I had issues with my Hue lightstrips and bulbs, so I decided to switch over to the nanoleaf essentials offering (Thread + Matter!). Control of my lights has gotten noticeably worse. I have one bulb (out of 9 bulbs and 4 lightstrips) that just won't connect; that's not the end of the world – there's bound to be a lemon every now and then. Worse is that the lights that are connected randomly cut out, sometimes returning back on after a second or so but sometimes not for many minutes or more. This happens with multiple lights at least once a day. Using the Apple Home app, making adjustments to a light's color or brightness is almost always noticeably delayed, sometimes failing outright. In the nanoleaf app, forcing firmware updates is a major test of patience; lights fail to connect and the firmware updates take forever, if they work at all. I was excited to shift away from the hub-based Hue platform (itself prone to similar, though far less-frequent issues), but at this point I'm pretty disappointed in nanoleaf. Hopefully some firmware updates down the road will address these issues; I'll keep my fingers crossed. The lights themselves are seemingly well built. The color ranges are nice. I enjoy the angular design of the A19 bulb – feels on-brand. I just wish nanoleaf had the basics ironed out.
