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 have an iPad I want to use as a dashboard. Any app that combines Google home and homekit into one? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by darus214@alien.top to c/homeautomation@selfhosted.forum

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I have some devices that work with GH and some that work with HK. I was going to have both apps open at the same time, but GH doesn't support multitasking on the iPad. So that led me to try to find an app that combines the two platforms into one view, but I haven't been able to. Any suggestions?

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[–] Jiirbo@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

And let Homeassistant comments begin. I’ll go first, although it requires hardware to run (like raspberry pi), but it is a one stop shop for everything that works with Google/Homekit/pretty much anything.

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[–] mlaskowsky@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Hame assistant is the best option out there. I have Google home, homekit, universal devices, zwave,zigbee and MyQ just to name a few. You can get HA yellow and be up and running in a half hour.