Tag: smart home

Getting started with Home Assistant is not difficult at all. No coding or complicated plug-ins are required. Complete smart home Dashboard settings in the simplest way!

Add-ons are added to the Home Assistant core system to expand functions not found in the basic Home Assistant system. The 7 add-ons introduced today are all add-ons that I have used myself and think are very useful. It is highly recommended that you install them first as soon as you start Home Assistant. This will definitely help you get twice the result with half the effort! Google Drive Backup: HA hangs? Just Rollback! ...

Have you seen Iron Man? The conversation between Tony and Jarvis must be the dream of many people (at least it is mine🤣). Today I will show you how to use ChatGPT and Google Gemini to customize the HA voice assistant, turning the original mentally retarded assistant into a real " "Smart Assistant!"

If you do not have a professional background in water and electricity, and want to handle smart homes by yourself, the first and easiest place to get stuck is how to make a smart switch. Today I will use my own experience to share with you how to use the zero fire switch setting in Home Assistant. It doesn’t matter if you don’t use Home Assistant as a smart home hub system to determine the multi-cut synchronization method. The previously installed parts are basically the same. Only the dual-cut synchronization part can be set in the respective systems.

Whether you want to get into a smart home or want to improve the smart home system at home, today’s article covers everything from how to start building a smart home to how to improve your existing smart home, all shared with you without any secret! Let’s get started! 2 Important Principles for Building a Smart Home When many people think about smart homes, they quickly start to worry about which system to choose, how to handle network connections, which devices to buy, and what scenarios and automation to implement. Based on my use of smart homes, The family has 2 years of experience. Before making all preparations, clearly understand the 2 principles, which will help the whole...

In Smart Home EP 1, there are three major milestones of smart home mentioned. The last milestone is "Automation". So what is the difference between "automation" and "situational" control? Why is "automation" the ultimate goal of smart homes? Let’s first understand what “Scene” is. Scene is a method of linking multiple devices. It is called “scene” in some places. Different settings can be set to meet different family needs...

"Technology always comes from human nature." This advertising line from more than 20 years ago is still so relevant today. If you are like me, you are not the laziest, only lazier. If you are like us, you guess who will get out of bed and turn off the lights every day before going to bed (and if you win, I will get out of bed). If you are like me, you will think about it every day when you go out. "Are the lights turned off? Is the air conditioner turned off?" Then building a smart home will definitely be the best decision of your life! Today, I will introduce to you what a smart home is, and then tell you where to start! What is a "smart home"? Smart Home(S...