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I've had my Phillips hue bulbs for over 10 years now. I own like 20 bulbs and have only had a single failure. Never had any issues with the bulbs. Google Assistant however has let itself go.
I bought Ikea bulbs and the only time I've ever had an issue with them is after a brownout nuked the gateway/hub device.
If you let the wireless remotes run out of battery you have to re-sync them, but beyond that they're the easiest IoT thing I've ever used.
Google home assistant has gone to total shit. That new Gemini crap will not recognize commands the the old assistant has no issues with
Yea is Alexa any better than Google Assistant? It used to be great but I think they are actively making it shit to get people on Gemini? But Gemini doesn't support smart home stuff, that why the hell do we need an LLM for assistant.
Alexa skeezes me out. I have a single Google home mini I keep in the garage so that I can control music and stuff hands free, but that's about it. I've stopped using it on my phone because it's garbage now. I have to assume Alexa is equivalently enshittified.