Sorry if this is a common question, but I’ve tried to research it on my own to no avail.

I have quite a few new smart light bulbs that I use with Alexa. (I use Amazon because my Sonos stuff and clock already had it.) While I love the convience of being able to use my voice or phone, I still find myself habitually using the switches when I walk into and out of a room.

Instead of just 3D printing some switch covers to keep them forever on, I was hoping there would be a smart switch that could trigger an Alexa routine to toggle the lights’ power. Maybe through VoiceMonkey as I use that on my StreamDeck.

The real issue is, I don’t want the switch to stop sending power to the outlet. I want the light to be where the control happens. That way the lights are always responding and ready to go at a moment’s notice rather than needing to reconnect before being able to change brightness/color. Is there any smart switch that does this, or do I need to try to DIY a button near my dumb switch?

  • ferbulousBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    For wifi switch running tasmota firmware like cloudfree, you can enable decouple mode.

  • 3-2-1-backupBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I don’t want the switch to stop sending power to the outlet.

    Make it so, then! Inside the switch electrical box, disconnect the outlet from the switch, and connect it to constant power instead. Easy-peasy, works with everything!