I cannot find my Amazon Basics Smart A19 LED Light Bulb, I just purchased my Hubitat and expected to easily add my dozen or so Smart Bulbs but this is not a brand listed. What am I doing wrong?
Hi and welcome to the community!
Unfortuantely, that's a wifi bulb, and Hubitat has very limited support for wifi devices in general. This is because wifi devices are typically cloud-dependent and restricted to the manufacturer's own walled garden. Exceptions may be possible for wifi devices that have a public API, but I'm pretty sure Amazon's Basic stuff doesn't have that - they're really designed solely for easy integration with Alexa (which a cloud-dependent ecosystem).
Hubitat is focused on supporting devices that are Zigbee, Z-Wave, and now Matter too -- such devices enable local control with no dependency on the cloud.
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Hello - I would recommend you check this list out:
Most WiFi devices use proprietary cloud servers. I suspect that is probably true of your Amazon light bulbs.
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If this is the Amazon Basics bulb you purchased, the Amazon listing indicates that it ONLY works with Alexa.
Here's an example of a zigbee full color bulb that works with multiple systems including Hubitat (and Amazon Echo devices). It is also cheaper (for the 4-pack) than the Amazon Basics bulb.
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