A simple App for changing state of your Philips hue lights using NFC tags.
About hue Switch NFC
hue Switch NFC is a tools app developed by DadOfFAK.
How many times has hue Switch NFC been downloaded?
hue Switch NFC has been downloaded 13 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 51 times.
What is the rating of hue Switch NFC?
hue Switch NFC is rated 3.32 out of 5 stars, based on 88 ratings.
Is hue Switch NFC free?
hue Switch NFC is free to download. The APK download size is 2.76 MB. The latest version available is 2.01. The last update was on January 1, 2026.
What are the requirements for hue Switch NFC?
hue Switch NFC requires Android 7.0+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play September 2014.
Description
A simple App for changing state of your Philips hue lights using NFC tags.
Options:
1) Switch OFF - Always switch off, doesn't matter which state the light currently has.
2) Switch ON/OFF - Toggle light depending on the current light state.
3) Switch ON - Always switch on, doesn't matter which state the light currently has.
4) Switch Color - sets the color stored for the light on the tag. The color stored is the color the light had when the NFC tag was written. For lux lights this option just changes brightness.
Groups are supported.
Contradictory group/light settings lead to an unpredictable state change. Just don't do it.
Note: Storing the current color of groups can be a little tricky, since the state for groups is the state last set for the group. That's not necessarily the color which can be observed when writing the tag.
In order to use the App the hue bridge must be connected to the internet (Currently the bridge is discovered by internet link only, that might change in future versions) Once the IP is received, it's stored and internet connection is not needed anymore. Refresh starts bridge discovery anew.
To read data stored on a NFC tag, just put it on the NFC tag when the App is in foreground.
Have fun switching!
Recent changes: New version uses https api requests only. Now app should work on new hue bridge PRO without problems.
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The app works great for the purpose and not to mention it's free. Take a little bit time to understand the initial set up, but overall it's smooth, and now I can control my hue lights with ease. Appreciate the work!
★★★★★Zachary Cohen· Dec 22, 2020
Perfect. Does exactly what it says on the tin. Easy to use and free! The tags I haven't got much memory, so I've created zones from the Hue app and there we go! Very impressed. It would be nice if you could control more than lights I.e. Other IOTs but you can't have it all.
★★☆☆☆Jonathan Wrigley· Aug 13, 2025
Only allows you to turn lights on/off via NFC. That's it. If that's what you want, then great. But nothing for controlling color. The only reference to color is "switch color" which doesn't seem to do anything as far as I can tell, and doesn't take any parameters.
★☆☆☆☆Tom Fox· Dec 18, 2022
Just keep getting error Exception every time I try to register the bridge. And every time I refresh I get "no hue found". All hues and the bridge are on the same network as my device.
★☆☆☆☆Richard S· Sep 8, 2016
Not enough space on tag Not sure why this fills the tag memory. Disappointing I cannot use it with my tags
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