Hello all, I am new here and also new to HassOS so please be nice. I was wondering if people have a recommendation for what dongle(s) would be best for controlling the widest variety of IOT devices? I hadn’t really been thinking of using HassOS to control my devices until just recently so I have a variety of different plugs from different brands along with some smart lights (mostly HUE) and a couple Ecobee themostats. I am hoping to get a dongle or combination of dongles that will give me the best chance of being able to control it all through HassOS. Thanks for the help/recommendations!
Others are way more qualified to give you the best response, but allow me to give you my 2 cts…
You don’t need a dongle for many IOT devices, other than Zwave, Zigbee and Matter.
Kasa, Lifx and other similar devices connect to HA by using the specific integrations. These devices have their own App which connect their devices to the internet and the specific HA integrations connect to those devices over the internet.