Stuff like this is the reason the only smart devices I have got so far are a Chromecast Audio, a Chromecast TV and a 2nd gen Google Home Mini (free from Spotify Premium). Those things are low impact if they don't work properly, and they do stop working with alarming regularity. I have spent less than £80 on the set up.
The Home mini has trouble with my regional British accent. The Chromecasts are within 2m of my router, and still manage to get disconnected randomly.
I'm not anti-smart home, but the stuff has to be 99.9% reliable for me to consider going forward with it. I've never had a light switch fail on me...
I don't think we'll start getting reliability like that until manufacturers 1) stop trying to hook them up to the cloud 2) default to wired and 3) implement failsafes (you can still turn off the light switch manually).
Until then it's the internet of malware infested broken toasters.
A local vendor does the above, but instead of "smart" lightbulbs, offers smart switches - which still operate as physical switches when directly used. But they don't have huge marketing or anything like that, they appear to mostly sell to integrators (with their gateway then being integrated into popular solutions like HomeKit etc.)
The Home mini has trouble with my regional British accent. The Chromecasts are within 2m of my router, and still manage to get disconnected randomly.
I'm not anti-smart home, but the stuff has to be 99.9% reliable for me to consider going forward with it. I've never had a light switch fail on me...