Espresso for hue

I love Espresso I use it not only daily but throughout the day for the controls of my primary living and working areas Id also love to give it a 5 but as a result of the scenes immediately becoming static unless the app is running and open Ive had to resort to leaving an old iPhone 4 laying around like a Hue remote I find that actually a rather useful solution for several other reasons but background please Even before Goldee was out of commission I preferred the more subtle scenes in Espresso However Goldee did handle background dynamic scenes with aplomb The last update was fabulous as well and Ill happily change my rating to a five with background execution available              Almost

Background mode seems to work but every once in a while it just wont and Im not exactly sure whats causing it           Background mode May have some issues

How can you have a lighting app on a cell phone with the selling point being the lively light shifting and then not let it run in the background while someone actually uses their phone Desperately needs background function        Why oh why is there no background function

Love the light mixed themes with the subtle animations Please update to run this app in the background and it will be perfect              Close to Awesome

This app does not animate my lights The scenes initially change the lamps but nothing else Adjusting between tranquil and lively has no effect     Does nothing

Love the new interface Very smooth animations and I like the layout Unfortunately the app only cycles my lights through blue and white     Great new interface but not functioning correctly

App does just what I want it to do except for not playing nice with my music Lights go into static mode if I play music to my Bluetooth speaker or conversely turns music off if I play the lights              Very nice however

Some of the other apps I liked were clumsy to use for multiple rooms now that Ive added more lights to my Hue setup Espresso is so easy to use for multiple rooms easy to dim change speed and intensity of colors its just perfect I hope you will keep adding some more scenes although the collection is already very nice and useable                 Great for Multiple Rooms

Absolutely love this app Desperately needs background function though Only thing holding it back from being absolutely perfect              Love it

Colors are beautiful Wish they incorporated more subtle undulating color change like the Goldee app but the palette is beautiful on Espresso                 Great app

This app has been very well executed however there are features missing that are pivotal to a Hue App Ie Customization and a more carried scene selection Please release an update with these ideas in consideration as Im sure Im not the only user wanting to see these features Then this App will be perfect Then it will earn its five stars           Great App but needs more scenes

Cant wait for the update              So far so good

Perfectly suited to set the mood just right It has a simply interface with the perfect amount of individualization of each scene I hope more pictures keep getting added I would like to see more blues in the scenes and more scenes of reds                 One of the best hue apps

Espresso is the only Hue app I use in addition to the Philips Hue app There are both warm and cool scenes that are very tasteful and practical for everyday use The app has fewer bugs than the Philips app The developer has done a nice job here                 A Great Hue App

Nice update to the interface Quick fix for the blue lights problem Minor issue The play button at the bottom is a little ambiguous                 Broken

This looks like a great app and I just bought it but it crashes immediately after the splash screen I tried deleting and reinstalling even rebooting my phone but no luck Im happy to change my review once the app is fixed and it can actually run     App Not Loading with iOS 811

App is great but a dimming feature would give it an easy 5 stars Thank you Update has feature 5 stars now                 Thanks for dimming feature

What is the point of having this if I cant run it in the background so I can use the rest of my phone I see a couple of posts about that here but are some people able to use it It appears that way or else there would a ton of 1 star reviews What am I doing wrong     Help

I liked the old version although it was somewhat difficult to make colors flow its color setting of each scene was really cool But the new version installed today is terrible Why does every scene has blues I dont hate blue but the fact that every scene has blues even the one that is supposed to have all reds is really really terrible Please fix        The change of this new version is terrible

On my iPad 3 the lights arent animated even at full lively mode They just go into their initial state and stay that way Maybe this only works on an iPhone Yes the app has permission to use the Mic I wished this app was the answer to Goldee but sadly it is not The wait continues        Would Be Great If It Worked

I dont like the UI update Its all blue and detracts from the lovely photos and flavor of the individual scenes Still a great app though And yes it does work in the background There are some lovely new scenes since the last time I updated the app in July If you disagree with me about the Blue UI update your review I noticed there are no reviews for this version Beautiful scenes and a variety of different effects Lots to choose from The UI is beautiful a lot of Hue apps feel to be honest kind of thrown together Not Espresso This app is beautiful and easy to use the kind of UI you should get if you spent 200 on a lighting system Background mode works flawlessly If the app can add scheduling ability to trigger different scenes with individually specified brightness intensity and activity level at different times then it will be Perfect and I will run no other Hue app Five stars even without this feature though thats how well it does the things it already can do                 Beautiful

Lots of scenes easy to use one of the most practical hue apps out there for dynamic scenes I have 14 lights mix of hue bloom lux and strips use this app more than any others I like how the keep adding new scenes as well              Nice practically useful

Well this is pretty useless Only works with the app open     Needs to stay open to work

Thanks to the great update this app is now easily my favorite of all hue options Youd think itd be easy to design something worth having but all the huerelated junk in the App Store would suggest otherwise The only thing holding this back from 5 stars is the lack of backgrounding which some other apps do have Get that sorted and thisd be just shy of perfect EDIT now 5 stars                 Much improved

I like this app a lot It has a large number of scenes However many of the scenes are similar I use to have the Goldee app but they disappeared That app had some scenes that were warmerdarker that simulated duskcity at night lights It would be nice to have some of those type scenes on this app It would be nice if this app had a sleep timer Otherwise this is a great app I had a problem with my bulbs not working properly I contacted support and they promptly helped me Great support I appreciate it                 Update to review at bottom

Really great daylight themes I love the personality in the themes Awesome update                 Nice themes

Comes with a ton of great color themes You can set how quickly the theme colors change makes for a great lighting atmosphere Perfect                 Great themes nice control over color drift

Thanks                 my favorite Hue app

As above works in the background and has a lot of scenes It could however be further improved if it had a sleep timer maybe an alarm as well like the original hue app Otherwise solid app              Great app