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FYI Phillips hue is not vendor locked, and does not require the internet. They're not cheap though.

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iaml5y ago· 2 in thread

Phillips hue does require the internet for setup.

You can join Phillips hue units to your own zigbee network without Internet or even the Phillips hue app.

Zigbee2mqtt and a cheap zigbee dongle is all you need really. You could add home assistant for a better interface but there is no need to involve Phillips or the Internet. One of the huge advantages of zigbee imo.

iaml5y ago

Thank you, that's cool to know. But if it applies to all zigbee devices, there is little point to choose phillips devices specifically, no?

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