Could These 3 Things Save Your Smart Home?

The latest smart home news is here for you in Brian's Smart Home lightning news round! This month, I've found 3 things that will seriously change your smart home and maybe even save it! One of these 3 tech news items allows you to point your phone in order to automate your home and automate your life!
We'll talk about new smart home devices from Google, Apple, Samsung, and a ton of updates from Philips Hue, SmartThings, Amazon, and many more of your favorites, plus I even showed you two videos from some of your favorite home automation creators.
Of course I'll talk about Google Home or Google Nest, Amazon Alexa, some of the Alexa Live Developer's conference, Samsung SmartThings, a bit of Apple HomeKit gear, and the latest and greatest or new smart home devices available today.
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Brian

[@c849243]

I just finished setting up a great mesh network. Not quite ready to upgrade yet. Great video, Brian!

[@AutomateYourLife]

That's great! If it's going well, then no need to change anything!

[@JWard2]

Fuck carrying my phone around. That's going backwards

[@AutomateYourLife]

LOL so you're saying you enjoy carrying your phone ;)

[@JWard2]

@@AutomateYourLife haha

[@HughD]

I love your Lightning Rounds, Brian. All I can say is it must be "Turkey Season" in Canada because you had several in the video . Keep 'em coming as it's nice to hear what folks are doing to try to play catch-up.

[@AutomateYourLife]

It's always turkey season here Hugh!! 🤣🤣

[@houstonshomeautomation3524]

Great direction pointing to other youtube channels that go more indepth! 👏 I love this strategy!

[@AutomateYourLife]

Gotta share the wealth man!

[@dankelley9361]

Brian, excellent review of new things coming to home automators. I with Paul on his Hues rant!

[@AutomateYourLife]

Lol and I didn't even throw anything!

[@RoyRacing185]

There is already a great virtual switch running on Edge. Easy to find on the SmartThings Community 👌🏻

[@AutomateYourLife]

100%!

[@GarageCrafter]

Another great, useful video. Thankful you're on top of potential issues with the new systems coming out!

[@AutomateYourLife]

Hey thanks Steve!

[@chaseezell5929]

Brian, I desperately need to know where you got the base for the feit bulb. I've only really been able to find taller ones and yours is perfect.

[@AutomateYourLife]

I got mine long ago Chase, but these look exactly the same. amzn.to/3RQkEku (Amazon affiliate link)

[@BeardedTinker]

Love the lightning fast news :) But not sure I would give first one thumb up - another hub required...

[@AutomateYourLife]

Worse than that! Like 4 per home

[@marco7015-w7f]

Cool that you use the Belgian singer Eddy Wally for the wow 🙂

[@AutomateYourLife]

😃😃😃

[@ronm6585]

Thank you sir. 👍🏻

[@AutomateYourLife]

Thank you Ron!

[@ahmedsleem81]

Thank you Brian

[@AutomateYourLife]

Thank you!

[@egglevin]

Brian, I was asking about virtuals on new drivers and since then, I have been on smartthings forums and found TAustin's vEdge virtual device creator. It is pretty simple to use, and if you pick the contact sensor or momentary, then it is seen by Alexa too. Not sure if that's the one you're looking at as well, but letting you know it is working well.

[@AutomateYourLife]

Oh I have that one running! It's great! I'm just waiting for official word from Samsung on how the original virtual switches will work in Edge 😃

[@SpaceStrike]

Ay, I respect the RTX Ultra high graphics intro

[@AutomateYourLife]

😀😀😀

[@jonward9366]

Rally's has been doing voice assistant for a couple months now at least in my area

[@AutomateYourLife]

Sorry Jon, who's Rally?

[@henryanderson369]

I watch your channel and why you don't talk about bringing other devices like tuya to smartthings or we have to wait for matter or what. I'll appreciate you Thanks Henry

[@AutomateYourLife]

Hey Henry, I'm waiting a bit for Matter to make it easier on people. I try to avoid telling people about methods that only work some of the time, and that's what I'd say happens with Tuya and SmartThings today :)

[@finnlanger2672]

Are you creating a smartthings edge driver for the simulated Alexa switch?

[@AutomateYourLife]

It's already been done!

[@finnlanger2672]

Could you share the code or the link with us?

[@AutomateYourLife]

I'm going to. Just waiting for official word from Samsung on how all virtual devices will be handled

[@tomshyrus7965]

Jus wondering, Can we expect Matter compatible light dimmers when Matter started to roll out?

[@AutomateYourLife]

For sure!

[@EsotericArctos]

Fluid One seems to have mainstreamed the room presence type setup. It could potentially be a great thing, though it still looks like a glorified remote control rather than a truly smart home. Will have to see what it ends up like. I worry about the jungle site buying companies. They really screwed up Ring when they bought Ring with Ring Cameras being some of the worst I have experience with, especially at the price charged for them.

[@AutomateYourLife]

We'll have to see how it goes with Fluid one for sure. If they're automation engine is good, it could be great. If not, yep...just like you said sir!

[@SeraphicRav]

The Kickstarter project feels too futuristic to be real lol I will wait and see.

[@AutomateYourLife]

It's definitely one of those!

[@AdamJakowenko]

I have the original Nest doorbell and love it, but it's probably time for an upgrade soon so I love that they're coming out with a new one. My biggest concern however is Google's continued fragmentation between the Nest app and the Google home app and the severely limited functionality within the Google home app. I'm very concerned that the new doorbell is going to only work in the Home app and that will be a deal breaker for me. I refuse to buy anymore Google camera products until that entire mess is sorted out and everything has full functionality within one app. In the last 6 months I have needed to add three more cameras and instead of buying the new mediocre google cameras that will only work in the home app, I bought Wyze cams...plus they are higher resolution and cheaper. The only thing keeping me with the Google doorbell is the great functionality in the Nest app and the video integration into all of my home hubs.

[@AutomateYourLife]

I'll guarantee you now. The new doorbell will be Google Home app only. Sorry Adam.

[@JONATHAN-es5tp]

Hi Brian do you know if the new smartthings platform will support ZWave Multi channel devices like hogar controls switches

[@AutomateYourLife]

I don't know these things for sure, but it seems like there are lots of options in the edge drivers for many options on the same type of device. Still, tough to say 100%

[@Hasan-rf6eq]

Hi, do you know? Will Echo dot 4 get Thread update? Because this device have not Zigbee, it almost same thing, I am confuse about that.

[@AutomateYourLife]

The Echo Dot 4th Gen will not get a Thread update. Sorry Hasan! It will be a Matter Controller, but only through WiFi.

[@Hasan-rf6eq]

@@AutomateYourLife I see, so we wait until come echo dot 5. Big echo 4 is so expensive. I bought one already but. I think this is silly, at least echo dot 4 should get Thread normally. I'm hoping at least for Matter, like your said too.

[@danilolorenzetti712]

That's exactly how I see automation, these projects that we have nowadays is a solution that doesn't can be called automation, it's a thing that try to be automation. Unfortunately that's what we have.

[@AutomateYourLife]

Automation is a funny word, isn't it?

[@utuber1000]

Brian, although I see your lightning rounds are getting a lot of traction, I am hoping for a return to more of the in-depth videos for which you are famous.. Listening to and trying to absorb and digest these "rounds" makes me feel like I am in a hotdog-eating contest.

[@AutomateYourLife]

Funny story! This is my least successful series right now. I'm trying to find the right balance between information and respecting people's time. Not sure if I'm there yet. But I have good news! The in depth stuff is a staple of AYL and I'm actually building you quite the video for (hopefully) next weekend.

[@Max86421]

I think it would be cool to have a smart Dimmers with no neutral wire and the hug built in...

[@AutomateYourLife]

That would be great! Might be a big switch though, so maybe a double or triple gang version with the hub :)

[@Max86421]

@@AutomateYourLife I have a big wall, We'll see in the future Lol

[@darwinjina]

I lke the channel but I am reminded alot on how most of the content is geared toward first world audience. I can understand that since most of the gadgets are available to first world only. For example, using Google in an asian country is on the bleeding edge. (support,language and operational capability)

[@AutomateYourLife]

Yeahhhh I also wouldn't be much of use talking from a third world perspective.

[@darwinjina]

@@AutomateYourLife asking folks on fb groups on what will work and how to order it works seems to be best method for now.

[@DaveSchmrdr75]

For a minute I though that Mr. Socky's twin brother would be visiting you.

[@AutomateYourLife]

There's a chance every video!

[@DaveSchmrdr75]

@@AutomateYourLife Be NiCe but Be afraid. :)

[@AutomateYourLife]

Nickel Cerium Beryllium!

[@AutomateYourLife]

Cesium?

[@DaveSchmrdr75]

@@AutomateYourLife I remember seeing that on your shirt.

[@hometechUK]

This is why I don't get Google the lack of forward thinking, UWB should be on the pixel not just the pro version.

[@AutomateYourLife]

Uwb should be everywhere

[@garethjones5068]

My Google speakers often act like stroppy teenagers, not listening, not doing what I’ve asked when they do bother listening etc

[@AutomateYourLife]

That's how they feel to me some days too Gaz. Painful!

[@garethjones5068]

@@AutomateYourLife At least they don’t drink my beer without telling me though

[@AutomateYourLife]

True!

[@weeg0880]

I'm so upset over Amazon acquiring iRobot, I have the iRobot Select membership and I have another year before I can cancel it. I don't even want to run my J7 anymore and I don't want to give Amazon any info and images of my home. I already had to ditch all my Ring cameras when Amazon bought them and now I have to find a new solution for my Vacuum, then again if this keeps up Amazon will own the world before long anyway!

[@AutomateYourLife]

They do keep buying companies...it could be hard to avoid.

[@gm2543]

No point google as wifi 7 next hahahah thry mite as well wait bit longer and add wifi7 in them 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@AutomateYourLife]

LOL 🤣

[@mariaochoa838]

Dyson

[@fdb-you]

The thumbs.. Just don't

[@thebigdoghimself]

If McDonald's goes to automation we won't go there anymore. That pretty much goes for self checkout, unless you are giving me an employee discount you need to provide a cashier.

[@AutomateYourLife]

Yeah we really haven't addressed the whole elimination of jobs things very well

[@thebigdoghimself]

@@AutomateYourLife I worry that it will hurt a ton of people in a very short amount of time. Tesla is not far from level 4 or 5, once that happens around 5 million truck drivers, taxi drivers and gig workers like Uber drivers will lose their jobs almost overnight. People are upset that coal and factory jobs are gone what are they going to do when driving and cashier jobs go away?