FYI: it uses the ZigBee standard, so it is likely that it will always be compatible with some third-party hubs and lights. I also expect that newer iterations of the standard will have backwards compatibility.
That makes this choice of Philips worse: they implement a standard, but then choose to ignore devices based on (probably) identifiers (and probably introducing incompatibilities). It's toxic to the whole ecosystem.
I think that some of their marketing material stated that they were ZigBee-compatible. So, I guess I can now (theoretically) sue them as a customer.
That makes this choice of Philips worse: they implement a standard, but then choose to ignore devices based on (probably) identifiers (and probably introducing incompatibilities). It's toxic to the whole ecosystem.
I think that some of their marketing material stated that they were ZigBee-compatible. So, I guess I can now (theoretically) sue them as a customer.