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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. brainb+jE[view] [source] 2023-09-27 03:43:06
>>steven+Xq
Do you have a link or a brand/model? I'm just recently shopping for smart home equipment and the Hubitat seems quite full-featured and I'd like to compare.
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5. steven+nM3[view] [source] 2023-09-27 21:46:23
>>brainb+jE
It's perfectly suitable and it looks like one of the better out-of-the box solutions out there that respect user privacy. If I don't have any SBCs and just want something that works without fiddling, I'd likely go for Hubitat too.

That said if you're up for fiddling, something like https://www.amazon.ca/Waveshare-VisionFive2-Processor-Integr... will provide much more oopmh (and it's RISC-V) with 4GB ram and m2 slot, at $100 CAD, with mainline kernel support (so any USB devices will just work). Grab a zigbee USB + SBC like that, and you'd be able to run much more on your hub that just a gateway for your devices.

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