table and remembered that Hue produced this light which would integrate with my Hue system.This is a lovely little thing that is easy to use without the need for smartphone interaction or automation. It has a number of built in scenes, including a simulated candle which amplifies its simplicity. Light throw is good at night and battery runtime is adequate. It can wither lay flat like a bowl or be propped at an angle which adds another layer of versatility.My current use case for it is as a bedside lamp automated to slowly increase its brightness when my alarm goes off. This means you get a lot of lamp for your money as it can do many things and fit in many places to add mood when mood is needed.I recently noted the HomeKit enabled Eve Flare, which is a larger more expensive version of the Go. It has a bigger battery but is less portable and not available in the UK. It made me ask myself if I was happy with my purchase, and the answer was yes.If I had to add one feature request it would be for an active touch surface to make turning the light on and off easier as the switch to do so is on the bottom of the lamp. Other than this, it is a lovely little thing.

Great product, purchased for two teenagers rooms.They originally had hue iris lights, but the lower light settings were not very dim and highest setting not very bright. We already had version 1 of the hue go and knew it could go much dimmer and brighter, better suited as a bedside lamp.Added bonus, the v2 light could be controlled by both a hue bridge and the new Phillips hue Bluetooth app.So we could control lights overall with a bridge or pair with a light switch, but the kids could also manage colour and on/off state with bluetooth app.This meant we didn’t need to give them the hue bridge app and access to the other hue lights around the house.If you don’t have a hue bridge you can still use them standalone with Bluetooth app or the mode button directly on the light.Battery powered too is a bonus...If using with both a bridge and Bluetooth then configure the light with the bridge first, then setup up Bluetooth. We did Bluetooth first but it seemed to lose that configuration when we added light to bridge. Setting up Bluetooth after it remembered both setups.Great solution for a kids bedroom or up light in a living area, great with Alexa too.