New Advanced Zigbee Bulb Drivers - 2.2.5

They are suitable as a replacement for any of the corresponding "Generic Zigbee..." light drivers. The default fingerprint/driver selection on pairing was moved to these drivers for at least the specific bulbs in the release notes, but staff have indicated that they are suitable for any bulb that doesn't already have a dedicated driver (e.g., Sengled--though I actually still prefer the Advanced or Generic drivers over the Sengled ones even here, with the expectation that some features may not work, something you might find with some particular bulbs too).

Personally, I don't have a lot of directly paired bulbs anymore, but so far the Advanced drivers seem to work a lot better for me than the Generic drivers, so I'd probably recommend them unless you have a reason not to try them. As usual, hit "Configure" after you save with the new driver--the Advanced drivers run some tests on the bulb (you may notice them turn on for a bit) as part of running this command, so it's particularly important for these drivers.

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