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There are a ton of wifi-enabled lights, so I wouldn't recommend one in particular. But the reviews for Yeelights say it requires you to use the Android app whi

There are a ton of wifi-enabled lights, so I wouldn't recommend one in particular. But the reviews for Yeelights say it requires you to use the Android app which has too many permissions for what it does. I would not recommend it after reading that review. Hue, on the other hand, isn't just wifi. It has a box that will hook it to your network, but it's also got another wireless protocol that isn't affected by your wifi network. That means that physical Hue switches should continue to work even if your internet is down, a massive advantage of standard wifi bulbs. I haven't actually got any Hue bulbs set up at this point, though, so I'm going on what I've read rather than experienced.

Havoc 6y ago
Much like Troy I'm trying to avoid getting sucked into one of the walled gardens. Apple, Google...or Philips. Yeelights you can control directly via self-hosted Home Assistant & the Home assistant app...on your LAN, no internet required, no proprietary hub, no Philips premium. >There are a ton of wifi-enabled lights, so I wouldn't recommend one in particular. You do realize Yeelight is Xiaomi, right? It's their competitor lineup to Hue >which has too many permissions for what it does I used the iphone app for initial linking - permissions look fine to me, but I did disable bluetooth & homekit later. That said the initial pairing process is indeed quite sketchy & fiddly. >it's also got another wireless protocol that isn't affected by your wifi network Yeah - Zigbee. Considered it but abandoned it due to cost - both on the individual device side and you're back to needing some sort of bridge/receiver device. >Hue switches should continue to work even if your internet is down Same for the HA solution since it's hosted on the local network. Unless your local wifi connection to your router is unstable from interference...in which case I'd be concerned about zigbee too since they're both on 2.4ghz

Havoc 6y ago

Much like Troy I'm trying to avoid getting sucked into one of the walled gardens. Apple, Google...or Philips. Yeelights you can control directly via self-hosted Home Assistant & the Home assistant app...on your LAN, no internet required, no proprietary hub, no Philips premium. >There are a ton of wifi-enabled lights, so I wouldn't recommend one in particular. You do realize Yeelight is Xiaomi, right? It's their competitor lineup to Hue >which has too many permissions for what it does I used the iphone app for initial linking - permissions look fine to me, but I did disable bluetooth & homekit later. That said the initial pairing process is indeed quite sketchy & fiddly. >it's also got another wireless protocol that isn't affected by your wifi network Yeah - Zigbee. Considered it but abandoned it due to cost - both on the individual device side and you're back to needing some sort of bridge/receiver device. >Hue switches should continue to work even if your internet is down Same for the HA solution since it's hosted on the local network. Unless your local wifi connection to your router is unstable from interference...in which case I'd be concerned about zigbee too since they're both on 2.4ghz