The 7 Best Smart Home Automation Ideas From EVERYONE!!

Smart home automation ideas from your favourite smart home KZbinrs; All their favourite automations in their smart homes. Featuring Smart Home Solver, The Hook Up, Everything Smart Home, Shane Whatley & more.
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‪@TechWithBrett‬

[@paulhibbert]

Happy Saturday everyone! Theo is 23 days old today, and we are 23 days happier… and more knackered. Massive thanks to everyone that helped me make this video. Please check out their channels at the links in the description and subscribe to them! 😁

[@philliphugh3347]

your best content yet!👍 (apart from the bald guy that kept interrupting with dad jokes) 🤪😁😁😁😁🤪

[@mean1979Just]

Congratulations to the new dad (and Nisha)! Don't worry, makeup is a great way of concealing the massive bags under your eyes that you'll acquire over the next few months 😂 I liked them so much I grew then twice 👀😏 And now one of them is obsessed with Mr Socky!

[@Yuriel1981]

Congratulations Brother! My daughter almost 15. It's a long arduous, stressful, rewarding, amazing and beautiful journey. And worth everything you put into it. Enjoy my man.

[@philip_fletcher]

I only have one piece of advice: Cherish every moment. Before you know it, they'll be *leaving* university. Childhood is always measured by a series of steps - first crawl, word, steps, day at school etc. Ignore the 'goals' - just live in & cherish every moment.

[@peterclarke5323]

Congratulations 🎉 welcome to parenthood. It will give you the highest highs and the lowest lows. Fingers crossed for more highs than lows.

[@TheHookUp]

Congrats dude. It's Saturday morning and I slept until 8:30... You'll get to feel that feeling again in approximately 10-11 years.

[@paulhibbert]

Haha, thanks Rob, and thanks for joining me for the video! Xxx

[@stirfryrose]

More like 13 years .. youngest didn't stop getting up early until teenager

[@SmartHomeSolver]

Congrats Paul! Having kids is the best thing ever. I'm sure Mr. Socky will tell your son great bedtime stories.

[@paulhibbert]

Thanks Reed! Mr Socky junior is sure to feature soon 😂 xxx

[@EverythingSmartHome]

Paul is so deep in rabbit holes, he's starting a new channel called Hole Assistant 😂 Congratulations to you both on your new arrival! 🎉

[@Sparky_D]

Que the Karen, "there's filth again!"

[@paulhibbert]

As always, thank you my friend! Xxx

[@ShaneCreates]

Congrats again Paul! Welcome to dad life! Thanks for letting me be a part of your video! 😊

[@paulhibbert]

Any time dude, thank YOU for being a part of it! Xxx

[@TechWithBrett]

Congratulations Paul! I loved the roasting after these guys spent the time to give you a week off. 😂

[@paulhibbert]

Wouldn’t be a Paul Hibbert video without a good roast 😂 Reed deserved it more than anyone!

[@TLLConline]

Congratulations Paul! Good to see the community pitching in to help.

[@paulhibbert]

They’re the best. So good to be part of a community that gives a crap about each other

[@GeoFry3]

Awesome!! Kids + home automation is the best. My favorite automation is a routine to mess with my children when they try to sneak back out after bedtime to watch movies or jump back onto tech. If a motion sensor detects a creeper in the living room, after bedtime, it cranks the lights to 100%, makes an announcement saying goto bed, turns all the lights in the house off (spooky), and then powers down the various tech in the room repeatedly in short intervals for the next hour. TV, fire stick, soundbar, network switch/wifi AP, XBox, etc all power off at different intervals (5-15 minutes). Disrupting what they are doing in the most annoying way possible. Kids are tech comfortable, but they certainly are not tech savy. They could easily just pull the TP-Link power strips out and plug everything in directly, but none of my 3 (5, 7, 16) have figured it out yet. The oldest eventually gave up and just started reading books instead.

[@moniquem783]

What an awesome little community. So cool how you all help each other.

[@ArtGonzales]

Is it weird that I followed everyone featured in this video? Lol 😂😂😂 congrats Paul 🎉

[@Stephen-Jones]

Most people would call that stalking 😜🤣

[@daveschmarder-1950]

Congratulations Paul and Neesha. The little guy will never know what a light switch is in your house.

[@markfiddament9383]

Theo says “A light switch is something that if you turn it off - gets you 15 mins on the naughty step…” - 😂

[@blissweb]

Stu's magic buttons and their scenes are amazing. I will definitely ripoff that idea. 😅 Great video guys.

[@Sparky_D]

I absolutely love the comradery within the home automation youtubers

[@JoshsSmartHome]

Great video Paul. Some of my favorite KZbinrs, and you’re in the video too 😂 of course I’m kidding you’re great

[@PlayerWellKnown]

If I didn’t know I was a geek already, this video has just confirmed it. I subscribe to and watch regularly every single one of these creators….. and my life is better (although poorer) for it….. from a self accepted geek.

[@davidw717]

I genuinely love this video, the community of smart home creators coming together. And typical Paul adding in the humour absolutely brilliant 👌

[@usa-earth]

You know, at the end of the 4 weeks, you can do a video showing you and Nisha's sleeplessness, would be SO entertaining! Congratulations Paul on fatherhood, so glad you had a mini-me!

[@BrandonDoyleMN]

Great collaboration!! Congratulations again

[@T3CHGY007]

The coolest bunch of home automators in the world!!

[@clarewillison9379]

What a lovely idea for a video. Great co-contributors with genuinely useful ideas for a happy techie family. I’ve gone all warm and fuzzy and am off to get more LED strips. 🥰

[@sy2see]

Lovely video. Thanks to Paul and the guys. Some really fab ideas there. 👍🏻

[@KurtAndersonPhotography]

Congrats Paul, Awesome news, and thanks to the community.

[@ronm6585]

Thanks Paul as well as your fellow creators. Happy Saturday!

[@Alex98Z]

Green Bulb, Captain Aqara, Iron Hue, God of Eve! 👍🏼

[@Jensen871]

Congratulations paul! It was nice seeing everyone. Love the video

[@triviadave]

The first routine I ever created was for night feeds. It would turn the lamp on where my partner fed our son and start playing a playlist of stuff that he enjoyed listening to. Barely worth being called a routine, it's still the only home automation thing that my partner has ever appreciated.

[@rb9429]

These are all amazing and it's awesome the community is helping. Seriously though where's my bed sensor

[@stevenparker1033]

Best wishes to you all. Welcome to parenthood 🎉🎉 Been watching your videos a few years now. Keep up the good work.

[@401_Unauthorized]

I really enjoyed this video. Collaborating with the others and sharing their ideas, it shows you are all in this together. Awesome video and great ideas. Well done!

[@samhodson4814]

Finally made some time to sit down and watch this. This was a *great* video boys, well done. Kudos for rallying around Paul for his paternity as well, that's awesome. Side note, I thoroughly enjoyed this collab! I would definitely enjoy watching more of these.

[@markshaz8691]

Brilliant video Paul, Happy Saturday.

[@dankelley9361]

Crazy great assembly of my best YT automaters! Thanks for putting it together and help to stretch the imagination!

[@maxoffer1001]

One of your best videos!

[@stirfryrose]

Seriously enjoyed that. Laughed so much. This is why I love Paul and Friends automations and laughter.

[@paulhibbert]

Thanks as always my friend!

[@michaelpetronella7779]

Congrats again! Nice to see the other guys pitch in a hand! It takes a village!

[@marcomoraschi3537]

Great video!

[@garethjones5068]

What a lovely start to the video ❤️ xx

[@AutomateYourLife]

Right?

[@stmpdog1906]

Congratulations Dad!

[@leighrobinson9403]

Congratulations guys!

[@davemonic666]

Congratulations to you and Nissa paul love the content

[@leet9681]

10/10 thumbnail 🤝

[@TfRsmokinmasta]

Cool. Should do more of these guys. Good to see some colabs going on

[@PrimalEdge]

Congratulations again!!!! Welcome to the world, Theo!!

[@cyclemadkiwi]

That was soooooo awesome, some great tips in there. I've been following most of those other channels too in my "rabbit hole" HA journey thats all of 6 weeks old lol Yay.....more channels to check out 🎉

[@yungstunnamobentertainment6943]

It’s crazy cause I’m subscribed to all of them all ready

[@Jaw0lf]

Congrats to you and Nisha on your new arrival. You will get time to sleep through the night again soon!

[@AppleFanBoy2893]

This video was amazing

[@paulhibbert]

Big thanks to the guys ❤️

[@christineharris9706]

Congrats and enjoy!

[@BloodScientist]

What a morning. All my favourite smart home posse. Thanks mate for organising this!

[@paulhibbert]

It’s thanks to them for being so kind as to help me out! Or in Brian’s case to help me oot

[@odie7764]

Awesome 👍

[@jamesmonahan7872]

Congratulations Paul! Wishing you all the best! Love how the community comes together to support another and I already follow all of them so it is no surprise. Highly recommend checking out each to help give you new thoughts and ideals for your smart home

[@lawman1965]

Brilliant video. Made me laugh on a sunny Saturday morning!

[@cookecothanet]

Congrats 🎉 . Love the videos 🎉b

[@DamnGoodITGuy]

I'll tell you my favorite home automation even though it's kind of dumb I took an Aquara leak detector and put it on the back of a smart coffee maker after extending the leak detectors ground points into the water chamber. This allows my morning routine to only turn on the coffee maker if I've loaded it with water and coffee the night before. So if the coffee maker water detector says it's wet it goes on but if it doesn't then it doesn't go on for the morning. Small things like this that makes me happy that I do smart home stuff.

[@marksapollo]

Ok ShaneCreates idea is bloody brilliant! But where did he get those little waterproof boxes from?

[@8Arachne8]

Congrats, and awesome video. I spend entirely too much time on all the channels involved. Lol

[@DigitalImagesOfWirral]

Happy Saturday Sir!

[@ChrisRider]

This video condensed my normal morning KZbin routine quite a bit. A few ideas to consider - eventually, your baby will become a toddler and very mobile. You might want to think of some smart routines (and some non-smart solutions!) to try to toddler-proof your home. Going back in time to my first kid, we had baby gates, cabinet locks, soft plastic corners installed on tables/counters with sharp corners, and many other things I'm sure my old age has made me forget. As I am typing, I just had an idea for a smart diaper - detect code brown (sometimes green) or code yellow....contacting Procter & Gamble now.

[@mean1979Just]

😂

[@OldManSparkplug]

Congratulations on you all!!! #DadLife

[@JohnSmoleskis]

Congratulation Paul and Neesha, and welcome to the world Theo

[@DansManCaveUK]

At 12:48 is the face all smart home addicts pull when showing off a routine. It's the same as saying ”please work as you should” lol

[@DarinRoy]

Congratulations! Dad life is the best, I've been adding baby related automations and there are some insightful ones here. Thanks all!

[@watchme.leonardpowers]

Yes. Saturday morning and hang out with my mate Paul.

[@watchme.leonardpowers]

Dammit, I posted too early only to hear you are not here. Have a fantastic time off.

[@paulhibbert]

I’m still here, watching from the side lines! 😁

[@davideyres955]

Congratulations Paul. I hope you’ve invested in a scaletrix set for your son. Happy racing mate.

[@benunderwood2466]

I was thinking, once again, this morning that I need to think of a way to house a door sensor for our gate, to stop the kids leaving it open for the dog to run free if he wants to 🤦🏻‍♂️ Any idea what boxes Shane has used for his?? 5:03 Also, congrats on not having a normal adult life for the foreseeable, both of you!! You will love it 🙄🤣 seriously, it is a special club to be in 😊

[@karlcrisafulli1172]

Thanks

[@paulhibbert]

Thanks so much Dude!! ❤️

[@ALaModePi]

Happy Saturday and, once again, congratulations on meeting the requirements for paternity leave. I look forward to the time when the one you "snuck past the goalie" shows up in the videos as opposed to mini-Me (which is still a good gag regardless.) It's good to have friends who can help out when needed (and provide idea worth stealing at other times.) BTW, I enjoyed the interplay between Smart Home people (the merch bit made me laugh) as well as the general silliness (like everythingsmarthome's "unicorn farming workshop and haggis chasing world championships")

[@OrangeSamurai01]

Congratulations to you and Neesha on baby boy Theo!!! Love the support from the home tech community. Dad’s helping Dads. ❤ I’ve got some new adds to my watch list now as well. P.S. Home Tech Dads help Paul with links to your Channels the poor bugger is Knackered!!!

[@dannykrul4311]

Congratulations Paul, with the birth of your very own mini me.

[@brandonreidy6989]

Congratulations! Anyone have suggestions for smart home weather stations? Rain fall, wind, temp, humidity, etc?

[@CarlGolden]

Love the video. Wondering what the lights in Shane's videos are. The small one plugged into the wall outlets.

[@azkikrx1]

Congrats daddy Paul!

[@robjeeves]

Congrats being date mate. Love seeing fellow smart home players all contributing. To your channel ❤❤❤❤

[@omgitsjulian]

Shane needs a notification for his low phone battery :)

[@thomastevis8655]

Awesome videos sorry I’m soo late

[@NatesRandomVideo]

Congrats Paul! Keep Mr Socky away from the kiddo. 😂

[@RBHMMX]

You definitely are it. But incredibly nice of the other guys to do this for you

[@paulhibbert]

They’re the best!

[@richardmay3803]

Congratulations guys, is there a way of getting blink doorbell notifications on a google tv also Alexa enabled without using home assistant?

[@NicJ27]

StusReview was so Jeremy Clarkson I was expecting Hammond to be the child in the room

[@johannb.8616]

I use my home assistant to count the duration of the teeth brushing with a RGB light in the bath room that change color every 30s and turn green at the 4th minute for "Kids" Thank you for the video

[@ChristianGreen-nr2im]

Congrats on becoming a dad!

[@marknorville683]

Where did you buy that white desk from? I would love something like that, if you can supply an affiliate link and I will purchase one straight away. I have been looking for stuff like that for ages, but never any luck, and I am now in love with your desk.

[@xXDeadJesterXx]

Three things: First off, MASSIVE congrats on the kid. Can't wait to see him added to the "bearded husband and wife" bit. Second: Any idea where Shane got the water proof cases for the Aqara sensors? I am wanting to put a temp sensor outside but am currently trying to figure out the best way to weatherproof it. Lastly: How the HUE (using them as a swear) is Louis just going to nonchalantly drop "using scales under the bed" and not provide more info. He KNOWS that the one thing the smart home industry is missing is bed sensors! Lol

[@watchme.leonardpowers]

This is funny. Love the trolling

[@gojofo]

How does Reed get a camera to show up on his appletv? Is there a video describing the process?

[@HomeIsWhereTheSmartIs]

Love this video and creators working together in general. If you do another one I’d be happy to contribute from my modest little channel. I’ve got some particularly great kid related automations coming you might appreciate 😉

[@adamcraig3808]

Congrats mate enjoy the paternity leave 😁 we will still be here when you come back 😂

[@ironcrafter54]

I would love to see one of these videos where you feature submissions from your viewers.

[@My-noname]

Haggis chasing World championship? 🤣😂🤣

[@roughboy99]

Ms. Rachel is a great teacher for the kids. i put her to my baby girl since she was a few month old when I found her and she learner to communicate with us early. she learn to speak early and she reads and comprehend what she read since shes 3 . look her up and examine if she is good for your kid. you can also use her like "white noise" like I did when she was a baby. congrats and enjoy fatherhood

[@ecospider5]

I want to see how often kids use the automations setup by their parents.

[@ecospider5]

I need to get an automated cat feeder to put next to my bed. I will fill it with M&M’s and set it to trigger every evening from 7pm to 11pm every 15 minutes. Then when the tv is turned off automagically (wow that was in the iPhones dictionary) I know I might as well go to sleep because no more M&M’s for me. I wonder if there is a cat feeder with 2 bins. One for my evening meds. 🧐

[@Hclann1]

So I just realized Paul that you are going to need a battery powered waterproof moisture sensor that you can put in the diaper to signal a red alert.

[@JD86Vintage]

So what are the under bed scales that trigger when he's getting up or getting in?!? P.S. Congrats Paul.

[@Hclann1]

Paul, one other thing I have to ask. Does everyone in the UK pronounce router as rooter? As opposed to R-Out-er here in the US? You don’t say ooter for the word outer, so why rooter?

[@paulhibbert]

We do indeed! It’s a router, it routes things 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@centurybugs]

Robot nannies, we need robot nannies! Wouldn’t it be great if you could just press the flick button and baby would be fed and nappy changed? In all seriousness though you’re going to be a great dad and you’ll need the breaks. Take your time, we’ll still be here for you when you’re ready for more banter

[@PeterBellefleur]

Good video but you forgot a critical step in the home assistant rabbit hole chain. Somewhere around the 2nd or 3rd rabbit hole you climb into a new rabbit hole that doesn't match anything you have had in your rabbit hole and then realize that the documentation for that rabbit hole is for a rabbit hole that was updated 2 years ago and moved to a completely different rabbit hole that you need to go find on your own or be shouted at by people on that home assistant forums because you got lost.

[@G_Fresh_UK]

Is Stu of Stusreviews related to Jeremy Clarkson ???

[@sanyak1973]

a million likes

[@MichaelBennett1]

My vote goes to Stu for being easy to implement, hard to break and effective.