Sorry if this is a common question, but I’ve tried to research it on my own to no avail.

I have quite a few new smart light bulbs that I use with Alexa. (I use Amazon because my Sonos stuff and clock already had it.) While I love the convience of being able to use my voice or phone, I still find myself habitually using the switches when I walk into and out of a room.

Instead of just 3D printing some switch covers to keep them forever on, I was hoping there would be a smart switch that could trigger an Alexa routine to toggle the lights’ power. Maybe through VoiceMonkey as I use that on my StreamDeck.

The real issue is, I don’t want the switch to stop sending power to the outlet. I want the light to be where the control happens. That way the lights are always responding and ready to go at a moment’s notice rather than needing to reconnect before being able to change brightness/color. Is there any smart switch that does this, or do I need to try to DIY a button near my dumb switch?

  • Zouden@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    Are your lights Zigbee? Then you can just control them with a Zigbee remote mounted on your wall.