• GreyBeard@lemmy.one
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    6 days ago

    Any smart lights I’ve seen always turn on when going from no power to power. It’s a little annoying when the power blinks and half the house lights up, but it means physical switches always work.

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      5 days ago

      Smart lights should be used rarely because they have a failure state. Smart switches are the answer here for most lighting. These are light switches that also have radios in them to connect to zigbee/zwave/matter/whatever to control the switch if the connection is available.

      Lutreon sells high quality, but somewhat expensive ones that work flawlessly.

      • hikaru755@lemmy.world
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        5 days ago

        I like the color temperature and brightness of my lights responding to the time of day too much in order to go with smart switches over smart lights