Another thing to keep in mind is that if you have a light fixture which has 3 or 4 bulbs then you need that many smart bulbs and that can get expensive in a hurry considering you would pay $20 or $30 US (more in Canada) for each smart bulb. A single smart switch here is more economical and as I said, if it is strictly yourself or your family if they are onboard with this it is one thing, but it's a pain in the butt if visitors turn your switches off in places like hallways or public rooms because then your smart bulbs are useless until the switch is turned on again. And if you plug a regular table lamp or floor standing lamp into a smnart outlet it's the same thing, somebody turns off the switch on the lamp and your smart outlet can no longer turn the lamp on or off until you turn it back on and off with the voice command. Lastly, Amazon smart plugs may be nice and relatively inexpensive, but in a new home you really want to try and decide on a system where you can get everything from one manufacturer, e.g. smart switches, smart wall outlets and so on. Otherwise you end up with a patchwork of smart devices and while you may be able to control them all with Alexa or Google you may still need several apps from the various makes to set them up properly before that all happens.
-----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Thom Spittle Sent: Friday, September 16, 2022 11:39 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Smart switches Hi Amy, I would suggest not changing to smart switches, but instead, change to smart lights. Then, you could use your smart speaker or your phone to control all of the lights. If you have table, lamps or lamps that plug in, the. Amazon has smart plugs which are pretty cheap around Black Friday for maybe five dollars and you can plug a device into it and use the same spark smart speaker to turn it on and off. Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 16, 2022, at 2:01 PM, Amy Ruell <aru...@comcast.net> wrote: > > Hello all, > To any of you have experience with installing smart switches into your homes? > I have a new home and want to be able to control all lights in my home with a > smart speaker or by iPhone via an app. Suggestions would be greatly > appreciated. I am trying to determine if there is a brand of switch that > works best, and if so, how you control the lights. I have quite a number of > lights in my home. Thanks. > Amy. > > > Sent from my iPhone > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/7B1EB14B-642E-4903-AB94-B24388976D4E%40comcast.net. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/1EEAD731-7A07-4061-AEE8-70BCC6004336%40gmail.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/DS0PR10MB6245F456273BB7F814DAA7D9C7489%40DS0PR10MB6245.namprd10.prod.outlook.com.
