Share Smart Lighting and Light Groups
Please allow sharing of light groups with other users! I have a Floodlight Wired and I am the only one who can control it because it's required to be in a group and devices in a group can't have access shared. What if I'm not home or am unavailable and someone needs to turn the light on/off? Please add this function. I got the Floodlight Wired because I have other Ring devices, but I think there are better z-wave controlled options I will consider.
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16-04-2020 08:03:18
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I agree. This does seem odd. Since in my case, and I assume many others, the shared users are members of my house. I want them to be able to easily turn lights on and off with the app.
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03-01-2021 05:01:09
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Instead of using Alexa routines to turn on a TP Link Kasa K19 over my front door. I thought it was a good idea to get a ring A19 instead. Oops, now my family can't control the light. Sure, its set to trigger off motion, but if they want to turn the light on and have it remain on (so someone can see the house number), they can't. I realize flipping the switch by the front door off, then on again might work, my point is that I should be able to share lights with other users without buying other brands or telling them to use the analog switch, even though it's a "smart" lightbulb.
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03-01-2021 05:07:56
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The lack of light sharing creates multie safety issues for families. Only one member of a.family can remotely turn on lights prior to approaching the home. Many families have shared an account then as a work around, this removed the ability to audit and secure access, eg: child shares a cod.ewith friend, child that is a minor can control parents account. Prevents best practice use of two factor authentication. EPIC fail by ring, no tag for Safety concerns? Lame
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11-02-2021 05:59:58
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Add the ability to share out my lights group to shared users (like my wife) via permissions section.
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10-03-2021 02:14:31
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Nick686
Rather than install a new electrical switch in my home, I got some smart bulbs. Unfortunately the product packaging doesn't mention shared users will not have access the bulbs. The bulbs have to be added to a group during setup, and shared users cannot access grouped lights. Kind of odd to not anticipate that more than one person would want to turn a light on an off. Will this problem be fixed in the future?
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31-12-2020 07:04:57
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