Anything you can flash Tasmota [1] on should be good to go as well. I believe that includes all or most Shelly devices as well.
IKEA so far seems like a decent bet as well.
[0] https://shellystore.co.uk/ [1] https://tasmota.github.io/docs/
It's a quite powerful tool to integrate a variety of different smart home devices into one location and share them between ecosystems.
I have a wifi thermostat that requires a dedicated app and does not allow for Apple Home integration. With Home Assistant I installed an integration for that thermostat, then shared it with the Apple Home bridge (also an integration) and quickly was able to allow my iphone/automations etc, to modify the thermostat. And that's only scratching the surface and something that took a few minutes.
Fun fact: eQ-3 is a subsidiary of the DIY electronics store ELV: https://www.eq-3.com/about-eq-3.html
https://sonoff.tech/product/diy-smart-switches/zbmini-l2/
Yes, I saw Danish appliances, they look nice.
The SkyConnect from HomeAssitant/Nabu Casa works quite well: https://www.home-assistant.io/skyconnect/
Software (you may or may not need it for HA): https://github.com/dresden-elektronik/deconz-rest-plugin
I might not buy another base station again, though, if this gets enforced at that level.
He searched his pockets. No more coins; nothing. "I'll pay you tomorrow," he told the door. Again he tried the knob. Again it remained locked tight. "What I pay you," he informed it, "is in the nature of a gratuity; I don't have to pay you."
"I think otherwise," the door said. "Look in the purchase contract you signed when you bought this conapt." In his desk drawer he found the contract; since signing it he had found it necessary to refer to the document many times. Sure enough; payment to his door for opening and shutting constituted a mandatory fee. Not a tip.
"You discover I'm right," the door said. It sounded smug. From the drawer beside the sink Joe Chip got a stainless steel knife; with it he began systematically to unscrew the bolt assembly of his apt's money-gulping door.
"I'll sue you," the door said as the first screw fell out.
Joe Chip said, "I've never been sued by a door. But I guess I can live through it.
– Philip K. Dick, Ubik (1969)
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7444685-the-door-refused-to...
for i in `seq 1 10`; do http -v 192.168.xxx.xxx/api devicetype="my_hue_app#script"; sleep 1; doneThe fact that they use ESP-NOW means they can be controlled (theoretically) by any ESP* that has ESP-NOW support. So far, folks have only managed to go the other way—to intercept remote key presses [0]—but I imagine it won’t be long before they suss out control of the bulbs.
Something like this: https://ae01.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1bweoSVXXXXbHXFXXq6xXFXXXG/New...
Maybe I missed it, but from the material that was available to me without actually buying one of these things, this seemed impossible: the boxes and stores didn't have any remotes, and I couldn't find anything on the website. If it is possible, then it's hidden pretty well and people are steered towards that app pretty strongly.
1. get rid of the Philips app (not the bulbs).
2. Replace the Philips Hue bridge (hub) with a RasPi or NUC computer.
3. Connect a Zigbee/Z-Wave combo USB radio dongle.
4. Load Home Assistant OS.
This solution not only replaces the Philips locked system, but it can replace (or take over) Amazon, Google, Apple, Ikea and more, simultaneously. About 2551 more.
Home Assistant is not perfect, but it provides just the privacy (and features) these vendors are taking away or never gave me.
I have Zigbee, Z-Wave, and Wifi devices on Home Assistant (RasPi 4 8GB peaks around 4% utilization). I rarely care about who makes the device nowadays. Is it Zigbee or Z-Wave and cheap? Great, I buy it, and it works.
As of this instance, it manages over 100 "devices", from a magnetic door sensor to the Synology NAS drive temperature.
( list of official integrations [because there are many more through community integrations]: https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/#all )
On a whim, I googled and found this "Smart" toilet[1]
[1] https://www.kohler.com/en/products/toilets/shop-toilets/numi...
I have a bunch of these switches https://www.zigbee2mqtt.io/devices/TS0044.html#tuya-ts0044, and the solution of turning off the periodic battery reporting seems to have helped, I haven't had to change any of their batteries in many months. See https://github.com/Koenkk/zigbee2mqtt/issues/14157#issuecomm.... Not sure if something similar can be done with original Hue switches or bridge (or whether it would help there).
One different kind of switch I have, which doesn't have this problem, has had the same battery in it since I bought it 2 years ago.
https://www.home-assistant.io/voice_control/voice_remote_loc...
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alistaircharlton/2023/09/07/bmw...
Hopefully Philips will learn the same. In the meantime, I'm making a mental note to avoid their brand all together.
You can keep your Hue bulbs and devices but threw away the app, hub, and need to work with hue as an institution at all.
I got a $30 USB zigbee stick to replace the hub. works great!
