SHINDO Smart Lights turns your Philips Hue into an earthquake alarm. When JMA issues an early warning for your area, our server flashes your lights from the cloud — before the shaking, even while your phone is in another room.
Get the appSettings → Smart Lights → Connect Hue. You sign in to your Philips Hue account and approve SHINDO. The link goes from our server to your Hue Bridge, so nothing depends on your phone being awake.
Pick which rooms react: the bedroom at night, the living room by day, all of them if you like. SHINDO never touches lights you did not choose.
When JMA forecasts the alarm tier for your area, the lights strobe red through the warning window, then settle to full white so you can see. A cancellation puts them back the way they were.
Three moments, one link.
The strobe starts the second our server receives JMA's warning for your area and runs until the estimated arrival. It is bright enough to wake a sleeper and short enough not to blind one.
When the window passes, the lights hold at full white: see the room, check on people, reach the door. If JMA cancels the warning, the lights return to how they were and the app tells you it was withdrawn.
Outside a warning SHINDO sends nothing to your Bridge. Scenes, schedules and the Hue app work exactly as before. The link is only ever used for the alarm you asked for.
The lights follow the same per-area rating as the alert itself. A warning for Hokkaido does not light up a bedroom in Setagaya.
The trigger travels from our server in Tokyo to Signify's cloud to your Bridge. Asleep, charging in the kitchen, or out of battery — the room still goes red.
Remove SHINDO from the same screen you linked it, or from your Hue account. We delete the token immediately and keep no record of your lights.
Colour bulbs flash red; White Ambiance bulbs flash at full brightness. Bluetooth-only bulbs without a Bridge cannot be reached from the cloud. Smart Lights is part of SHINDO Pro.
See recommended kitsDownload SHINDO, link Hue in Settings, and sleep through the small ones knowing the room will tell you about the big one.
Smart Lights relays warnings issued by the Japan Meteorological Agency; SHINDO does not forecast earthquakes. Delivery depends on your internet connection, Signify's cloud and your Hue Bridge being online, and is not guaranteed. Keep your phone's government emergency alerts switched on. See the emergency information disclaimer.
Philips Hue is a trademark of Signify. SHINDO is not affiliated with or endorsed by Signify. Read the technical details.