{"id":244497,"date":"2026-07-10T16:36:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T16:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/firmware-update-bricks-hue-bridge-pro-devices-philips-gives-free-replacements\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T16:36:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T16:36:09","slug":"firmware-update-bricks-hue-bridge-pro-devices-philips-gives-free-replacements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/firmware-update-bricks-hue-bridge-pro-devices-philips-gives-free-replacements\/","title":{"rendered":"Firmware update bricks Hue Bridge Pro devices; Philips gives free replacements"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>A firmware update is behind recent reports that some Hue Bridge Pro smart hubs are no longer working, Ars Technica has confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>In late June, there were <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2026\/06\/29\/philips-hue-bridge-pro-update-seems-to-be-breaking-the-hub-taking-lights-down-with-it\/\">reports<\/a> of some Hue Bridge Pro devices <a href=\"https:\/\/www.notebookcheck.net\/Philips-Hue-Bridge-Pro-may-become-inoperable-after-latest-update.1331377.0.html\">not working properly<\/a> after installing a firmware update. Philips released firmware version 2071353020 in early June, saying that it included \u201cseveral small changes\u201d to make Hue Bridge Pros work \u201cbetter.\u201d But some customers had a different experience: Their devices stopped responding and displayed a red LED.<\/p>\n<p>A Reddit user going by the name statelymachine is one of the people online who reported that the update \u201cbricked\u201d their device.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2026\/07\/firmware-update-bricks-hue-bridge-pro-devices-philips-gives-free-replacements\/\">Read full article<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2026\/07\/firmware-update-bricks-hue-bridge-pro-devices-philips-gives-free-replacements\/#comments\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wpematico_credit\"><small>Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpematico.com\" target=\"_blank\">WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A firmware update is behind recent reports that some Hue Bridge Pro smart hubs are no longer working, Ars Technica has confirmed. In late June, there were reports of some Hue Bridge Pro devices not working properly after installing a firmware update. Philips released firmware version 2071353020 in early June, saying that it included \u201cseveral small changes\u201d to make Hue Bridge Pros work \u201cbetter.\u201d But some customers had a different&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","tve_updated_post":"","tve_custom_css":"","tve_user_custom_css":"","tve_globals":{},"tcb2_ready":0,"tcb_editor_enabled":0,"tve_landing_page":"","_tve_header":"","_tve_footer":""},"categories":[241],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-244497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Firmware update bricks Hue Bridge Pro devices; Philips gives free replacements - UshopWell.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/firmware-update-bricks-hue-bridge-pro-devices-philips-gives-free-replacements\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Firmware update bricks Hue Bridge Pro devices; Philips gives free replacements - UshopWell.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A firmware update is behind recent reports that some Hue Bridge Pro smart hubs are no longer working, Ars Technica has confirmed. 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