With geolocation your smart home will know if you are in or away from your home. This means you can easily trigger events based on your location. If for example you are on your way home from work, once you enter a preset distance around your home your smart light switches will activate a scene and turn your lights on. So when you arrive home your porch and hallway lights can be on ready for you. Which type of switch you buy depends on what you want from your lighting. Do you want color-changing bulbs, or do you just want remote control of your existing bulbs? If it’s the latter, then a smart switch like the Tapo will be perfect for your needs. Are smart light switches hard to install? When shopping for smart light switches, you will come across switches and plugs. Switches come with the convenience of working as regular light switches with natural operation whilst boasting features such as app remote control and timing automations.

If a light fixture is controlled by more than one switch — for example, when you have a light switch at the top and bottom of a set of stairs — then you'll need to get a three-way smart light switch. However, if there's only one switch controlling an outlet, you can get a "single pole" switch. The only downside is that the switch, like all of Lutron's products, must be linked to the Smart Bridge. The bridge itself must be plugged into your router so that you can control it from your smartphone.

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This is because the old version has a default child count of unknown devices equal to 3. github.com w35l3y/SmartThingsPublic/blob/38bfd993fac555b31f619a8908ba30b7cf971db8/devicetypes/br-com-wesley/zemismart-zigbee-smart-switch.src/zemismart-zigbee-smart-switch.groovy#L86 Read our full Jasco Enbrighten Z-Wave No Neutral Smart Dimmer review Smart light switch accessories The switch itself looks high-tech, with several buttons laid out to control the numerous options Caséta offers. Lutron has gone for function over fashion for the most part with this dimmer: The white and gray buttons are front and center, not hidden by touch-sensitive controls, as is the case with other dimmers in this category.

Smart switches are often bulkier than their traditional counterparts, however; so if they don't fit in the electrical box properly, you may need to get a new box, which is probably a job for an electrician. Similarly, some older homes don't have the right wiring, so an electrician is a good idea here, too. How we test smart light switches This unit supports both ‘neutral wire’ and ‘no neutral wire’ operation and is our very latest release (current models to be phased out). The unit in addition to WiFi also supports BLE (Bluetooth low energy). A WiFi to Bluetooth hub can also be added if required. I hope this guide was useful in helping you choose a smart light switch for your UK or Irish home. Installing a smart light switch UK is an easy way to modernize your home and control lighting with just a tap. A press can change a certain light (or set/room/zone of lights) to a specific scene, then cycle through a handful more scenes with subsequent presses. Or, the Smart Button can be configured to cycle through a set of scenes depending on the time of day, switching from cool, blue light in the morning and daytime, through to warmer, softer and more yellow/orange shades in the evening and through the nighttime. We experimented with using the switches in different rooms and with different combinations of lighting fixtures. With wired switches, it was a case of removing an old switch and wiring up the smart one, ensuring we carefully turned off the power and fitting the wires to the correct terminals of the new switch.A smart switch is a direct replacement for a traditional wall plate. Connected over your home WiFi network, smart switches allow you to make your home fully automated, controlling the lighting, fans and appliances remotely using the Grid Connect mobile app. They can be used to control any non-smart product you’d typically use switches for such as exhaust fans and lighting. What are the most common smart switch uses? With the timing function, you can set your switch to turn your lights on and off automatically according to your schedule. You can create smart scenes, so one SONOFF device can turn another one on or off. This allows you to control multiple devices with just one tap. Wireless technology: Most of the smart switches and dimmers on our list use Wi-Fi, but we also consider models that use other wireless technologies, such as ClearConnect, Zigbee, and Z-Wave. The Lightwave LP21WHMK2 is a smart dimmer switch that allows you to control the lighting in your home through your smartphone or voice-controlled assistants such as Alexa, Google Assistant, and HomeKit. The dimmer switch is simple to install and requires no extra wiring – it can work without a neutral or earth wire.