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Re:Investing in lighting did great things for my mental and ... by gernb on Friday May 27, 2022 @11:29PM (#31537358)
Do they require an app, registering an account, being online to use them?

I don't want lights someone else controls and not going to pay for lights that report to someone else when they are on/off.

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Re:Investing in lighting did great things for my mental and ... by tomjakubowski on Friday May 27, 2022 @11:32PM (#31537370)
No internet connection required to use the bulbs. The bulbs connect to a hub over Zigbee, the hub connects to your LAN. Making that connection requires the Hue app, as far as I know.

Once the bulbs are set up with the hub, you can control it on your network using HomeKit or open source equivalents, and don't need the Hue app for anything but firmware updates.

This article convinced me taking the plunge would be reasonably safe, and I've been pleased with it. https://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/51910.html?thread=1921222

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