Firestorm for Hue 4+

Why does it always feel like no one uses their own products?? You can only set one light or group of lights at a time. So if you want different colors to flicker at the same time don’t use this app. All I want to do is set up dark purple and dark orange to flicker for Halloween. Why is this so hard to accomplish??

[UPDATE] Great news! "Current" is now an option for Fire Color in Settings, letting the flicker effect utilize your lights' existing colors.

[ORIGINAL] Thank you for your feedback! Navigating through the complexities of managing light colors individually can be challenging, but I'm actively exploring ways to enhance the experience. One idea is to add an option to use the existing colors of the lights for the flicker effect. Does this sound like a solution that would work for your needs? Please share any additional thoughts or suggestions at support@firestorm.scottdodson.dev. I appreciate your input and am here to make your experience with Firestorm for Hue better!

Original: I access the app from my iPhone 10 and control Philips Hue lights. It works until the auto lock on the phone comes on after two minutes than the flickering stops. I can’t find a setting in the app to prevent it from stopping after the phone’s auto lock activates. I guess I could change the auto lock setting from two minutes to never, but it seems odd that I need to have my phone on for this to work.

Update: We use this app nearly every day with our Hue lights and per the developer recommendation, it works fine after I cycled my phone off and on. Five Stars.

Thank you for the feedback! You should be able to run the app in the background. Please try restarting your iPhone and/or closing all other apps running in the background. Contact me at support@firestorm.scottdodson.io for further assistance.

The features are more or less what I wanted. Which is an app that makes your Hue lights flicker with many customization options such as color, brightness, speed and even has a sleep timer.

I would have been very satisfied with the app if not for it constantly getting disconnected which requires you to walk to your Hue Bridge and press the button to reconnect. Not something you want when you're trying to relax which is what I cheifly use this app for. I don't understand why the app can't save the "pairing" (to the bridge) information when there are connection issues.

It's also annoying when the crackling fire sounds stop music, podcasts or videos that you are playing in other apps.

Thank you for the feedback. Sorry to hear you're getting disconnected. The Hue Bridge IP address might be changing on your network. Is your Hue Bridge or router losing power/restarting frequently? Please try logging into your router and reserving the DHCP address of your Hue Bridge. I'm happy to help you set this up if you contact me at support@firestorm.scottdodson.dev.