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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Pharylon on 2025-07-18 23:42:33+00:00.
I swear I've had the worst luck with smart bulbs over the years. I started with LIFX bulbs, which are fine, but I really wanted to go full local control (plus they're kinda pricy) so the next time I needed some smart bulbs, I bought Zigbee. I hated them. They refused to join the mesh network, only talking to the hub directly and I had to actually move my Home Assistant server to make them work. So this time when I needed smart bulbs, I took a chance on Linkind brand matter bulbs. After all, I've been hearing Matter is the new smarthome standard (and after using Tasmota switches, I've learned how awesome local-first wifi devices can be).
They're also terrible. They're incredibly slow to respond, hell, they sometimes don't respond at all. After having issues in Home Assistant I tested setting them up directly with Google Home to make sure it wasn't a HA-specific issue, and saw the same problems. They're just truly garbage as far as I can tell.
Has anyone had any good experience with Matter bulbs? And what brands/protocols does everyone here like when it comes to smart bulbs in general?