To control your lights you soon need to create an account and share your data with the Hue cloud.
  • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
    531·
    1 year ago

    IoT stuff isn’t safe to use unless it’s flashed with a third-party Free Software firmware like Tasmota or ESPHome.

      • Lhianna@feddit.deEnglish
        22·
        1 year ago

        But the green part of RGB only works if you’re using their app

        Edit: downvoter, please let me know what’s bothering you about this?

          • Lhianna@feddit.deEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            Unfortunately yeah. We’ve tried the E27 and green just didn’t work. Thought it was broken and returned it, told them why. “Oh, you used the remote, right? It only works with the app, it’s been like that for years and hasn’t been fixed yet”

            • cooopsspace@infosec.pubEnglish
              1·
              1 year ago

              Oh so that’s just a bug rather than a feature lock.

              Im only using mine in home assistant that should act as an app anyway.

              • Lhianna@feddit.deEnglish
                1·
                1 year ago

                No, that’s just the problem. We only use ours in home assistant as well and it didn’t work. It’s got to be the Ikea app.

    • Zetta@mander.xyzEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      ESPhome for the win! I have like 12 smart plugs with power monitoring flashed with ESPhome

      • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        I have 8! (They’re literally the only smart home devices I have so far, although Home Assistant automatically detected my Roku and my printer.)