Shelly integration using "shelly groups"

In the Shelly app you can group devices and it allows turning them on all at once. This is much nicer than when you have an automation that turns them on randomly or is a short sequence. Is there a way to utilize the shelly group and trigger it on/off within home assistant?

I didn’t know this existed until now, but have you tried Light Groups in home assistant ?

I did, however with HA deprecating groups I am confused if that is still viable. I assume it maybe still viable. However In suspect it does not work as seamless as how the shelly app does it. Shelly groups all the devices turn on pretty much exactly the same time.

Unless something has changed, according to the linked post, groups are not being removed.

any news for that?