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Is there any official announcement of this? I'd like to know some more details on what they plan to do with the existing API.

All I can find is references to something posted on twitter, which I refuse to accept as official communication.

>>contra+(OP)
If you install the mobile Hue app, it’s right on the main screen.

>>orev+5t1
So if I'm not using the Hue app, am I affected? That's what isn't particularly clear from the post or the comments here. If you're already using their app, is it so onerous to get an account? (I might or might not get an account, the Hue kit is already sitting on my shelf collecting dust, but I was thinking of using Urbit or some other open source project to resurrect it soon... so does this affect us?)

>>yebyen+4G1
My bulbs use Bluetooth or ZigBee, and have never needed the Hue hub or the app, as I’ve used Home Assistant with them the whole time. Currently using the app because I need to rebuild HA, and it doesn’t seem like the change effects the bulbs themselves. However you do need the app to install firmware updates, so that would force the account usage if you wanted to stay up to date.