Govee Smart Lights

… be neutral as to not make a recommendation i think this is better from users. My plugins that can work with local control are ewelink (including sonoff devices) and meross and govee. On each plugin i have a wiki page stating which devices can be controlled locally 👍🏻

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Also thanks for your work on the Govee plugin, I have Govee in every room in my apartment 🙏

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I only use Homebridge for Govee devices anymore. I’ve installed everything into home assistant. Add home assistant as a hub in HomeKit. I get way better automations and a great dashboard from home assistant. Everything in HomeKit works as it should.

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… (3.12.9), Node.js version v.16.13.1. There was no need for me to update the Node.js, because everything worked as intended...until I recently installed the Govee Plugin to add some of their lights into HomeKit. This plugin needs a newer Node.js version as the one I had. So I pulled a new docker image, set up another instance of homebridge in container station and switched off the old one (without deleting it, luckily). The new homebridge runs and looks exactly like the old one, as it should be. New version is v.1.6.0, OS Ubuntu Focal Fossa (20.04.5 LTS), Node.js v18.15.0. Also the Govee …

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