When my dogs go outside at night, I turn on 4 lights with "Alexa, turn on the dogs lights." I'd have to go to my kitchen and garage to do that otherwise, and I certainly wouldn't have those sets of lights wired up in a circuit otherwise control in that arrangement.
The switches I buy, do all of the dumb stuff, plus more - and the "plus more" parts can be quite useful.
Network connected switches can be a reasonable compromise for a retrofit but if you're remodeling it's a much better idea to run data cabling instead of electrical to all the wall switches and install all the relays in a centralized location.
The switches I buy, do all of the dumb stuff, plus more - and the "plus more" parts can be quite useful.