Philips Hue bulbs are getting more compatible with your diverse smart home hardware

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TL;DRPhilips Hue lights will be updated to support concurrent Zigbee and Matter over Thread connections.Some Hue lights already support Matter, but can only be configured to operate using one connection type at a time.An update for compatible lights will come later this year.Philips Hue bulbs are getting a little more flexible. Starting later this year, updates to select Hue lights will enable them to work over both Zigbee and Matter over Thread simultaneously.Connecting over Matter is already an option for some Hue lights, but as of today, opting to use the open standard disables Zigbee connectivity. Hue parent company Signify has announced that bulbs with built-in Matter support will be updated to allow for using both connectivity standards concurrently, and future releases will be built to support both out of the box.