Hub Firmware Release Notes - OTA - 16.9 - V2

[a4refillpad (Wayne)]

I wonder if it’s now safe to connect Osram bulbs directly into smartthings rather than via the hue bridge?

Zigbee stability

In discussions with engineering in regards to the zigbee implementation in the Osram bulbs, apparently the bulbs can only queue 7 relayed packets at any one time. This would explain why in larger set-ups that stability issues can occur as the bulbs become overloaded and unable to relay everything passed to them. I don’t know if the same applies to other zigbee bulbs but I guess it might be similar. Until a formal fix is found I would continue avoiding adding these bulbs directly.