Firmware Updates

Tips for updating the firmware on your LIFX products

  • The latest LIFX iOS and Android apps will automatically offer to upgrade your firmware when a new version is available.
  • Just launch the LIFX app and make sure you are connected to the same Wi-Fi network as your lights, then follow the prompts to update your lights.
  • Updates should take less than a minute per light. If you have many lights to update, try switching some lights off at the wall and updating them in smaller batches.

Beta Firmware Updates

v3.82 (All LIFX Switch products)

Update 25th August 2021

Bug Fixes

  • Cloud connectivity improvement.
  • Improved button sensitivity and reliability.
  • Fixed button LED remaining red after Cloud Button Event Error
  • Fixed LIFX Light that is Wired To Switch Configured relays are not turned on after a power cycle
  • Fixed relay states are not maintained over a firmware update
  • Fixed relay turning off intermittently
  • Fixed holding 1 button causes other to toggle

v2.80 Generation 3 LIFX and LIFX+ (A19/BR30), Downlights (100mm & GU10)

Update 24th March, 2021

New Features

  • Light Restore
  • Expanded Kelvin Range down to 1500K
  • Updated Apple Homekit libraries
  • Colour consistency improvements
  • Low kelvin values changed for greater color consistency
  • Security Improvements
  • Support for additional network security modes (TKIP, mixed network cipher types, open networks)
  • Updated encryption key length

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed bug with minimum brightness
  • Fixed bug with LIFX+ turning IR off after reset
  • Onboarding reliability improvements
  • Update 8 January 2020

v3.60 Generation 4 LIFX Mini Color, Mini Day & Dusk, Mini White and GU10 products

New Features:

  • HomeKit reliability improvement
  • Improved Samsung SmartThings/Google Home support
  • Improved transition of hue color values
  • Fix for CVE-2019-17209

Important: DO NOT turn off power to the light during the update (usually 15-45 secs). Doing so may render the light unusable.

Update 10 September 2019

Generation 4 LIFX Mini Color, Mini Day and Dusk, Mini White, GU10 (v3.50)

iOS HomeKit user:
Improved HomeKit reliability and Wi-Fi network on-boarding
Added QR code on-boarding
Wi-Fi on-boarding and connectivity improvements
Cloud connectivity improvements
Security improvements
Firmware update reliability improvement
Color matching between different products improved
Added Non-Latin character support to device name
Fixed GU10 white and blue power limits

v3.50 - LIFX Tile

Update 14 February 2019

New Features:

Tile tap feature,
Double tap to turn on/off
Single tap to change effect (between Morph and Fire (FW built-in) effects only for now).
Tile Tap enable/disable & sensitivity adjustment (via LIFX App).
If Morph or Fire effect is running before soft off, they will resume when coming out of softoff. (via App or tap).
Tile Tap configuration via the via LIFX App. (min. App version required 3.13.0)
Fire effect (and effect speed adjustment) via LIFX App

v3.42 - Generation 4 LIFX Mini Color, Mini Day and Dusk, Mini White, GU10

Update 11 January 2019

iOS Homekit user:

Support Kelvin change on Apple Home App
Enhanced synchronization between LIFX App and Home App for light state (off/on) and brightness change
Improved homekit pairing reliability
Security Vulnerability improvements
Improved onboarding reliability, Cloud connection reliability
Improved white restore trigger reliability
Fixed cloud disconnection after WiFi router reboots/restarts
Improved Mini White flickering at low brightness
Fixed Mini hardware reset failure at low voltage (110v)
Fixed Mini light power on failure after power cycle at low voltage (110v)

v2.77 - Generation 3 LIFX, LIFX +, Downlight, LIFX Z (2) and Beam

Update 11 January 2019

Onboarding and Firmware OTA reliability improvement
WAN/LIFX Cloud connectivity reliability improvement
Security improvement
Improve light state synchronisation between LIFX App and HomeKit