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I have six ceiling lights in my tv room that we control with an amazon echo (alexa). I hard-wired the wall switches so the bulbs always have power. Alexa wouldn't work very well if the bulbs had no power. But many people try to use the wall switches to control the lights. I need new wall...

Insteon and others make such systems. They are closed systems though and only work with their products. Check out Home Depot website. Reasons modern systems use cloud. It makes installation easier Allows control from remote locations Allows control from various devices like smartphones...