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[return to "The Philips Hue ecosystem is collapsing"]
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1. xattt+33[view] [source] 2023-09-26 23:39:25
>>pictur+(OP)
Another plug for Hubitat: https://hubitat.com/

Does Zwave and Zigbee with Matter on the way at some point. HomeKit integration is in beta right now.

My fear is that Philips will do something stupid by pushing a firmware to the bulbs to lock folks into only using their hubs. Or maybe change colour reporting to some annoying method that won’t allow for accurate colour on a non-Hue hub.

The enshittification continues.

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2. pcdood+n6[view] [source] 2023-09-26 23:59:21
>>xattt+33
Priced decent. Where do you pair new stuff? In their interface or homekit?
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3. steven+Xq[view] [source] 2023-09-27 02:07:58
>>pcdood+n6
Idk the hardware specs are pretty anemic for $150. OK I guess if you don't have any other device laying around. Zigbee USB adapters are $15 on Amazon
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4. justap+eF[view] [source] 2023-09-27 03:48:42
>>steven+Xq
You don’t pay for HW specs. You pay for the whole package, with software and their continues updates.

And they take compatibility seriously. I’m a refugee from home assistant from 5 years ago, when each major update would break part of my automations because they deprecated some API. No such thing with Hubitat.

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