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Philips Hue has so far been an exception to mediocre smart home products. We had Hue at home for ages now, it always works, no lights got deprecated or any of t
by microtonal 3y ago
Philips Hue has so far been an exception to mediocre smart home products. We had Hue at home for ages now, it always works, no lights got deprecated or any of that nonsense, and even though they have a cloud component, it works fine without.
The only downside for me is that I don’t use the smart part. So for me they are just good lights. My wife does use the app/widgets, etc.
- ChainOfFools 3y agoAll the Hue stuff is actually zigbee under the hood and is totally compatible with any zigbee Hub not just the Phillips one. If you want to do a deep dive one weekend and go completely local control go check out home assistant
- drdaeman 3y ago> it always works It mostly works. I’ve had it hiccuping on me, when the switches and lights got unresponsive for a few minutes, for no obvious reason. And a number of times software got out of sync and told me the lights are off when they are actually on, etc. But it’s definitely better than all the competitors I’ve seen.