# Best buttons for everything

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/best-buttons-for-everything/120338>\
**Category:** Questions & Help\
**Tags:** homey-pro\
**Created:** [November 12, 2024, 4:09am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/best-buttons-for-everything/120338 "2024-11-12T04:09:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Vikngr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7ea924/32.png) [@Vikngr](https://community.homey.app/u/Vikngr)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2024, 4:09am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/best-buttons-for-everything/120338/1 "2024-11-12T04:09:15Z")

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Like the title sais, what’s the best button /remote that can be used for everything. I mostly am thinking about maybe that can control Philips hue and Sonos speakers with one remote that is just a few buttons. Like for example vol up/vol down/play,pause for Sonos and scene selection/on,of/brightness up/down all in one remote with maybe the option to add 2 or so more functions. I guess 8 to 10 buttons. And from what I can see I should be able to link some of them through homey and use it to control multiple brands right? If so I’d buy homey right away

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**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2024, 10:09pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/best-buttons-for-everything/120338/2 "2024-11-12T22:09:33Z")

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How about an old(er) phone with a dashboard? Unless you’d really like a device with real buttons.

Here you can find what’s supported with Homey cloud/premium:

> **[Apps for Homey Cloud](https://homey.app/en-nl/apps/homey-cloud/)**

Homey Pro:

> **[Apps for Homey Pro](https://homey.app/en-nl/apps/homey-pro/)**

“Best buy” guide:

> **[Smart Home Best Buy Guides | Homey](https://homey.app/en-nl/best-buy-guide/)**

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**Author:** ![Vikngr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7ea924/32.png) [@Vikngr](https://community.homey.app/u/Vikngr)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2024, 9:14am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/best-buttons-for-everything/120338/3 "2024-11-19T09:14:19Z")

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Sorry for late reply… but I want phisical buttons that I can have above my bed and on the couch like I can… change everything that i named from my phone already. But if I could get a switch like the hue switches or something that just has more buttons that can control more than one brand at a time would be awesome

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**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2024, 9:53pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/best-buttons-for-everything/120338/4 "2024-11-19T21:53:24Z")

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I see! With a Hue, Ikea, Aqara (or whatnot) multi-button or the like, you can assign anything to a button using Homey  
Something like:  
Button\_1 1x press: zigbee light A on  
Button\_ 1 x press: wifi Fan A on  
Button\_3 1x press: z-wave light B on

Button\_1 2x press: zigbee light A off  
Button\_1 longpress: zigbee light A dim +10%  
And so forth