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I have Hue in all the lamps and a light strip on top of the kitchen cabinets acting like a big uplighter. I use the rectangular hue switches to control everything (one per room) but the kitchen which is on a motion sensor. All the timings and button programming is done through iConnectHue app. Third party but gives tons more options on how to control everything. A few Siri commands for HomeKit let’s me override things by talking to the watch (eg goodnight to turn everything off).
Ring doorbell uses ifttt to interact with Hue and the app I mentioned has a disco mode which the wife hates.
I tried the hive lights because I have their heating controller but there’s little support or intergration with other devices so they’re currently waiting to be redeployed in the shed when I get round to putting up the fitting and sticking a window sensor on the shed door as a switch (door open = on).
The light switches on the walls still control the big lights in the ceiling and I can’t imagine changing them as they provide big powerful find what you dropped lights on demand.
Next will be a Hue bathroom light with motion sensor as a controller, I’m fed up with shitting in the dark because I don’t want a bright light on. I’ll set it up to be 15-20% if activated after midnight. A bit more in the morning for the shower and full beans the rest of the day. The bedroom switch can be used to put it in a soft mood if we want relaxing bath time.
It’s all plug and play, super simple to set up and no skills required. Spendy though so look out for sales at places like Argos.