Can I use Philips Hue lightbulbs in HA without buying the Hue bridge using Zigbee? I have a Sonoff Z

[latent needle]

Title. I am using IKEA Dirigera for most of my lights, however IKEA does not sell high-lumen bulbs. I would like to buy a Philips dimmable white 1600lm bulb but I am not keen on buying the Hue Bridge as I don't want another bridge and likely this will be the only Hue product I'll use in my setup.

My question is: Can I use the Philips Hue bulb via my Sonoff Zigbee Plus dongle? Or is the Hue Bridge absolutely mandatory to use it in my smart home? I don't care for the sync/scene etc. features the bridge provides.

I'd appreciate any help with this, thanks!

[untold harness]

Correct, don't need the hub.

You can double check your product here to check compatibility: https://zigbee.blakadder.com/

[latent needle]

Thanks, I checked the website and it does not say it is HA compatible :I

this specific bulb

all the other hue bulbs are

[untold harness]

it's possible it's not updated yet

if it works in zigbee2mqtt it could surely be supported in ZHA as well

I'd be willing to be that it'll be fine

[latent needle]

thanks I'll give it a go then

[untold harness]

https://github.com/blakadder/zigbee/issues/501#issue-1114624015

claims working in ZHA

[meager patio]

the philips bulbs are all pretty standard zigbee lights - they generally work fine in zha without needing specific support for any particular bulb.

[mortal plank]

I asked Blakadder to add this to the compatibility page for every device:

If the device is following Zigbee standards it is possible it will work with other gateway solutions, it is just not confirmed as working yet!