Apple users deserve a better Smart Home

[@blackfoxstudioX]

The problem is that every App wants to be the center of attention, no one wants to give up that control. This is the problem not only with smart devices...

[@NothingXemnas]

Many certified apps are also paid or require a subscription, which keeps users away from trying every option. Open source solutions exist, but most companies don't like them, so no device works on them unless you built them yourself. As of right now, smart homes are inaccessible.

[@Michael_K_Woods]

Very important to decide on one Brand with the biggest selection of products you want to use.

[@jvnkstuff]

4:33 "No, you're Jake!" im disappointed to announce that got me.

[@MAPPASTUDIOS1nonly]

a smart home is now a dumb home, because one man's software is another man's nightmare.

[@ammaralamer659]

Bars

[@jackedup447]

The ole printer shotgun combo never fails.

[@e21big]

It's not a dumb home, it's a stupid home. Dumb home would at least does what you tell them to do

[@harmvzon]

With how easy it is to hack into someone’s wifi, it’s indeed quite stupid. Especially the smart lock.

[@yessi_r6537]

@@harmvzon because all smart locks work on wifi....there's at least three other protocols that don't have anything to do with Wifi or the cloud. And what thief do you know that is going to take the time to "HACK" into someones home just to unlock their door....rather than just kicking in the door in. Anyone smart enough to legitimately hack into someones home probabaly doesn't want any of their middle class stuff and makes more than most of us tinfoiling in here

[@nicka8618]

Home Assistant is the only Smart Home app that’s worth it

[@Lumcoin]

After seeing this video i realized how painless home assistant actually is. I mean you can even automate using python to truly do anything you want and it. just. works.

[@salemyr]

I startet with Home Assistant just to bridge incompatible devices into HomeKit. I soon realised HA was the better platform. I still use HomeKit today, but only for a remote because of the way integrates into iOS

[@Rinkanna]

I was also thinking about him just using a PI with HomeAssistant and a HomeKit bridge That way I connected all my non HomeKit stuff to it

[@AlexiviaNoViuTubio]

I second this, with HA everything seems so seamless compared to having to setup everything in a ton of Apps.

[@TheBondsJamesBonds]

@@Lumcoinwhile HA is great, I am not sure “it just works” really applies. Things randomly just break ALL THE TIME. But, you can fix it. Which is awesome.

[@bubbledoubletrouble]

12:13 Yeah, in this case what you want is a _presence_ sensor rather than a motion sensor.

[@Geoff_W]

Exactly this 💯

[@electricallycanadian]

Also excellent for figuring out if you have ghosts.

[@andrewdavidson665]

Spot on. Unfortunately there are Matter presence sensors but no Homekit ones that I've found, and I don't want another sodding hub just for a presence sensor. 😐 If I'm missing an option, please anyone feel free to correct me!

[@Geoff_W]

@@andrewdavidson665 Most homekit hubs support matter

[@georgewalford7027]

Home Assistant is the GOAT.

[@barcofigari]

Ikea lights are cheap and have a hub but work 100% with HomeKit

[@bobsemple9341]

Works extremely well with HA as well

[@JeskidoYT]

rare in canada

[@rgbkgb1046]

1:04 I like how when he entered the shot, the operator had to adjust the camera angle. I feel you, I didn't expect him to be this tall either.

[@Metal_Maxine]

Horst isn't the tallest person at LMG. That accolade goes to Lucas Nieuwenhout, the Labs' Electrical Engineering person, who is 6'7" (I think) and very hard to get in the same frame as Linus.

[@gufo10games.74]

and this is why homebridge/home assistant are so nice

[@lilbabygroot]

*correct me if I’m wrong. The script states that you “need a thread router for matter”. That is incorrect, you need a thread border router for thread devices, but many matter devices still communicate via wifi.

[@ru2225]

Yes there's matter over thread and matter over wifi

[@rakshith-ravi]

What on earth. This is extremely confusing. Any resources you'd recommend to understand this better?

[@ru2225]

@@rakshith-ravi Matter is the compatibility layer. Thread is the network layer. Something being Matter compatible means any Smart Home System (Alexa, HomeKit, Google Home, Samsung SmartThings are examples of this) can add the device. Right now, if you have a device that can only be added to Alexa, you can't add it to any other home system. That's why if you want things natively in the Apple Home app, you need a Made for Apple HomeKit device. These devices will talk to each other either using Zigbee or one of the other ones out right now, but you're basically locked into one Home system, and usually need a home hub for that specific system (HomePods for Apple HomeKit) Matter removes this block and lets you add any matter device to any home system. Thread is like WiFi/ZigBee/Bluetooth, etc. This is how the devices connect to each other and to the home hub. It's the mesh network underlying the home system. Matter over Wifi is just the product connecting to your home system using WiFi, and Matter over Thread devices connect via Thread (and that's why you need a Thread Border Router (which certain home hubs like Apple HomePods can act as), you most likely already have a WiFi router which is why it's usually not included as part of the conversation). Thread is a lot less power consumption, so you'd want this over WiFi for battery-powered stuff, etc

[@ru2225]

@@rakshith-ravi Matter is the compatibility layer. Thread is the network layer. Something being Matter compatible means any Smart Home System (Alexa, HomeKit, Google Home, Samsung SmartThings are examples of this) can add the device. Right now, if you have a device that can only be added to Alexa, you can't add it to any other home system. That's why if you want things natively in the Apple Home app, you need a Made for Apple HomeKit device. These devices will talk to each other either using Zigbee or one of the other ones out right now, but you're basically locked into one Home system, and usually need a home hub for that specific system (HomePods for Apple HomeKit) Matter removes this block and lets you add any matter device to any home system. Thread is like WiFi/ZigBee/Bluetooth, etc. This is how the devices connect to each other and to the home hub. It's the mesh network underlying the home system. Matter over Wifi is just the product connecting to your home system using WiFi, and Matter over Thread devices connect via Thread (and that's why you need a Thread Border Router (which certain home hubs like Apple HomePods can act as), you most likely already have a WiFi router which is why it's usually not included as part of the conversation). Thread is a lot less power consumption, so you'd want this over WiFi for battery-powered stuff, etc

[@GoFastGator]

@@rakshith-raviShane Whatley and Eric Welander have good videos on the subject. In summary, a thread network is a mesh. Battery powered devices usually are just “child devices” or endpoints. Mains powered devices are usually a “router” which just means that it becomes a junction in the mesh and is able to pass mesh network traffic to other devices in the mesh. A “border router” is a device that is able to connect the Thread mesh network to another TCP/IP network like your home network. It functions similar to a network gateway (which we commonly call a router) that connects your home network to your ISP’s network.

[@nhand42]

I love the vinyl display. That looks so good.

[@yesdharam]

I use home bridge on a raspi and it works flawlessly with my existing devices whether or not they support Homekit / matter.

[@FernandezEmG]

It's not just on apple. Android also has the same problems. Especially when you are just starting. There are some that needs a hub for it to work. Bought a wireless switch because I didn't want to fiddle with the actual electrical panel switches, those needed a hub... only them. And as I was starting I bought a different brand than what I am using generally now, but later found that they didn't have other smart devices like plugs, switches, etc. so I had to switch to a different brand that had those. But I am still using the first ones I bought ass the lights we're actually better, now I use Google home on my phone as a bridge and set-up smart automatic, so I tell this device to also switch on if I switch this other ones. So even if I use the branded switch, it can also turn on the other branded switch automatically. It gets kinda confusing sometimes as I set up scheduled on and off for some of them, and I either use the branded app and/or the Google home app. Don't get me started trying to use Samsung's smart home type set-up as I tried it two times, and I am reminded every time why I didn't use Samsung's smart home feature. As I could not figure it out. Would love to figure out how I can make it work locally without the internet, but couldn't.

[@dylanpardue9427]

I have around 40 devices in the Home app, like one of them is actually HomeKit certified. Most of the rest are zigbee through a Hubitat hub and connected through Homebridge. Full local control and open standards, if the manufacturer of my zigbee hub ever goes under I'll just migrate them to a new one. I can also do more advanced automation and have virtual switches in Home.

[@avenged110]

Thank you for not trying to gaslight me into pretending that IPv6 isn't a nightmare. Also, nice touch with the iOS 6 UI elements in the beginning. Also also, I hate all of this so-called 'smart' tech. Just give me a nice internal web server for configuration any day of the week.

[@almc8445]

IPv6 “the protocol” is fine. IPv6 implementations, documentation, and support, well… Lets just say I have less kind words for them. There’s nothing wrong with the spec itself, manufacturers just insist on half assing it and treating it like a second class citizen, so people don’t use it, which just makes them hesitant to improve it… Apalrd is a KZbinr that does some really great IPv6 content if you want to learn some

[@avenged110]

@@almc8445 It may be "fine" from a technical and future-proofing perspective, but dealing with devices on the network thanks to those ludicrous addresses and the horribly complicated process of configuring DHCP reservations is still awful. That said, I understand the protocol's importance and maybe I should have configured DNS properly so I wouldn't need to rely on IP addresses, but it's still a needless complication for me (in a sense) because everything I manage works just fine under IPv4. Thanks for the recommendation, though, I'll check it out. I still hate IPv6.

[@MarminShiro]

i'd love a sort of follow up video showing what's currently possible to do now using homebridge as a matter substitute

[@slinnky]

Last week I had the connection issues with a new nest protect, and the solution was enabling ipv6 and forcing 2.4ghz WiFi. If only I had seen this video then I could have saved hours of frustration!

[@ajhopson4980]

Wiz bulbs are so chatty on the network. I’ve basically relegated them to on off lights because you can set it up to double switch to a different scene. So it’s always on super dim on the first switch and 50% when you toggle it. I’ve switched to Phillips hue everywhere else and it’s magically consistent but the price is brutal. With the bridge tho they don’t clog up my bandwidth with a ton of back and forth like the wiz bulbs did so that’s a plus.

[@Francis__D]

I find that homekit works flawlessly if i just buy products made for it. Products that specifically have the sticker on the box. No issues with Aqara products so far. Things get wonky if venture out, Govee outdoor lights for example has alotta issues in homekit.

[@rainbow_mess]

we have fairy lights set to a timer also, they're on a tp-link smart plug! it's set and forget and just works, i've had really good luck with tp-link in general. dunno about the brand mentioned in the video here x.x

[@CommodoreFan64]

I invested in my smart home setup a few years back, and TP-Link Kasa with Google Home/Assistant/Gemini has worked overall for all my lights using their plug adapter but one which is a bulb adapter(smart bulbs don't get bright enough) on my carport, and a smart smoke alarm, which are smart life branded. then for my speakers I stuck mostly with the official Google Home Hubs, and mini's in my greatroom, mancave, front living room, and bathrooms, but in the bedrooms Lenovo Smart Clock essentials, and Smart Clock 2 with wireless charge base have worked well, now if Google would stop taking away features like the night lights on the Lenovo clocks via voice that would be AWESOME!!

[@driver288]

A lot of people do have Philips Hue already. If you have a modern hub, square one, then you can also connect NON Philips matter devices to it and effortlessly get them into HomeKit that way without the need for multiple other hubs. Works with other brands of zigbee devices too! Good to know when choosing products. Also, for many other things there is Homebrigde! This make unsupported stuff show up in HomeKit like my Samsung tv, my Glue smart lock and my UniFi protect cameras getting face recognition and HomeKit secure video this way! Yes now UniFi protect also support face recognition but it doesn’t ring on HomePods or pop up on Apple TV without the awesome homebridge integration.

[@RuneDest]

I’d love a follow-up video from Jake to see how they work after a few months. My matter bulbs from various brands became inconsistent and unresponsive after a couple of months. I ended up giving up and going Phillips with their bridge and pairing to the home app.

[@pandaengine]

When I switched to Android, I moved all my Apple Home stuff to HA. I don't have much stuff, and mostly all is Philips Hue. There are some Thread sensors that use the HomePod mini as a router, but I am going to switch to a dongle for those too.

[@masertiz]

When I found out about smart bulbs and outlets I was super excited. I too ran into the Issues Jon & Jake did during setup. I had the get the app & then add the devices to home app. It took me 30 minutes to add ONE bulb. Im a It Admin so I know my way around tech, but this is frustrating during the beginning setup. I found the best product need to support home kit it makes the process go by so much easier. So fat I have 2 bulbs & 2 outlets that are awesome when they work. mine are set to turn off when I leave & turn on when I arrive also I set the HomePods to play music once I arrive as well. Last but not least the 2.4 is a pain to, if you dont have you own router outside of what your ISP gives you, its a nightmare & you have to split the networks and hope it works then without effecting your router performance. Theres a lot of head wind to doing a HomeKit setup. If you are not persistent, it a huge under taking.

[@nickeno]

I got smart lightbulbs which i have to constantly control via their app which sucks. It's a buggy mess and I just wish everything worked on the home app. But it's really nice to wake up and just turn the lights on without moving

[@PaulTurley81]

At mo i have 2x Onvis led K1 strips, a few Meross Smart Plug's, that I use with Apple Home but with my TrueNAS Scale Server I have Home Assistant so planning to get everything set up with that and also control my KZbin recording set up but in no rush lol

[@SgtRaptor]

So I actually Setup a Homebridge on a raspberry Pi. Here you can get a lot of custom configs for products that are normally only Google or Alexa compatible. I have the Govee TV Lights (Ambilight thingies) and they actually run over my homebridge on the Raspberry Pi. I can use Siri Voice Recognition and everything. I‘ve also reverted to using Shelly Switches instead of changing the Lightbulbs everywhere. They have a custom firmware for the Homekit and I can control every lightswitch and therefore even my „dumb“ lights the same way

[@jerkytoo8184]

As an iPhone user I've added some smart home components piecemeal because I Apple Home kit hasn't been readily compatible with the smart home devices I've wanted to buy. It feels a bit disjointed to use several apps to control those devices, but seeing this video confirms that separate apps is probably the best option for me.

[@JellyLancelot]

Home Assistant + Home Bridge works perfectly for me.

[@Gibby_B]

or u could do home assistant home kit bridge. super easy & works perfectly every time

[@celestewilliams5681]

I used to have 4 smart plugs, bulbs, and more going on with google home minis. At some point, we realized we were more frustrated with the smart home stuff than just turning on the lights manually. For now, the only smart stuff we have is one on my balcony to turn the fairy lights on at night

[@LeLeafBoi]

Watching this video then watching the tech upgrade video, it really is neat to see basically people from two different parts of LMG in these two videos lol.

[@b4lderm]

My experience is that i had to give up on matter and homekit and moved everything to Alexa/Google Home instead, much easier to setup and control. If you’re really set on having HomeKit just setup a Homebridge server on anything, even a raspberry pi, inside there you connect your smarthome stuff, then create the homekit config and add it to your iPhone, the only issue is that not every smarthome device works easily with third party APIs, like Samsung API require your homebridge to be exposed on the internet to access it because the signal jumps from their servers to your device instead of going on your home network only, and that’s another can of worms you don’t wanna open because you need a HTTPS certificate and you need to secure your network from external access.

[@steveparsons]

I have Meross smart bulbs and smart plugs all over my home in the uk. Love them being able to turn on and off lights automatically. Wish the setup had been a bit quicker some connected immediately others took a couple attempts. The uk smart market is pretty poor though not a lot too choose from and not a lot of things to add around the home either.

[@TokenBG]

Smart home stuff is always cool, but I'll always remember the Disney movie Smart House and be hesitant of the technology. It also just seems like a pain with needing various apps to control different things.

[@adog4180]

Lutron light switches are great.

[@WorkFromHomeGuy]

I have a few smart devices at home, but without Matter setup. I experience the same issues you mentioned. My devices sometimes work, but not always. I need 4-5 different apps to access all the features of my devices. The current smart home solutions with these setups are not yet up to the mark.

[@pathfinderpolska]

I'm building a house and each socket and switch has a power supply and a so-called stair switch plus a data cable. I know there are a lot of cables, but everything is managed from one place and I have no problems with Wi-Fi connectivity. Datacable receives a signal from the infrared presence sensor and if the device is analog, the staircase switch is turned on, and if the device is digital, a signal is sent via WiFi, that's why everything works because I have reduced digital devices on WiFi to a minimum.

[@hola9559]

Just as a clarification, as far as I'm aware, Ubiquiti's Early Access Program (9:55) and its forum isn't paywalled, it's just behind a second sign-up.

[@davidpomerantz]

How's the M3 imac holding up after 7 months?

[@macaddress]

LOVE IT!

[@freibuis]

ip6 -> ip4 routing is possible .. your router just needs to support it. basically its bridging route

[@rollingtroll]

Definitely staying with my four apps that I use (cameras, ip wall plugs, heater, vacuum) until they all figure out which protocol to use :D.

[@nitrobear]

This is the reason of why I refused to buy any matter devices that worked through WiFi. Thread may be cumbersome, but I have saved myself the hassle of needing to use 2.4GHz networks just for IoT devices, with all the requirements that come from it. All my plugs and lights run through Thread currently and I haven't had any issues with them whatsoever. (I gave up on making my stuff work through Google Home though, so it's currently running on Apple Home and Home Assistant only).

[@ChristoSays]

Right now I’m just using stuff that works with Alexa and using the echo dots we have throughout the house. I’ve been wanting to move over to something like Home Assistant but haven’t wanted to go through the potential hassle and frustration of the wife having to relearn how to operate lights and such.

[@easycompzeelandold2521]

Just setup a homebridge server using a Raspberry PI configuration is easy, then throw it in the corner next to your modem and presto everything can communicate...

[@maxofb7745]

I have a Google Home mini and only some Hue lights. I'm really hesitant to expand the smart home things, because of the number of hubs I'd probably have to use... But I'd love some smart plugs and a smart lock and sensors for my windows and door.

[@AttilaPatakiJr]

Home Assistant and Homebridge

[@DanKapil]

I have a all Philips hue setup and have only ever had issues with the sync box, never the lights. Matter was a nice addition that allowed me to use home kit more readily though I find myself just using the hue app or my hue switches more than anything for their reliability! Edit: While its great and i love it, the downside is the price, Facebook marketplace and some luck made it much cheaper for me though lol

[@jcarman]

It's generally incorrect that the phone, device, and hubs all need to be on the same 2.4ghz network. A ton of devices ONLY have 2.4ghz hardware, so that's one thing - but the phone you're setting it up on and the hub shouldn't matter. Most home routers will share broadcast/discovery packets across your entire network. Most home users do not have different subnets between those Wi-Fi groups. The only exception would be if you had an isolated network for IOT devices (in which case, yes, they should be all on the same network).

[@LukeTR2000]

Interesting that other people are struggling with meross products, just the last couple of days my lamp has started to be really slow at responding and for a good while the smart plug wouldn't pair no matter what I did. After that I bought a different brand one which worked and then the merls plug started working so I changed it's use and now it's worked nearly every day since (apart from a slight hitch yesterday). The lamp... I have no idea what's causing that to suddenly be slow.

[@Lamboning]

I personally just use Amazon Alexa for all my smart home needs. It’s such a great ecosystem when I already have a ton of Echo dots scattered around my house that can all turn on and off lights.

[@koldrid]

It depends on the products. Really the ones with hubs have been the best. I have Lutron for my wall switches and Phillips Hue light strips and have no issues

[@grapefruitzulu]

as a home integrator nothing is worse than somfy shade stuff. i spend so much time struggling with dofferent setups and have 5 different apps on my phone just to set them up. Its amazingly bad.

[@dpt17]

IPv6 is annoying. The problem is that it's MOSTLY adopted. I was able to turn it on on my Pfsense box and Comcast where I am located in the US supports passing down an IPv6 address prefix so my PCs can use it. However, it's not fully adopted on the web so you're forced into a hybrid mode of both. Plus, even as a prosumer, I've found it far easier to just keep using IPv4 for my LAN.

[@PyPylia]

I feel like a lot of the reason setting up Matter is hard is not because of the standard itself, but because how much ISPs and router manufactures hate IPv6 even though it has existed for 28 years and is just a better standard than IPv4.

[@hs_random7384]

Please use the same video resolution used on LTT. That resolution is one of the best for zoom to fill, the current resolution cuts a lot of bottom and top part of the video.

[@macaddress]

The iPhone notch is visible in that aspect ratio.

[@hs_random7384]

@@macaddress in the aspect ratio I was talking about two things can happen :- 1. Not opting for zoom to fill and keeping the default one, still takes more real estate on the phone, and notch also doesn’t comes into the actual content on screen. (Still looks better comparatively IMO) 2. A person chooses zoom to fill, the notch does comes in the way but as in the said aspect ratio zoom to fill only need to fill a really small gap, the notch is only covering the edge of the shot, and in majority of the cases the said context/subject is within the middle 60% of the frame, and when there’s something on that edge where notch has covered it up, you can move out of zoom to fill and back at it again. Don’t have to do it a lot, so it also doesn’t becomes annoying.

[@bunniz]

I bought some cheap RGB bulbs but they wouldn't stay connected to the WiFi. They were cool when they worked

[@Gren4te]

I knew seeing you in the background of that tech upgrade at some apple-ish smarthome improvements ;)

[@marcocunha]

“Hey Siri, living room lights neon carrot” best relaxing natural color for hanging out imo

[@Samurai_JackCI]

HomeBridge is what I use, it’s pretty seamless.

[@LMacNeill]

I work in IT. I have NO smart-home stuff whatsoever. Mechanical key-operated locks. A "dumb" thermostat. Regular light switches and bulbs. I just don't trust this technology even a little bit -- and how do I know they're not monitoring everything I do? I just don't want to live in a house where I get locked out or have my A/C shut off because of some stupid app update, or because I got hacked. Bleh.

[@JOHNY0]

I'm curious, why not use IKEA's smart home offerings? The older stuff works with Apple and the newer ones are compatible with Matter.

[@GoFastGator]

Pssst, Matter IS HomeKit under the hood…. There’s a reason devices pair and the connectivity standards so closely resemble what was introduced into HomeKit years ago. Because Apple contributed all of that to the Matter standard as it was being developed.

[@andyperez3056]

I use homebridge with a Raspberry Pi and all works in homekit

[@simnick]

Hey, can you post how you actually configured the Unifi hardware? I got to that screen, but not sure what to pick, and the forums seem to be really condescending about it and don't actually give a an answer.

[@Sonic6293]

The only smart thing I have in my house is a Honeywell thermostat. I would like to switch to a thermostat that I can use with Home Assistant, so I can self-host and feel better about some thing I would like to get, like a smart lock and security cameras.

[@aakashdusane]

How long do you think it’ll take them to iron things out? I’m not in the market for a smart home system right now but I will be in 3-4 years from now. And I’d like to maintain all devices through just one app and preferably they connect to a home server rather than some cloud. Is this possible?

[@Joe_P593]

I don’t know how I’ve lived all these years without a smart home. I watched this video out of curiosity, and general interest in all Mac Address videos. if these tech savvy millennials have this much difficulty, these products are absolutely not ready for prime time. Security is also a major issue.

[@tenkaminari]

I need help setting up Switchbot Lock to Siri so I can lock/unlock with voice command instead. Now, my only "smart devices" were Switchbot Hub and Switchbot Lock. All controlled using its app, not connected to iOS's Home because I have no idea how to use it.

[@Hichilisthxforspyingonme]

NAH BRO HAS GOOD TASTE IN MUSIC K SAW THAT GEORGE CLANTON ALBUM

[@alexh2665]

the way to keep smart home error free which is what i do is to honestly stick to the brands that apple endorses. for lights stick with Philips Hue, for smart thermostats, the Ecobee is the way to go, and for smart locks go with the aqara or yale locks

[@mishmishb]

I use Google Home and Wiz lightbulbs and they work great, i think i would kust make sure anything i get works with google home. I also have nest hubs around so obviously they work great with that. I'm planning to switch to an iphone soon but i hear the google home app there works very well too, although i expect some limitations (such as no integration with siri, although tbh i use voice commands to the nest hubs more often anyway) Im

[@jpcorreia96]

Some great albums on that wall

[@savagemadman2054]

I have a bunch of cheap IKEA smart home stuff. Its compatible with Homekit and works fine.

[@normaljim738]

To alleviate some problems with HomeKit, Apple certifies HomeKit Secure routers. Except nowadays they don’t do that and the certification program seems to be dead.

[@SoraIroNaKISEKI]

To be honest anything works with homekit works like a charm. Apple should really reduce the hassle or even create incentive for manufacturers to join.

[@andrealandi5736]

a movement sensor is not a presence sensor

[@harmvzon]

It amazes me that you had such problems with Ubiquity. I changed everything in my house to Ubiquity UniFi. And I will never go back. Also, people don’t get a smart lock.

[@MatsueMusic]

Unfortunately. I find Philips the best cause they have a large catalog and typically easiest to reset if needed. Cause the individually named devices require you to scan EACH device every time. At least with a hub is one thing

[@C64KonsolenChris]

A google assistant screen for Apple Home? How?

[@EthanReimann]

Jake: “Me-Ross” Jonathan: “No, You’re Jake!”

[@ninjanerdstudent6937]

I really just come here for the funny orange-hair guy. His voice is funny and inviting. I never care about any of the content or topics on this channel.

[@itsdeonlol]

I love this Channel! Jonathan does good work on this channel!

[@LikelyLagging]

Bro idc if ur an Apple fan or not Apple TV is hands down the best streaming device available. Out of all my smart home products it’s hands down my favorite. Also walmart randomly sells matter govee strips

[@samuelb2935]

Hum I’m a full Apple environment and I use Smartlife stuff and I haven’t had any issue. Everything is customizable like Apple HomeKit and wider variety of devices that are compatible and cheaper! Not impressed by this video :( sorry, I do love MAC address but this one is missing good information With smartlife app I have like 30 devices in it and it took me like a minute or two (per devices) to make them work with all my Apple devices (3 phones and 1 iPad) Customization / automatisation is quite simple and took me like 2h to set all devices … no need of ipv6 or spending the entire day to setup!

[@norkshit]

0:00 noise was so loud it sent jake’s headphones to the shadow realm 😂

[@ducksfolif977]

why was that intro so funny 😭

[@MPAzezal]

tbh i forgot his name was Jake since I only hear him be called Bell lol

[@Drayton2k]

Home Bridge is the only way

[@wriel1312]

homebridge true goat

[@mbizozo6271]

I hate that 2.4 wifi thing. All the lights I have can only be set up on 2.4🥴🥴

[@reynoldclare7981]

Now, this is suffering in Canada. But here in India, it’s more of a pain in the butt… like there’s literally very very few matter supported devices. Even if so, expensive. There’s no proper implementation of private IPs. Some ISPs straight up don’t support private IP. The whole smart home support is limited for some reason here. As someone who started as a beginner in smart home stuffs, it’s pretty rough especially owning an iPhone cuz HomeKit is another of those premium price that manufacturers have to pay Apple, hence increasing the prices by a lot. Even after figuring out everything at the end, Home Assistant Supervised was a TOTAL SAVIOUR!! I recommend everyone to use Home Assistant Supervised in their setup. I wouldn’t say it’s better than Matter cuz the setup involves some rather technical knowledge, but oh man does it come in clutch! I mean it’s free, it’s Open Source, self hosted… it’s the only best option for Smart Home!

[@reynoldclare7981]

TL;DR: Use Home Assistant Supervised for your Smart Home setup. Irrespective of devices you own. HA got you covered!

[@YeroJero]

Two words worth anything in diy smart home right now: Home Assistant

[@mr_voron]

Yeah yeah this is all great, but have you seen that Dancing BEARS picture!?! Why are we not talking about the DANCING BEARS?!? 🐻 I have so many questions.

[@buldezir]

the answer is - HomeAssistant + usb zigbee dongle ;)

[@TalesOfWar]

I like how many see this as an Apple problem when it's the companies making the stuff who are really the blame. Apple want them to make something that's secure, gets updates and will work without having to rely on a third party server connection so it doesn't just stop working one day when the company goes out of business or looses interest (looking at you, Google). These kind of things should actually be regulated by governments given how important they are. They're securing and working in our HOMES for christ sake!

[@estusflask982]

I'm glad this video is promoting Matter, but the video lacked a lot, is too short, and needed a more informed host.

[@SolarizeYourLife]

The only reliable and truely local control is Home Assistant...but until it is more user friendly i wouldn't be getting it...got everything to work on Google home but it is probably the worst local control, and have not had an much luck with limited homey or apple home...matter is the only thing saving apple home...

[@SkyDX]

Honestly as much as it's almost is a meme, I feel like this is something the EU should look into much like USB-C on phones. Force all companies to play nice with each other so things actually work proper no matter who you buy what from instead of this mess of competing standards that make things a nightmare to work with.

[@JappyJan]

No need to replace any devices… just install a pi with homeassistant and it will bridge almost all devices of almost all manufacturers/standards to HomeKit and more.