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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submitted 10 months ago by ouikikazz@alien.top to c/homeautomation@selfhosted.forum

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I'm just getting into this whole smart home thing, I recently got some smart wing matter blinds. I have zero clue which hub to get, I honestly have no desire for any voice automation and have zero apple ecosystem in my house but I see a lot of people pointing to an apple TV box? Is there any other solid recommendations out there? I saw habitat seems pretty popular here too but there's zero mention of matter support on their site.

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[–] Ginge_Leader@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Matter is still mostly irrelevant and the current trend doesn't give us any indication when/if this will change. Good to have the support in a hub but is the least important for making this work today.

As for HA, that is the best bet in general if you want to ensure the broadest range of support of devices but you need to be a person who has the desire to get into technical bits, and spend a notable amount of upfront time learning, as that can be required. It is currently much, much better than it has been but HA is still not a fully plug-it-in-and-go general consumer device.

If all you want to do is control your blinds remotely, I'm assuming they have an app for them for your phone. Others can be more helpful if you specify what the blinds are, what other things you currently have that are connected/smart that you want to control, how you want to control them (schedule time of day, specific event, etc) what your phone and voice assistants are (if you have any), and what you think you might want to do in the future.