My go-to’s are still Zigbee and Z-Wave for all devices. I have found the new Inovelli Matter switch to work well, but it has less functionality at this time than their Red (Z-Wave) and Blue (Zigbee) options.
As @neonturbo mentnions, Zooz is also a very good option if you decide to go with Z-Wave.
A 4th option is Lutron. Their switches are extremely reliable, though less feature rich.
If I were starting over from scratch at my parents’ place, I would go with a combination of Z-Wave and Zigbee switches if their features were of interest, or go with Lutron if 100% reliability was what I was looking for. I would hold off on matter for them for now.
