Ambilight+Hue on Philips 58PUS7805 TV does not detect Bifrost

[nozzle-1]

Hi there 👋,

First of all, thanks for creating and maintaining Bifrost.

I’ve been trying to get my Philips 58PUS7805 TV to work with Ambilight+Hue using Bifrost, but unfortunately, the TV doesn’t seem to detect the bridge.

Here’s what I found while investigating:

• The TV does not send any SSDP/M-SEARCH requests on the local network, so local discovery doesn’t work.
• It only reaches out to discovery.meethue.com via HTTPS.
• I even set up a local HTTPS proxy for discovery.meethue.com that correctly exposes the Bifrost bridge information (ID, internal IP, and port) but the TV still ignores it.

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Technical Details

• TV model: Philips 58PUS7805
• TV firmware version: mt5887:TPM206E_201.003.248.001
• Bifrost version: dev-2025-05-20 (bifrost-hassio)
• Tested with: Hue app, Hue Essentials → works perfectly for controlling lights
• Attempts made:
  • Local SSDP discovery → TV does not send M-SEARCH
  • HTTPS proxy simulating discovery.meethue.com → correctly returns Bifrost bridge info including ID, internal IP, and port, but TV still ignores it

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Context and question

My goal is to completely remove the Hue Bridge from my setup, as this is the only functionality that currently forces me to maintain a second Zigbee network for a few lamps in my living room.

Does anyone have an idea why the TV doesn’t detect Bifrost, even though the bridge info is correctly exposed?

[Dego1]

I have the same problem. It would be nice if it could be solved.

[MariusSchiffer]

My TV does discover bifrost if there is no real Hue Bridge on the network. Search also takes significantly longer then