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Discussion about general home automation ideas and projects, home automation protocols like Z-wave, Zigbee, Matter, etc, and home automation software and hubs like HomeSeer, Home Assistant, OpenHAB, Homey.

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wifi vs zigbee (lemmy.ml)
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What's the advantage of the zigbees? I can get both bulbs, wifi and zigbee for ~5 bucks.

I tried reading a lot of articles/ posts. This is all confusing. Some write zigbee is better with battery because wifi lamps need to stay connected with wifi. But the zigbee lamps need to stay connected with zigbee (however they communicate. must be waves as well) as well, does it consume less power? What's the range of these hubs? Wifi is available everywhere. Do I need multiple hubs?

I want to connect them to home assistant, so arguments like zigbee can be better automated should fall short as well, right? I already have one wifi lamp which is automated enough for my taste. What shall I more automate than turn off at x and turn on at y.

And I haven't even read properly into zwave or matter.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

I want to connect them to home assistant, so arguments like zigbee can be better automated should fall short as well, right?

Wrong. Too many WiFi devices depend on “cloud” services. Home Assistant controlling an automation by calling a cloud service, then waiting for the device to synchronize with that cloud service frequently causes noticeable delay.