Open source software: there are many ways to use your mobile phone to remotely control and manage even older ESP8622 boards. Currently, the best option is undoubtedly WLED. A fully open source phone application, the WLED, can be found for free in the Google Play Store or the iOS App Store. No matter what type your phone is, you can join in. With this application, you can control the LED lights exactly according to your wishes. Fully addressable LED strips: Fully addressable LED strips can create any unique colours and brightness for each LED node. Creating a great fully addressable LED control system used to be complex, either you had to start from scratch or choose the simpler option and use paid proprietary options. However, this WLED application makes the whole experience much more user-friendly Macros: You can set custom actions in the Time & Macros settings for the following events: Specific time of day; Button short/long/double print; HTTP API call that executes a macro with &M= (e.g. by URL call);Alexa on/off;Countdown finished;Time duration for light expired;Device (new)starts Each