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Smart devices are turning out to be a poor investment (www.androidpolice.com)
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[–] huginn@feddit.it 29 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Zigbee2mqtt + homeassistant = all I need at home and away.

All my zigbee devices just report in and I automate my home that way.

I have high hopes for matter but in the interim: I've got shit working great. Window sensors to automate air filters going on and off, a humidifier running in response to a few sensors around the apartment, grow lights on and off on some simple timers.

More complicated things like fans and lights for a 3d printing enclosure? Easy: octoprint has a homeassistant hook and I can listen in for printer start/stop.

Local control will always beat out the "easy solution" IMO. It's just a bit more setup.

But it's not a solution I could hand off to technically illiterate grandparents.

[–] simplejack@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If we’re talking lights - Lutron Caseta all day. Those things have bullet proof connectivity, support all the major platforms, have great support for homebrew stuff, have hardware that has remained the same for a long time, and local network and switch pairings work offline. If Lutron folds up shop, a lot the “smart” stuff will still work.

[–] huginn@feddit.it 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah but downside: I rent

So everything I'm doing is with smart sockets haha

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