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Home Automation
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Home automation is the residential extension of building automation.
It is automation of the home, housework or household activity.
Home automation may include centralized control of lighting, HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning), appliances, security locks of gates and doors and other systems, to provide improved convenience, comfort, energy efficiency and security.
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I've had good success using Hubitat. Like you I tried the Google Home path but, we soon became convinced we were being spied on via the assistant to send us advertising emails and we found it rather creepy when it would join into conversations uninvited. Gmail was another issue in business as customers with gmail addresses had emails from us manipulated to insert ads for other Google services. I don't trust "free" big tech cloud offerings. With Hubitat I have created home & business security that was both local and without subscriptions using sensors and sirens. I set up my own sprinkler timer and controls which has been very handy when working on sprinklers in the yard as I avoid trips to the garage to turn various zones on or off to flush lines & etc. by simply using a "dashboard" on my Android phone. Slightly funky interface though it offers some very powerful capabilities which I believe could perform all of the functions you describe. It is a smaller company with frequently miserable documentation and website. The community seems a bit cliquish and someone new might find themselves scolded for posting a question in the wrong group or not having read the right documentation. It works great once you figure it all out. It has integrations which allow Google or Alexa but I've never liked talking to things that aren't real people. I have a google home hub, google speaker, and google home mini all collecting dust after multiple undisclosed privacy intrusions from Google. Those were particularly irritating when emails to customers were modified without notice by Google which resulted in complaints and confusion just because the customer had a gmail address and used a Google client. 6-bit answer I guess.