How to control your smart home without yelling at a dumb voice assistant

Re:How to control your smart home without yelling at a dumb ... by deanc on Thursday February 02, 2023 @08:06AM (#34625992)

I have the opposite experience. I also run home assistant, and have added the Tradfri hub to my "Home" on iOS. I can count on one hand the amount of times I adjust the one Tradfri bulb I own in the Home app - and it has actually done anything. The only way I have consistently managed to change the bulb's brightness or on/off state is through the official Ikea app - which makes it entirely useless - as I can't automate it.

I do not have this issue with my Hue bulbs, which are running an out of date v1 hub.

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Re:How to control your smart home without yelling at a dumb ... by rootusrootus on Thursday February 02, 2023 @09:12AM (#34626709)

Another option I've had good luck with is Sengled bulbs. They're not super cheap, but they're zigbee and I've found them to be reliable.

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Re:How to control your smart home without yelling at a dumb ... by srmarm on Thursday February 02, 2023 @12:56PM (#34630457)

I've only used the switches so, but also I connect them directly to the Home Assistant box which I've got a zigbee dongle attached to (using the ZHA zigbee integration) rather than via the ikea hub. Might be something to consider?

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