25 Home Automation Ideas: Ultimate Smart Home Tour (volume 2)

[@SmartHomeSolver]

Thanks for watching! Here’s the link for the free Audible trial: audible.com/smarthomesolver Also here are the notes for how to set up these automations: smarthomesolver.com/reviews/25-smart-home-automation-ideas-volume-2/ Of course these are all just ideas, and you could implement just a few so your house isn’t TOO automated (wait, is that possible…?)

[@johnnygoni7402]

The fan and the eufy door bell automations are done with smart things? I have hubitat at the moment

[@MarkSmithMCS]

OK, that self-pressing standing desk is officially legendary :-) Well done!

[@MarkSmithMCS]

Also, is the auto-on guard a Ring alarm-specific automation? I've only used Guard about 3 times when I went on vacation because I have to enable it manually. I also have no Smartthings setup. I'm an Alexa/Ghome/Wyze/IFTTT/Life 360 home

[@SmartHomeSolver]

@Mark Smith glad to hear you like the standing desk automation! I can't find where I read it but I think Alexa guard might be compatible with some other alarm systems. It's compatible with ADT in the same way. You can create an Alexa routine to automatically set Alexa guard to away when you leave the house or from some other trigger. But there isn't a way to automatically disable Alexa guard with connecting it to an alarm system.

[@MarkSmithMCS]

@@SmartHomeSolver I don't have an alarm system. IFTTT could be great except that Amazon offers very few (or no?) actions for Alexa on the "THAT" side

[@MattTaylor7]

You must hate going to friends houses where you have to touch a light switch

[@regardtech6782]

😂

[@cyracuskenneth1865]

🤣🤣

[@andrewmaishev2834]

U just don't need a friends with such house :D

[@melindak6472]

Lol

[@treasurewuji8740]

Well, five bucks on his robot picks up dog poop as toys 🧸 .

[@c.j.k9737]

Reed: "You wanna go on a walk...?" Luna: *jumps off couch* Reed: "Tonight" Really had to play her dirty there

[@kailevart3888]

At least he actually took her on that walk. With the little helper too

[@BrodieTV]

HAHAHAH “you wanna go on a walk... tonight” killed me

[@homegadgets8962]

These gadgets that are listed are cool! Love the video, I wanna have a chance to win something in the giveaway.

[@The-One-and-Only]

was going to say the same haha

[@Tommyisme]

This man's living in the future

[@CCCC-tq8yo]

@@zxccxz164 whow

[@saaamlm]

The future is now

[@CCCC-tq8yo]

@@saaamlm whow

[@bazanime]

It's the future TODAYYYYY!! 😁

[@CCCC-tq8yo]

@@bazanime whow

[@bazanime]

The amount of programming routines into Smarthings, Alexa, Home hub, etc etc to pull all this off must be epic. Then the spreadsheets to keep track of them all for reference and maintenance boggles the cranium. My ex hated automation and despised my little echo dot when it gave me the news flash each morning. Your wife is a keeper. Well done.

[@ayekayaybridie]

Toxic relationship you had by the sounds of it, luck wasn't the answer

[@naumen6508]

@@ayekayaybridie I don't think you could call a relationship toxic, based on what a person despises. Come on.

[@Squeakerz4Lyfe]

You really don't need to program anything lol. This is just a big state machine with smaller subsystems. He just made it relatively easy to follow along if you were to follow it. I also don't know if he coded anything. He could have, but most likely the things he bought already do most of what he wanted it to do. He just needed to include the new states in the existing routines. Anyway, my point is, it's not as much as you might have originally thought.

[@TechWithBrett]

This house is on X Games mode!

[@nigeriaking474]

It's also on WHY game mode

[@Gazoontheofficialchannel]

I see you

[@jumpmanjourneys]

Sup brett like ur vids

[@EddyGraphic]

And I thought I was a wizard when I told alexa to turn my bedroom lights blue 😂

[@maskeddagyt3348]

It's all fun until the wifi cuts off 😂😂😂

[@mapplegaming3919]

Then its all over😂

[@BLUELEADER78]

I think there are a few products that will work without an internet connection. A local wireless network? I'm not too tech savvy.

[@sebulica93]

this can all be done within the home,even without an active internet connection,or even without a wifi router.you can make a local "router" with an esp32 to mitigate all the loops and dependencies :D

[@maskeddagyt3348]

@@sebulica93 thanks

[@AmySuper4]

@@BLUELEADER78 all Apple HomeKit connected products still work without wifi

[@camaronvillecco9443]

I have been building my smart home for the last 2 years, but recently started expanding to more intricate automations Thank you so much for testing all these products and giving in depth automation guidance. I probably watch 5-6 of your videos a week. 😁

[@SmartHomeSolver]

Thanks Cameron I really appreciate it!

[@prajwalgowdal4437]

Can you guide me to set up new automation business unit ?

[@zapperz0398]

i have a question. Do you and this KZbinr program these automations yourself, or do you use the features that all these various devices offer?

[@DanSeaber-Shinn]

Oh Reed....it costs me so much money every time I watch your videos!! Congrats on 200K 👍🏻

[@SmartHomeSolver]

Haha yeah there is a lot of really good smart home tech out there. Thanks I appreciate the support!

[@meemfalker]

All these ideas are so amazing, I like the exercise routine and I can't just help to be amazed about how creative one person can be, I have a suggestion and doubt, do you use a system to keep all the cameras together? cause I am thinking in using Ajax, if you are not familiar with it, its a system that allows to synchronize and keep all the cameras in one single place, now I wonder if it can synchronize with Alexa? cause in here she seems to do way much more, definitely, it would be good to know, thank you beforehand.

[@j.h.4570]

It's not lights that keep you working out, it's your motivation ;-) Nice gadgety idea but investing that time into the workout might have paid out a bit more, looking at him :-P *lol*

[@milanmask4986]

I'm willing to bet that it's more expensive to use the system from Amazon. In addition, it is completely unsafe and stupid, since using this system you become completely vulnerable to hackers only because there is an open channel in the security protocols for the police, who in turn can monitor you through your own cameras as much as they want. Attackers can also do this through the same channels. If you want security, then leave ajax and do not look for alternatives. In my opinion, this will be the most correct solution.

[@venimus777]

the key here is "one person", when another one is living there, those routines may become quite awkward

[@Touringmidwest]

my obsession for smart home automation grows with every new video lol.. another good one Reed, thanks, keep em coming.

[@myHomeKithome]

This has completely changed the way I think or a lot of my automations. Great video!

[@Dangrousdave20]

Omg these vids make me laugh more each time! Now show us the frustrating side when things don't work. Alexa giving you the "i'm having trouble connecting to the internet" speech, the robot getting stuck under dishwasher door and crying for help, and the cameras recognizing a bug as a person and alerting you at 2 in the morning lol.

[@zinetx]

Ok boomer.

[@chieragmattoo7969]

You are an inspiration!

[@CreateHumanConnections]

We need a full tutorial of how to set up NFC on Android with Google Assistant. Sounds super awesome!

[@SmartHomeSolver]

Sounds good. There seems to be some good interest in that so I will probably do that soon. Thanks!

[@CreateHumanConnections]

@@SmartHomeSolver Thanks for the quick reply, since my comment, I have searched all over Google and KZbin with a how-to for Android/Google Assistant and nothing at all is coming up. Please help us, Reed!

[@tubbytonyscfc]

@@SmartHomeSolver I'd love to see how you got this to work. The uses are virtually endless.

[@ahmedbachoo9112]

@@CreateHumanConnections try tasker for android

[@Betoballestas]

@@CreateHumanConnections yeah! A full tutorial on NFC for Android would be awesome

[@Matt-wc2mf]

"What is my purpose?..." "You bring me Luna's leash..." "Oh my god..."

[@Power_Verse_]

.... tonight tho

[@theluckynumber]

I'd love to see how you've set up all the wiring and plugs for all the lights and light strips, especially in the kitchen. We don't have a whole lot of outlets where I could easily hide the cables, so that's one of my main challenges to get wife-approval for adding more smart lights to the house

[@BigBoii1369]

Simply add smart light switches to control dumb lights. If you use a smart dimmer switch then you can have it turn on at 25% with voice control or automation

[@DivaNamedDom]

I want this to be my house! Such a brilliant use of technology!

[@handleisntavaible]

Congrats on 200k!!

[@SmartHomeSolver]

Thanks!

[@MarcSolomonScheimann]

Hands down, the best smart home automation video on KZbin

[@SmartHomeSolver]

I appreciate it Marc!

[@peternystrom921]

Yes insane, best thing I ever seen like 1000 ideas i could never come up with.

[@Longie]

Some of these ideas are awesome. At first, I liked the pressure sensor turning things on (eg if you have an alarm go off every day but one day is a public holiday, you might not want your morning routine to start when the alarm is stopped), though I wonder how it would work if you get up to get a glass of water or visit the bathroom. The NFC chips are a great idea, especially with people working from home, which obviously has become more frequent recently. One thing that blew me away was that 'if you haven't opened the backdoor after 8pm and go into the kitchen, it reminds you to take the rubbish out', that is crazy (and something I sorely need, haha). And the TV pausing if someone rings your doorbell is a very nice touch also. Thanks heaps for the video!

[@SmartHomeSolver]

Thanks Dan! You could set parameters in something like webCoRE to only check for getting out of bed between a certain time. I'll be doing more videos explaining things like this soon. I'm glad to hear you liked the ideas!

[@redgamr27]

I love the things you've done with the lighting. Accent lights are my favorite. Automation makes them even cooler

[@jankoodziej877]

What I'm always wondering is - how do those automation work when you want to do something else at the moment. Let's say you have automation controlling blinds. But for whatever reason you manually changed the blinds level and you don't want it to be changed for example when you turn on TV and the automation would normally close them. My point is - there are always scenarios possible that you didn't think about in your automation, how to deal with that?

[@Longie]

(long comment, apologies in advance) On another note, I recently bought an alarm clock (won't mention names or provide links in case that's a KZbin no-no), that integrates with my Google assistant. I toggle the 'morning routine' on so when I stop the alarm, it tells me the weather and time, plays music on my office/computer room speaker (yet to install automatic blind openers, but will do that), boils my smart kettle, turns on my bathroom lights and sends a request to IFTTT which goes to my raspberry pi and plays music on it. The pi is hooked up behind a DIY smart mirror (in the bathroom) I made which shows me the weather, news, time, traffic/transit times to my office if I need to go in and my daily and weekly calendar. The mirror also has an led strip behind it which changes colour depending on the weather in case I miss the speaker from the alarm or I leave say 2 hours after my alarm and it's now raining. It also uses a camera for motion and face detection for different dashboards/display (eg not everyone wants the same info when the walk in or even want the screen displaying anything). This allows me to listen to music in the shower/getting ready, kettle boiled with a 'keep warm' setting to ensure it's still hot for coffee/tea when I'm finished in the bathroom and at a glance, I can see how long I have to get ready for work (if not working from home) and also any meetings I have for the day (in case I need to wear a collared shirt, be available at a specific time, etc). I'm sure you could extend this functionality ten fold, just thought I'd mention it in case you decide to add these or even if it gives you further ideas for more content

[@goodlifewelltraveled8465]

This is really great! Thanks for the ideas!

[@SmartHomeSolver]

Thanks Gene I’m glad you enjoyed it!

[@jonnyc212121]

Home automation tips with Dad humor mixed in? I'm here for it 😂

[@AussieGSXR]

What about when you are having husband and wife time and your poor automated system just thinks you’re getting in and off the bed real fast 😂

[@baluwastaken]

Then you activate husband and wife time Mode

[@surgesans7690]

Im in Arizona too. Im working on my smart home and I watch your videos all the time for ideas. Thanks.

[@ayekayaybridie]

Wait how do I get lights that sync with the tv? That's sick I want it for games too!

[@alejandroalarcon8184]

bridie park philips hue, kinda expensive

[@Skittles20p]

Love your work.thanks for making these informative videos

[@SmartHomeSolver]

I appreciate that Abdullah! I'm glad to hear you enjoy them!

[@Skittles20p]

Finally made someone's day better

[@caymanroe]

Alright I was on board with everything until I saw that your wife swipes her phone to let you know she has started cooking 😂 I have no idea how she hasn't burned the place down.

[@seththetechguy]

Great video Reed, congratulations on 200k

[@SmartHomeSolver]

Thanks Seth I appreciate it!

[@garethholdcroft4130]

Some really great ideas here, would love to see a more in depth video showing how these were created

[@frankiecal3186]

The NSA loves this man.

[@BeardedTechGuy]

Great uses for the LED light bar!

[@MrBuyerman]

Laziest man alive. Love it!

[@asnpcwiz]

Nice man, love the automation. I have a lot of these around my house already but you gave me some good ideas. Have you thought of just adding a smart garage door and locks? That way when you set the alarm for sleep or scene to ‘bedtime’ you can just automate auto lock everything. Beats just have the light notify you the garage door is open and then you still need to get out of bed to go close it. Honestly probably my favorite automation I have in the house. I’m usually the last to bed and first to rise so it’s nice to have the automation also turn off all the lights.

[@zanedixson8932]

I just started using Alexa this week for 2 basic automations. Now I've gotta go back and watch your other videos and see what else I can use! Keep up the good work Reed!

[@SmartHomeSolver]

Thanks Zane! Have fun digging into all the fun things you can do and automate.

[@ptybill]

Where does the Amazon Alexa or AA group meet ?? This is getting serious :-) :-)

[@berylwhite2983]

😀Congratulations You did another great job !Keep up the good work. I know it looks like you're playing but there's a lot of work that goes into that .

[@SmartHomeSolver]

Thanks Beryl! Yes it is a lot of work but a lot fun as well.

[@RBaroza]

You sir just a got a new subscriber. Already started making my house smarter after a few purchases. Keep up the great work!

[@SmartHomeSolver]

Thanks Rick! I appreciate the support!

[@dummyxl]

Never thought of vacuuming poop.. That will give a mess. 😂💩

[@SmartHomeSolver]

Yeah that would be a disaster.

[@seththetechguy]

I’ve Heard of several people that had that happened to them

[@dummyxl]

that Could Be s***** Experience

[@fortherecord1569]

Geez, imagine coming home and finding the vacuum has smeared it all over the house.

[@passdasalt]

I had that happen to me. Smears and tracks in three rooms. The robot had it in every imaginable nook and cranny. If I didn't pay a thousand bucks for it, I was tempted to simply throw it out. Absolutely disgusting.

[@Pallidus_Rider]

Thank you for another fun and informational video. 👍

[@tyback9657]

I’m “new” to home automation. Presently I only have some basement lights and some google minis on some routines. I’d like to know more details on hardware needed and how to program the automations you have. Great ideas!

[@ntdnguyen85]

Here is an idea. Newer toilette have separate #1 and #2 flushes so automate a way to detect the #2 flush and light up the bathroom door red to warn family members not to enter. Light goes off after 10 minutes when the smell clears. Also have the vent run on timer to ensure the vent continue after you get out.

[@SmartHomeSolver]

That's a good automation idea! I might have to use that one.

[@mathiasegeland1941]

Tips for smart automation: have a smartthings multipurpose sensor mounted in a shelf or drawer where the candy is hidden, and get a notification or make alexa say something to alert you. You can also maybe have a camera in there to find out who took candy.

[@robertpaidprice]

I love how your utilizing home automations ! Awesome sauce 🤟🏾

[@rajgill7576]

"Ask Chipotle to find my remote"

[@GrahamQuigley]

Your channel is SO entertaining!!

[@SmartHomeSolver]

Thanks Graham!

[@SetitesTechAdventures]

These automations are epic! Liked and Subscribed because these are some of the best I have seen. It also looks like we have the same washer/dryer so I feel a kin ship lol. So many of them would save me problems. My standing desk buttons require multiple steps for safety but I hope I can figure out how it works. I think you and/or some others convinced me in the past that I need to get an Alexa as Google Home is just not keeping up. This seems to verify it, plus I like the Computer wake word.

[@Simphome]

Damn, you live in the future! Crazy! And I want it that way!!

[@justjake8095]

This is guy is basically "What-if Tony Stark was real"

[@TonyStark-kb7gr]

Shut up, I'm real dawg!

[@justjake8095]

@@TonyStark-kb7gr sorry Mr Stark 🙏

[@Nephalen]

I love your setup, dude! Really cool!

[@kaydiesgifts]

I've seen smart homes in 2020 that is nowhere near this SMART

[@ericschultz8533]

Dude, your house is goals.

[@bobdrums]

Hahaha Luna had no idea what was going on, that was straight shade!

[@607AAG]

I was expecting something like, "tell google to turn off you lights"....needless to say I am glad I clicked on this. Great video with some very useful tips!

[@alexg7759]

Nice inspiration to give my smart home a level up 😋 thanks so much

[@attactactical]

Omg! This a "James Bond's" house! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@homechoicehk]

Crazy idea👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@oliverwhittington4887]

thats very cool, I have my blinds open when my alarm turns on to help me get out of bed. Usually I scream at Siri to close the blinds and I go back to sleep

[@dyoungnottm]

Have you found uses for having Google Home / Nest Minis in the same rooms as Echo devices? I ask because I have 2 of each but am leaning more toward going all in on Echo devices, but there are things I like about the Minis, and I definitely don't want them going to waste. Any suggestions/use cases?

[@SmartHomeSolver]

There are some things each of them do better. I try use both for testing purposes but it hasn’t been that annoying to use both of them. Once google updates their routines I’ll do a comparison video.

[@dyoungnottm]

@@SmartHomeSolver That makes sense. Right now I like to have a Google device in a high traffic area for things like journey time information/setting up routes in Google Maps, as well as generally better search results, but I find everything else to be just a little bit 'worse' than on the Echo devices. Anyway, thanks for the reply, looking forward to the comparison video.

[@ptybill]

Are you prepared to share you're bride's opinion of all the gadgets :-(

[@samdaffodils]

Reed, Yours is the only Home Automation video i follow and your ideas truly blow my mind. Amazing stuff!

[@SmartHomeSolver]

Thank you so much!

[@terrythompsonjr]

The only thing that isn’t automated was the work it took to set this all up..

[@VicariousGameNetwork]

That's literally the way all automation works

[@movableimages]

or you can pay someone like Reed to have it all done for your home.

[@joshgeurink2131]

This dudes wifi bandwidth is on another level

[@j.h.4570]

Seems you still need to find a better balance between working on your automations and your fitness ;o) But the fact that you need led strips to keep you motivated tells you're kinda the new years resolution workout type. So keep going both with your workout and smart home! Thumbs up from me!

[@treyroudebush1029]

Can you do a video going more in-depth with the NFC tags?

[@SmartHomeSolver]

Sure, I was thinking about doing one so I’m glad your interested in it.

[@MarkRowsey]

I second this! 😀

[@elisalant]

Me 2 please

[@claudiutircovnicu970]

"...tonight!" :)))))))))))))

[@mvol5973]

I'm working on my house. So far I have some smart lights, hubs, amazon echo devices, and a nest learning thermostat. Echo wakes me up in the morning, gives me the weather and my schedule, the bedroom lights turn on automatically. When I'm in the kitchen making my coffee, a echo 15 shows me news, weather, post it notes, my thermostat adjusts itself. Plan to keep building my setup

[@rudy6222]

Man that’s too much. Lol. Imma do mine like that

[@AlexXHitchcock]

Me watching this video in bed at 0300 in the morning (got off work at 0130) and you reminded me I forgot to take out the trash. I'll be trying to figure out setting up that remind just adding geo fencing into it from my phones location when I get home from work the night before trash day. Thanks!

[@nerdnexus-98]

The ultimate "How to be a slouch" tutorial

[@MA-ev2qs]

You took automation to a whole new level

[@MagnumEDU]

In summary: This is why you are the home automation GOAT!!

[@JustANoob1]

The amount of data that Amazon, Google, Apple, and other tech brands can collect from you is staggering. But it's nice to see what home automation can do!

[@naiduklr]

This looks great. What’s the tv and model are you using and the JARVIS table :) ? Could you provide the link please?

[@daddachris]

Reed, you are the man, you've helped me figure out how to purchase some Wyze hardware, that I thought would not make sense and how I can have them connected. Thanks from Jamaica.

[@jonathanjoshua22]

Thank you, and I love this. Already subscribed to your channel and now I am going to be busy for winter.

[@DIYHomeRevival]

The lights going with the tv is super cool, I need that.

[@walleyeye]

How do you run all these systems at the same time? Different hubs, wifi switches, router and how don you power them all? Can you do a video on this or do you have one?

[@nij2k]

Wow this is just on another level, I thought my home was pretty much a smart home but yours is on another level, thank you for sharing

[@SmartHomeSolver]

I appreciate it Neil!

[@livesh684]

Smart things on an apple device. Damn. Best of both worlds

[@Matecki73]

I also have IFTTT connected: Withings sleep mat, Hue bulbs and a chain drive for shutters from Tuya. When I get up in the morning after 6.00, the lights next to my bed turn on and the window blind pulls up :) It is also possible to combine heating control in the home etc. with the Withings Sleep Mat via IFTTT.

[@Power_Verse_]

This is exactly what i was looking for!

[@Vincent-Vega24]

This video was AWESOME, BUT, how long everyday do you spend setting your notifications and meeting schedule etc.?

[@saisusheelsunkara462]

In number 7 i.e., time to standup automation, how do you keep checking the state of contact sensor every hour or whatever the interval you choose before triggering switchbot ? Also can these bluetooth switchbots be integrated into smartthings or homekit using their matter hub? If not which hub you have been using?

[@bunnybug7668]

OMG THATS SO COOL THE FUTURE! Please keep us updated when you add something new

[@frantisekkvintus6904]

Super cool party tricks. But in the long run, you actually get very annoyed. Turn most of them off and then go back to the manual switch :D

[@EverythingCarsandMoreECAM]

That is so clever. How long does it take to set all of this up

[@SmartHomeSolver]

If you did it all it could take a while but doing it slowly over time is the way to go.

[@EverythingCarsandMoreECAM]

Smart Home Solver thank you

[@psaripa]

Just got into the HA stuff and YT suggested this video. It may have been the fastest sub I've ever made!

[@hairulnizam85]

Hello from Singapore!! How I wish you are here to work on my smart home project! This are all so cool and smart home functions and systems that I will actually want to have!! Very useful and not just a showy kind of smart home!!

[@podell111]

Great set up. Thanks for the inspiration

[@MakeMoneyGuide]

Amazing! Never thought I'd be finish watching this video!

[@-Tidgy]

Haha we love Reed, for his ideas and coolness.... Not because of his acting skills though 😂😂

[@cal88usa]

I love your home, it’s so futuristic. Because of your channel I bought an echo show 2nd gen and hue light 💡 and an echo dot. Thank you very much for posting these videos.

[@Orxis]

what brand/model is the Smart outlet for washing machine?

[@TWatcher_]

I love these type of videos! Don't stop them!

[@jbl2270]

Really enjoyed your video thanks! Are all these devices compatible with each other software and hardware wise please?