Do you think would this BLE light bulb would work with Home Assistant

Hey folks,

There is a local company in Turkey selling pretty affordable BLE light bulbs. I am planning to buy some but I am not sure if they are compatible with Home Assistant. Here is the link to product: https://simart.me/en/magaza/smart-home-systems/smart-light-bulb-ble/

I contacted company and asked “Do there work with Home Assistant” and I got a reply saying “You can manage those with Google Assistant”, not sure what it means.

They also sell WiFi bulbs but BLE seems good enough for me. I am not familiar with IoT standards and wanted to make sure before buying, do you have any idea?

First, I wouldn’t ask the manufacturer, they likely won’t know or will tell you YES without having a clue.

Second, look for the brand name and model on here, if you don’t find it then it’s iffy that it will work unless it is a major brand that falls under the umbrella of like devices that also work. I don’t buy anything until I come here and look for problems/answers/use examples/etc.

I expected that they know about Home Assistant, since you know, they are in this business and Home Assistant is quite popular, but you are right, thanks.

I don’t think it is likely that I will bump into someone who knows about this brand, since the brand is local in Turkey, and even here, not widely popular. But those bulbs are good and affordable :confused:

If you are talking fairly standard protocols like Z-Wave and Zigbee then you are safer than WiFi or BT/BLE because those require knowing about the packets or API and sniffing out how to manipulate it.

BT lights can be a bit difficult to integrate
For the wifi version, that could be a rebadge tuya light so you can just use tuya integration.
Try getting 1 bulb first and do a teardown/test

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