When we tested the WB1, we found the lack of timely feedback to be frustrating, for example, when we controlled a Xiaomi wifi light, it needed to go through the Xiaomi servers so that it would take roughly 3 to 4 seconds to see a response, which is just plain silly.
We're thinking of designing a virtual state to save the synchronized state and also provide an option to switch states in response. That way, when you press it, you get a response from the button itself immediately, but when it's over, it gradually synchronizes to the real state.
This is one of the interesting things that can be done, and it's a demonstration of the flexibility of the WB1 that we can experience the rules of this device in a way that it doesn't have to be particularly complex, yet still get effective feedback. Also in the controller we integrate the light sensor, then it's possible to turn down the brightness of this feedback light so that it's not blinding (as an optional feature) during the darkness of the night, while keeping a brighter behavior during the day.
It's kind of fun to incorporate all this very detailed stuff in there, which allows the WB1 to be kind of a reliable push-button device that works in a fixed location.
As far as we're concerned, the concept of feedback is particularly fun, which can usually be done with a smart screen, but we wanted a bit of a physical feel to it, and then after the proper completion of the setup, it's just silently there and keeps working. Not only can it act as a button, but it can also act as a light to tell us the status of the device.Or even imagine this too: when an intended device isn't working the way we want it to, we can use HA to make the button start blinking, which alerts us to draw attention to it. And that's an interesting possibility.