Since automation is still a bit away, would it be possible to add a shortcut tile on the touchscreen to set a selected list of devices to a certain state?
Towards a final automation system this could still be a valuable feature to toggle automated states combined with manual overrides.
In a way the mentioned shortcut could enable a scene that contains presets for many devices.
eg. It should contain information for a motion detector to decide to trigger an alarm or just turn on the lights.