Philips is offering free replacement Hue Bridge Pro devices after they were bricked by a software update.

While OnePlus will continue software updates, the brand's OxygenOS is fully going away with devices moving to ColorOS instead.

The firmware problem highlights the Hue Bridge ecosystem’s lack of backup features, as some affected parties have noted.

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