Orchestra of Lights 4+

The app definitely needs some work. Half the time the commands I give are ignored and that’s assuming an app update or hub firmware update didn’t break something. The syncing with custom music is pretty lackluster, and the customizations are limited. That being said, the lights do look nice when they are working, and if i leave them alone they tend to be fine.

One other thing that irks me is that there’s no API or integration with other tools. I have a large investment in home automation, but this provides no way at all to integrate my lights into that automation. I’d settle for a simple on/off functionality (ex: Alexa turn on my Christmas lights) but even that is completely absent. Given the lights are on a hub to begin with adding an API to reach shouldn’t be that hard especially for local network integrations like Hubitat.

I have had these lights for the past four years and although each year it was terribly difficult to get things connected to my home Wi-Fi after about an hour or so of unlinking and re-syncing. They would finally work however this year the recent updates on the app and firmware update on the hub, claiming to have fixed timer and made it more reliable, has now completely broken the timer. In addition, even when I select to do a specific light, show it, deselects, the light show randomly, and when I choose certain music to play it deselects music as well. The volume adjustment randomly works now as well. all these recent updates have completely made the hub and my speaker is nothing more than bricks. I have to settle with plugging them into other timers and letting the default settings take over when the candy canes, an icicle lights and spotlights, and everything else that I have purchased come on and of course, none of them are in sync, because of them being on their own random patterns. It is completely broken the app, and made the entire purpose of buying the hubs, and the speakers, and the lights a worthless purchase. Please, for the love of God, fix the app, and the firmware to make the timers actually work.

These lights are great when they work. Here lies the problem. Last year I had trouble with them in the beginning. Would work spontaneously. I reset them up and they worked. We’re really nice at Christmas. So we were excited to use them again this year. Upon setting them up I saw there was an update. Thinking this should make getting them setup and working even better I went ahead with the update. The update seemed to go well. We did have a new updated mesh Wi-Fi system so thought things should be so much better. Boy we’re we wrong. Had tons of trouble getting them to work. Finally did. Ok all’s good. Nope. Didn’t work. Reset all. Reconfigured. Tried again. Would tun on randomly to random settings. Tried it all one more time. It worked. Yes for about two days then the same problems. Firmware bugs? App bugs? Both? Or is it bad chips. All of the above. Do not buy!! Look elsewhere! Spend your money elsewhere. Wasted here. Very sad. What should of been a great product turns out to be a nightmare product for all.