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Don't rely on Alexa to wake you up... (www.theverge.com)
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[โ€“] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 29 points 2 weeks ago (12 children)

Wait does the alarm on Alexa rely on the server side? ๐Ÿ’€๐Ÿคก

[โ€“] dan@upvote.au 14 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (5 children)

There's way too much stuff that relies on internet access. If I'm at home, and my washing machine (which is also at home) wants to tell me when it's done, why does that need to use the internet?

I try to stick to Zigbee or Z-wave devices where possible, since they're guaranteed to be local-only. If I need access when I'm away from home, I connect with a VPN to access Home Assistant.

[โ€“] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Matter is also local---provisioning can be a PITA but once done I've been pretty happy with even the cheap Matter WiFi smart bulbs. Home Assistant supports them very well.

Cheap bulbs can be a little buggy, which usually means I need to power cycle some of them now and then.

[โ€“] dan@upvote.au 2 points 1 week ago

I mainly use smart switches rather than smart bulbs. Currently I'm using the Inovelli Blue switches which use Zigbee.

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