Sync hue lights without app

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Hey,

Home automation newbie here. I just got some philips hue lights and a bridge that I plan to use with HA. The catch is that my smartphone is ancient and is unable to install the hue app.

Does anyone know if it is possible to sync the lights to the bridge without using the app? There are a few different ways can think of but I’m not sure either is possible.

  1. Initiate a sync using HA, for example through the “Emulated Hue Bridge”-component
    From what I’ve read this doesn’t seem possible at the moment.

  2. Use a third party hue app with sync capabilites that can be installed on iOS 6.1.6 or lower (as I said, ancient).
    I have found no app meeting the requirement so far.

  3. Use an android emulator capable of emulating wifi
    No idea if this would be possible but if anyone got experience, or suggestions they are very welcome.

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You can likely do this with the api via the clip debugger in a browser. If you have access to a Windows machine on of the apps on this page should do it:

https://developers.meethue.com/documentation/windows-apps

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Thanks for the suggestion!
Will try this as soon as possible.