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Eve requires Apple Home and Apple Home "requires" iCloud which is nodeal

It probably requires "an app" but I need something not dependant on icloud and hopefully not too laborious to calibrate

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[โ€“] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Philips Hue are actually simply zigbee. You can reset them and use any zigbee base station, completely disconnecting them from Philips. I personally just have a USB dongle I got and run zigbeetomqtt. I know they come at a premium, but they're still the best I've used. However if you choose to do a host yourself option you can also mix and match them.

[โ€“] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

So smart plugs with zigbee, got it :)

[โ€“] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

No, the HUE lightbulbs themselves support ZigBee.

Ok? Not sure what is mean otherwise, I compared Hue Bulbs because they work without needing Home/iCloud and they are a model for what I would like from a potential Smart plug