Hi,
Philips will soon require an account to use their shitty app so I’d like to move away from them. I also have a few IKEA Tradfri stuff.
I look around on this sub and a few others and it seems like these are the best options:
I think a hub is better than a dongle so I don’t have to use Home Assistant and I can keep using HomeKit as before. If I have to, I don’t mind Home Assistant but it was very clunky when I tried it a few years ago, not sure how it evolved.
Although here are my criteria:
- It must not require an account,
- I’d love something that works with the Hue Sync Box. Is it realistic? Maybe with hass-emulated-hue? I don’t mind replacing it if there’s something as good,
- It’d be nice to be able to use HomeKit.
Feel free to share your experiences!
I like Smartthings. Is it the best? No. Is it the most functional? No. But it supports a lot of devices and it’s really easy to use. And coupled with Alexa, there’s very little you can’t do. For more complicated things where it might seem impressive, the key is often virtual switches and sensors.