TechCurious: I feel you — automation lag is annoying. What worked for me was adding a repeater.

17 minutes ago · profile

Sorry if this is basic — which protocol should I use? I'm setting up my first automations and trying to avoid mistakes.

See also

• Stupid question: is MQTT the same as HTTP?
• Mosquitto: where do you host your MQTT broker?
• ESPHome — is it worth learning for beginners?