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>>linker+(OP)
I'm surprised they didn't already require this, but I think it's probably safe to say it was a likely and foreseeable outcome in any case. That, combined with a dearth of use cases that made sense (for my life) is what's kept me from using these products.

About the only reason I could think of to buy smart lightbulbs would be to suddenly turn all the lights in the house red, and yell "torpedoes in the water, brace for impact!" and that doesn't seem like a strong enough argument. I'd probably only do this 2-3 times a month anyway.

>>karate+b02
Smart lights are incredibly useful with infants/pre-verbal toddlers in the house. E.g. a quick "hey Google, set kids room lights to 20%" whilst trying to convince an energetic 2 year old to get ready for bedtime.

They become rapidly less useful when the toddler learns to say "hey Google" and decides to make all lights green all the time.

>>tetrom+d72
How is this easier than just having a dimmer switch inside the bedroom door?

That's what I've done in our house. Lots of dimmers. Some are "rocker switches with a slide along the side," other are more digital "push button to turn lights on to the last setting, small rocker to adjust light level, you can always come up from 0 by using the rocker" types.

>>Syonyk+xe2
A dimmer switch has some inconveniences:

* it requires you to physically go to the switch (inconvenient whilst holding a squirming child);

* it controls only one hard-wired fixture - there is no master physical dimmer for all light sources (overhead, standlights, bedside lamps or whatever else) in a room;

* it's harder to install a switch than to screw in some smart bulbs