Which is why very shortly after I found homassistant, I moved all my sensors/devices over and decommissioned my smartthings bridge and never looked back.
I opted out about the time they were releasing their second gen hub, so it’s been a while now. I’m on my second iteration of HA hardware (rpi5) now. Still have old iris window sensors I bought way back when I had ST. (From lowes). Their biggest issue is the battery life on them kinda sucks.
I will miss the water sensors though. Those plus IFTTT were so good at alerting us and shutting off the water. Any suggestions for replacing those? I use HA currently
I was excited for 30 seconds until I downloaded it and realized it isn’t the same as my smart things app where I can just add my TV to it and just turn it on and off when my x box doesn’t. But it looks like you have to set up a whole server config to get it working.
Apps like Smart Things are more than just an app. Home assistant too. If you want freedom, you sometimes have to move away trib your comfort zone. Once you have the server running in your home network, which you can do from literally any computer, you will find that it gives you so, so much more freedom than any other system. I’m pretty sure you can connect you TV, Xbox and whatever else, and make them turn on the moment you arrive home.
You can buy a Home Assistant hub which is a raspberry that comes with Home Assistant on it. It’s designed to be mostly plug and play, but isn’t near the simplicity of SmartThings yet.
Once it’s setup, a lot of devices can be just added and go. I’ve got my LG TV added and can turn it on, off, change inputs, etc. I have way more powerful automations and more devices on HA than I ever could on SmartThings.
I’m in IT. Do this for a living. Don’t want to do this at home. Smart things is a free app that lets me click to turn on my TV. But that device may be useful for someone that wants to tinker and do more things.
Which is why very shortly after I found homassistant, I moved all my sensors/devices over and decommissioned my smartthings bridge and never looked back.
Same, I completely killed my ST as soon as they killed webCORE functionality.
Yeah, it went from awesome to useless
That’s what I’m working towards right now. We just sold our home and I left all my SmartThings installed for the new guy.
The gift thst keeps on giving :)
I opted out about the time they were releasing their second gen hub, so it’s been a while now. I’m on my second iteration of HA hardware (rpi5) now. Still have old iris window sensors I bought way back when I had ST. (From lowes). Their biggest issue is the battery life on them kinda sucks.
I will miss the water sensors though. Those plus IFTTT were so good at alerting us and shutting off the water. Any suggestions for replacing those? I use HA currently
Idk about the shut off but I liked the third reality sensors
IKEA ones
I am not using any water sensors, so can’t speak to that
Hey me too. Well, left it all for my ex but yeah. I’ll be switching to home assistant once I get some of the more pricy renovation stuff done here.
Same.
Same here. For a trial period I kept the ST hub but as soon as was happy with home assistant the ST went.
I moved to Hubitat. Been much happier.
I was excited for 30 seconds until I downloaded it and realized it isn’t the same as my smart things app where I can just add my TV to it and just turn it on and off when my x box doesn’t. But it looks like you have to set up a whole server config to get it working.
Apps like Smart Things are more than just an app. Home assistant too. If you want freedom, you sometimes have to move away trib your comfort zone. Once you have the server running in your home network, which you can do from literally any computer, you will find that it gives you so, so much more freedom than any other system. I’m pretty sure you can connect you TV, Xbox and whatever else, and make them turn on the moment you arrive home.
You can buy a Home Assistant hub which is a raspberry that comes with Home Assistant on it. It’s designed to be mostly plug and play, but isn’t near the simplicity of SmartThings yet.
Once it’s setup, a lot of devices can be just added and go. I’ve got my LG TV added and can turn it on, off, change inputs, etc. I have way more powerful automations and more devices on HA than I ever could on SmartThings.
Depends on your comfort level and interest level
I’m in IT. Do this for a living. Don’t want to do this at home. Smart things is a free app that lets me click to turn on my TV. But that device may be useful for someone that wants to tinker and do more things.
I was excited for 30 seconds. Until I downloaded