> Light switches should turn the lights on and off, rather than disable the light automation (looking at you Hue). Why are you looking at them? The Hue lights

> Light switches should turn the lights on and off, rather than disable the light automation (looking at you Hue). Why are you looking at them? The Hue lights wired properly do exactly what you describe. You wire them in so they are constantly fed with electricity and send smart signals with a wall mounted control panel. They sell you this control panel. It looks like a switch. Heck if you are retrofitting a building you you can use their wall switch module to adapt any traditional wall switch to become a smart switch. They have the spunk to also work with half-assed installations. You can define in what state the bulb should be after the power is restored to them. Of course if you go this route they can't be turned on when the power to the bulb is off. What would you expect them to do? Should they pack an RTG in their bulbs to have the option to illuminate when the power is off? Should they throw a tantrum and tell you off for installing the lights wrong? Of course they don't do either of those. They just keep on trucking the best they can.