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I bought smart switches for mine. While I often use my phone or voice, switches are often faster to use, particularly if the switch is well located (eg, turning the light on as you enter the room). Even though I have widgets on one of my home screens for my main light modes, I have to basically interrupt what I'm doing on my phone to use my phone. And voice control is just frustratingly unreliable (I'm also not sure how to use what Philips calls a "scene" from Google Assistant -- I don't usually want to turn my lights off, but rather I have different programmed colour + brightness).

For strangers and guests, switches are usually the only thing they can easily use.