Philips HUE lamps are not responding in Home app

I have a ATV 4K, HomePod, and 2 minis. To my knowledge owners are not in control of which device is the home hub. I’ve checked online and rechecked. Unplugged and reset everything at least twice. Apple checked my router and it checked out. I have colleagues who have equivalent HomeKit issues. We live under oligarchies these days. I’ve accepted I’m out money, time, and verbally recommending Apple products. Apple is a mess. Playing catch-up and constant band-aids. Not the company of years past.

I finally reset my Hue bridge (and removed every accessory and added back), instead of lazily removing and adding to HomeKit.

Solid since.

This cleared cache issues seeping through iCloud sync.

Add via Home to avoid Matter, which excludes Adaptive lighting.

I have this issue either when there's an Apple update or a Hue Light update. Both happened between today and yesterday so not sure which. Once again I removed the Apple HomeKit from my Hue app as a smart home. Then I waited a while and added it back again going to the Hie app and under settings go to smart and follow directions for connecting. Since it remembers the names I used then I just make sure they're in the right room. After that I remove the non responsive lights from home view and my favorites in the HomeKit app. A lot of steps on my phone but this way I done have to re add the bridge by using a code or the blinking light. Still none of this happily a few months ago

This worked instantly for me.

a bit of clarity, you need to remove the Bridge from your Apple Home app and the. Add it via MATTER code.

All the accessories you have on your bridge will appear instantly, you’ll only have to sort them into your existing rooms.

thanks for the fix!

Pair and manage your Matter accessories – Apple Support (AU)

Remove bridge from there.

Add back via Home, not sync from Hue.

i’m encountering the same issue

Everything’s up to date.

Please mention router used, as that may also affect.

EERO Pro 6 (a pain in itself).

"cleaned bridge" ...? Can you be specific? Hue hub? Reboot? Factory reset? Other?

This worked for me. Thank you!

Sadly no Adaptive lighting with Matter.

I’d stop buying Apple products. No leadership and I’m not sure you can motivate spoiled tech hippies. It’s a challenge I don’t think we’ll overcome. Too big. No incentive.

Yup this worked for me thanks!

Sorry to hear you got the XB7. Surprised that purchasing another bridge did not help.

I talked Xfinity into an XB8 and as others have found... everything worked again.

My stuff was never set up as Matter and still is not. So this is not a proper solution.

HomePods and ATV are supposed to act as the bridges. I’ve been told several times by Apple that a bridge was not needed.