So turns out “the smart home” is just a bunch of simple wall plugs with dumb devices plugged into them.

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If the function is just on/off then yes

But you can also program or voice control:
- temperature
- colors
- brightness
- volume
- content

Interested in human flourishing & social infrastructure

I’ve heard good things about using GPT to easily create your own Alexa skills. Haven’t done this yet but at some point I’m going to give it a crack

Oh, I have all these things too. But the most value always seems to come from the simplest action of being able to turn my fan on rather than some Rube Goldberg IFTTT automation.

…at least in theory

Sincerely,
Someone with Sonos and Hue and Sometimes Wants to Throw Them Out the Window