UPDATE - Points 1, 3 and 4 were resolved with the removal of the Hue device manager that HA auto added to my install. I’ll leave the original comment in place in case anyone else experiences the same, but wanted to clarify that those issues were caused by my HA install and not the Violet switch itself.
Full summary of the fix here:
Violet Smart Switch - #19 by noobey
I have one of these switches, and if I’m honest I bought it squarely because of @Ullizzz comment above.
Being able to integrate it with HA was the key for me.
However, I can’t recommend it to people.
It’s quite a pain if I’m honest…
Key issues right now:
- The price. For what it costs £180, I’d expect it to work reliably, and be very polished.
- The UI isn’t great and is lacking a ton of things. In Sonos for example, there no search or ability to shuffle tracks.
- The reliability of the switch is driving me nuts. I have scenes randomly triggering, and since installing the switch my lights will go through a disco routine at random times of the day. The first one I had did this, they replaced it and now this one seems to be doing it intermittently.
- Getting it to play nice with HA is probably the biggest issue for me right now (this might be the fault of the HA plugin). Every 2-3 days the switch will no longer see HA and I have to set it up again from scratch each time. Today however, no matter what I try, despite the emulated Hue logs showing the switch is registered, the switch refuses to acknowledge HA and will not register, making it completely unusable.
Overall, this is probably the slickest looking smart light switch we can get in the UK, but my experience with it has been very negative. My wife hates it.
If anyone has any ideas on anything I can try to get it working with HA again, please let me know!