Tech that makes managing my smart home WAY easier!

[@SmartHomeSolver]

UPDATE: I just uploaded the studio tour! Watch it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lXnWqaykmMR8ncU Which device do you use the most for controlling your smart home?

[@jashmaniar]

Alexa echo and H.A

[@big_prev]

Echo Dot, show 10, echo 4th gen

[@joeylockie]

Home Assistant and google home

[@chocomilkfps1264]

Just got Hubitat!

[@MrSupersidewinder]

I am likely in a minority but most things I trigger manually. I turn on a smart plug, home assistant sees that and starts a shutoff timer. I do this for washer, dryer, coffee pot, bathroom Nite lites, A/C... other devices like heaters, water distillers, run on schedules. Android phone for most manual stuff like TVs, media players, etc...

[@nightsky549]

I cracked up at Paul's voice "Home Assistant!!!" in the background. Love this community

[@joeylockie]

same

[@boris......]

I could imagine humping the air 🤣🤣

[@waynenocton]

If you want to have a laugh, go to Paul’s channel and look at his old videos where he’s trying to be serious, you can see it’s causing him physical pain lol.

[@firefon326]

Yes please on the studio tour.

[@DIY_Dad_83]

Any time I read “yes please” it is in Bluey’s voice.

[@THR33-LAWS-SAF3]

I am so glad Bluey exists, way better than the other junk on TV lol

[@SmartHomeSolver]

Agreed! We love Bluey in this house.

[@monas.6839]

+1 for a studio tour….as long as there’s a Paul Hibbert appearance!

[@DanTehranian]

Yes please on the studio tour. I’m interested to know about the peg board. Thanks!

[@jonathanschmidt7325]

I use my Galaxy Watch with Home Assistant all the time. I find that setting up my most used functions as a watch tile is much quicker than waiting for the app to load up.

[@michaelpetronella7779]

love the shout out to Paul! HOME ASSISTANT!!

[@prangfunpro]

Would love to see a studio tour!

[@danielcorrado2084]

I’d love to see a studio tour

[@davk]

Your tip with the fingerprint is awesome! I checked that and it works perfectly for me. Thank you. I can give you my tip. Level up the fridge. If you do that correctly it should always close itself so you don't have to check if left open anymore 😉.

[@brozorb_gaming]

One thing I would definitely recommend is on android, having a script that sends a test notification to you that you can click on to open homeassistant. This allows multiple instances of the app to be open at once 6:45

[@AmazingPeterGaming]

Studio Tour?? Yes please sir!

[@shaggyfilms]

+1 for the studio tour

[@KeyBored101]

A studio tour would be great

[@amitabhkaushal25]

You are the best brother...the best home automation channel so far

[@kmsoriano05]

I love the videos, wish you would a very very basic Home Assitant setup. thanks for sharing your knowledge

[@SmartHomeSolver]

Thanks for the suggestion, I agree that would be a great video!

[@davincecode01]

Hey Reed, been a follower for a year, great video always. just wondering how are you securing your network with all of your smart things in it. +1 for the studio tour.

[@waynenocton]

Absolutely yes for the camera gear video.

[@stevenwall3604]

Awesome definitely going to get the Samsung watch . Not much info out there on if you can control a smart home with a watch. Thanks!

[@JSailor1964]

I would love a office tour video

[@OntologicalQuandry]

When my friend's kids were much younger I'd visit him and marvel at the grime on every smooth surface and the seemingly endless crumbs of bread that got into his car. Children are magical but, certainly, they are also greasy and grimy. His term for it was 'suppurating', which I thought was fittingly disgusting, if a little uncharitable.

[@A_Tree_Reborn]

Would love to see how you have devices set up in certain hubs and which ones your assistants see. Do your Alexa devices only see devices via HA and if so how do you prevent other devices from showing up when you do discovery?

[@djweso]

100% I use my phone most. Voice second. I'm looking to add a watch in the near future and am working on turning an old fire tablet in controls. I really need to rebuild all of my home assistant dashboards to make them more functional.

[@TonyMendyk]

Your videos are fantastic. I am considering getting into Home Assistant. Do you have an up to date "getting started with Home Assistant" video? I currently have most things (mainly smart bulbs, plugs and Nest Thermostats) running off of Alexa. I will be adding a Ring doorbell and outdoor camera soon. Keep up the great work!!

[@gibson5961]

Maybe this is what your looking for kzbin.info/www/bejne/gnqWnZudhM6NY5o

[@savasilviu3194]

Can you make a tutorial on how to set up your smartwatch?

[@therealbrandonwood]

Just stumbled on your videos when looking for a review of the new Echo dot. In addition to the great reviews I love your humor in your videos! As a father of 4 I can definitely relate to the iPad that is filthy. Thanks for the app recommendation Home Assistant! I am going to try this to manage the plethora of smart home devices in my home in 1 place instead of multiple apps

[@aadishah8768]

Dude, why don't you get a right angle cable for that tablet in your home theater? It would make it harder to break and look a little better at the same time.

[@Goldensecret001]

Hi Paul, can you do a video for what you would recommend for Assisted living smart homes, for the physically disabled, or for emergency works? for example, a fire alarm linking to google home/alexa "there is smoke in the kitchen" all the lights turn on, the extractor turns on, and power is cut to ovens.

[@koryholding1491]

Would love to see a studio tour

Home assistant! Home assistant!

[@AppleFanBoy2893]

Me: *hears Paul’s voice* Also me: *starts thrusting the air*

[@SmartHomeSolver]

It's instinct!

[@mikeoleksa]

Great video! I've been really close to buying a tablet several times and haven't been able to pull the trigger. I already have a large phone, the S21 Ultra, so it's been hard to justify a tablet for me. You covering how much you use yours may have just put me over the edge.

[@witblitsfpv1265]

That Home Assistant joke was hillarious!

[@striderstache99]

I have one of those frames with a disassembled iPhone 8. Love it.

[@SmartHomeSolver]

Nice, Tiffany! They are definitely fun to look at.

[@Stephen-Jones]

I had to do a double take when I saw your watches wrist band, it's the same one I have on my Pebble watch 🤣 Great vid, thanks for doing it, always nice to see what other stuff people also have 'behind the scenes'

[@anthimossisk]

Hi reed, what do you suggest with duplicate devices ? In Europe what smart switches do you suggest? Nice video btw Thanks I would like a studio tour

[@allabouttechnologyandgaming]

You can please make a video on how to use and setup home assistant?

[@brandonguz7728]

Hola te sigo desde México apenas hace un mes descubrí tu canal y eso por qué me salió en recomendación y he quedado maravillado con el contenido que tienes aún que no se muy bien ingles los subtítulos me han ayudado mucho, por cierto amo tu canal espero sigas así y me ha ayudado en muchas cosas y me has dado muchas ideas saludos desde México

[@blak238]

Can you please do a complete video on making your home smart with home assistant. Like the things you need, step by step to set it up and link everything. I have zero knowledge on this stuff. How to put everything on the tablet to control everything and how to link everything up. Can you please do that or link me to a channel of someone who has that in debt video from A-Z

[@SerhiiYastrebov]

That child ipad case is awesome!

[@markloughtonUK]

Where do I get one of those special edition grimy iPads from ?

[@jimmyharrison5411]

A nice I did not know there was a Galaxy Google assistant app on the watch I have it now thank you

[@adenicolo]

I am currently juggling devices on the Alexa app, Smart Life, SylvaniaSmart, Ring, Lepro LampUX, Cloud Intelligence, Yi Home, UltraPro, Monster Smart, Hello Fairy, and DuoCo StripX. God I wish I had known how involved things would get and and been more careful while peace-mealing my setup together. If it wasn't for the Alexa App reigning almost everyone in one one platform I would go nuts. Also, why the hell hasn't Amazon written an Iphone widget for the Alexa App yet?

[@dnoland77]

Nice twist on the smart home. I'm a Pixel owner looking to switch to an iphone just for using homekit since Amazon has lost their way and the echo ecosystem has suffered. I've never had any interest in a smart watch and my phone is usually within reach. With 3 echo shows, 2 google hubs, 2 fire tablets and my phone a screen is always available if needed. I do cringe a little every time you mention how easy home assistant is. Clearly you are very talented in the computer field but unfortunately I think you assume many of us have a similar knowledge base. I have no problem admitting my limitations and while the echo routines are easy to comprehend and even master, I am unable to even use my own computer for anything other than email and internet. So home assistant is not even a possibility.

[@variiogaming]

my kids tablet looks like that too same case as well!! lol Amazing case for travelling

[@successfulusername]

Can you do a video about how to get started with HomeKit?

[@ronm6585]

Thanks Reed.

[@SmartHomeSolver]

Thanks for the support Ron!

[@witblitsfpv1265]

Can you scan Home Assistant NFC tags with the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 as well?

[@videolan]

Would like to see more on how you set-up and use the Tiles. Mine seem slow and clunky!

[@abelmendoza9980]

Do you have a video on how to start using Home Assistant ? Ive seen videos that require raspberry pies and i am not trying to go that route. I want to use my tablet. Not sure how to start

[@Bivs_setup]

Home Assistant Thrust 🤣 At least it's not the Zigbee thrust.

[@lovedfriend2020]

The last part was cute :)

[@SmartHomeSolver]

Haha thanks!

[@bluedragon2000305]

I'm a software engineer new to home assistant, how do you control your devices that integrate with Google and Alexa but not home assistant?

[@jashmaniar]

Hey Reed Grt video Have u ever thought of making DIY smart home devices?

[@SmartHomeSolver]

Thanks! I have thought about it and it's something I want to do soon and compare the benefits of it compared with off the shelf devices.

[@jashmaniar]

@@SmartHomeSolver I am myself currently working on diy zigbee smart switches

[@TheSuperDoc]

Which platform did you use to install Home Assistant? Raspberry pi?

[@WildBilly91]

A studio tour would be nice 😀

[@VPSmartTech]

Very cool video! I am looking forward to see more of your videos about automations in the future 👍

[@makeitworktech]

4:42 Hey Reed. If you don't have a robot with a camera, but you wanna check the fridge door ... centralite has a zigbee contact sensor that has a temp sensor built in. Excellent battery life, and can but put inside the fridge. This way you know if the door is open/closed, and what the temperature is in there. If you have French door fridge like i see you do, you can still put a temp sensor in there and it will be obvious that the fridge is open. How do i know this? Because this exact thing happened to me! I won't say who, but someone left it open when we went out of town, and I was able to have a relative head over and shut it. Of course I could remotely unlock the door for the relative because my home is smart :-D Excellent video!

[@SmartHomeSolver]

Great suggestion! Thanks for the idea.

[@maybeyoureright4334]

Great video. .. and Yes, studio tour please!

[@tanialimacosta]

Great video, as always... ! Could you please explain how you got the tile buttons customized with homeassistant? I have about 10 available with the HA icon, but they all say "Tile not set up" and I just can't figure it out! Help!!! Thank s a lot, for all the great videos!

[@stuartstuart1058]

You guys watch Bluey! Hello from Brisbane Australia! The home of Bluey.

[@SmartHomeSolver]

Bluey is great! Props to Australia for creating the best kid's show.

[@spikeyboy]

Can alexa do the same on the samsung watch similar to google? Would like to use my watch by just calling out alexa.

[@DarrellJordaneku]

What's the secret to getting the tiles to show up on the Pixel 6 Pro? I just set one up but it doesn't show up when I swipe down to see them.

[@msbgone]

Sorry, but my iPhone widgets to slide over and access works pretty well... ;) No Android for me, LOL... Haha, fridge left open and checked on my a robot vac, that is classic! I think you need the flying Ring camera! Oh another ending classic!!! Yes, studio tour!

[@SmartHomeSolver]

The iPhone widgets are nice too! And I definitely need the Ring drone!

[@arielo61]

hi! lol Paul voice! hahah. One question, where do you have HA installed? PC or Raspberry?

[@savasilviu3194]

Tour of the studio

[@NoahDPeterson2011]

help. i just got home assistant setup and have 2 light strips (1 RGBIC). i need to add stuff to my network, but i dont know where to start. somebody give suggestions.

[@MARKOYENIYI]

Hello, thanks for your videos. I just want to start automating my home. Get some light, bulbs socket, etc. Now I am thinking of a Hub go buy, I am a Samsung lover, so my phone and TV are all Samsung, I am already using my TV with the smart things app. But the smart things hub is quite pricey for me right now, can I get an echo dot and still work with my Samsung devices and smart things app? Or do I need an iPhone? Thank you

[@fowlfables]

Extra points for Bluey

[@fowlfables]

Got fake spammer impersonating the channel.

[@SmartHomeSolver]

Bluey is great! I know, I reported and deleted the spam comments. They are nonstop 😬

[@lorenking5891]

Studio tour, Studio Tour, STUDIO TOUR please!

[@mgannott02]

the title made it sound like your house is an employee. Smart homes should stand up for more autonomy and show they don't need a manager!

[@timothyreed7709]

Whats your single most advanced/complex automation?

[@TheGarpttsr]

Great video. I did not know there was a smart watch home assistant client. Where do you get the token to use the galaxy smart watch home assistant app? I loaded it right away after watching this video, but i can not find where the token comes from. I tried creating a long lasting token, and that wasn't it. Any direction would be appreciated.

[@WizardsWoW]

Just noticed the garage door automation popup on phone. Regarding that, anyone got reliable actionable automation for closing a garage door? For example every night at 9PM, if garage is left open I get a notification stating that and a button bellow to close the garage

[@theredstonecrafting1970]

how did you get 2 days of battery live????!!!!

[@ramrajgg]

Hey what’s that led light cube called @8:14

[@NickElliottuk]

Please could you make a video telling us your experiences with the fingerprint door lock? There are loads on Amazon, including the one you link to here, but they all have a lot of reviews criticising the app, the reliability, the actual security and so on. How have you found yours?

[@SmartHomeSolver]

I got mine months ago to keep the kids away from my camera gear. I've liked it a lot and even bought another one for the office. The mixed reviews are because people didn't set it up right. I talk about it a bit in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oYLFnYysjbCJd9E

[@earnestfarley]

Hello, can you recommend home automation deadbolt door locks?

[@Tydyrium]

great video. but one thing I was wondering about. What are you running Home Assistant on? It requires in home hardware, right?

[@GreeniusGenius]

Yes, thats also part of the benefit since the hardware is local, you aren’t reliant on an internet connection. You could run it on a NAS (Synology is quite a popular option), or maybe a nice custom PC build (LTT had a custom NAS build video a while back), but if you can find it (for a reasonable price), a Raspberry Pi is best, due to it’s low power consumption since it uses an ARM chip.

[@christopherparker1823]

4:07 god bless ya!

[@John-Smith02]

Hey Reed, my Nest (3rd gen) thermostat keeps cooling when the AC is on but sometimes it keeps turning off and then back on because it hasn't cooled, but it turns off almost immediately and then back on almost immediately. And I mean without the regular delay of like 1 minute or 2. It turns on and off then back on within 10 seconds. Do you have any suggestions? And has anyone else has this problem?

[@brentkleinman6926]

I need to get a smart watch for some of the reasons you listed! Do you have the 44 or 40 mm watch?

[@SmartHomeSolver]

44mm watch

[@AaronPowellDev]

Are you integrating your roborock with Home Assistant using the xiaomi integration, or is it not really integrated?

[@PaulRichards1]

Very similar setup at my house

[@markstanchin1692]

What exact watch do you have I was following the link but I was curious on size etc.

[@SmartHomeSolver]

It's the Galaxy Watch4 (not Classic) 44 mm in black

[@alviskums]

Your roborock is on HA and using Roborock app? How!? As I understood (and I did that way), its need to be added on MiHome (which is BAD app) and only then it can be added in HA.

[@proemail3237]

Can you please detail video on how to set up Home Assistatnt ? I want to try automation like you but i cannot get it to work. When i download the Home Assistant and it asking for the home assistant url . Please help if you can

[@GreeniusGenius]

You need an always on computer to run a Home Assistant server on, like a Raspberry Pi. You can’t just download the app. I think Paul Hibbert has a ‘Home Assistant for Dummies’ video.

[@proemail3237]

@@GreeniusGenius Thank you so much for your comment:) i order rasberry PI :)

[@De_Wezel]

THose picture frames with disassembled art are indeed amazing, where do you get those. Im really keen on getting one or some

[@SmartHomeSolver]

It's from a company called Grid. Here's the link: shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=1632954&u=1372411&m=101889&urllink=&afftrack=

[@patysan6704]

I found an ad that presents solar and is your house

[@chocomilkfps1264]

What shirt is that? (talking about the light blue fox shirt) It looks amazing!

[@SmartHomeSolver]

Thanks! I get most of my shirts from Threadless and here is a link to it www.threadless.com/shop/@JCLovely/design/fox/mens/t-shirt/regular?color=light_blue&size=x-large

[@ziadmalikful]

Great video! Just to clarify...you use Home Assistant correct! Thats the interface you often show on your iPad?

[@SmartHomeSolver]

Yes, it's Home Assistant I show on my iPad.

[@ziadmalikful]

@@SmartHomeSolver thanks!

[@thomastevis8655]

Awesome videos sorry I’m so late

[@SmartHomeSolver]

Thanks and you're never late!

[@charlesxavier1904]

ZigBee!!!

[@charlesxavier1904]

Sorry somehow I feel like I'm on the wrong channel...

[@savasilviu3194]

Ooo the ZigBee !!!

[@greeniz2k7]

Been gradually working my Galaxy Watch 4 into the smart home controls as well, but how do you get 2 days battery life? Ha

[@Eastovids]

Good job kids violence is there answer 6:42

[@kane587mad]

Some advertisement for Google pixel 6?

[@SmartHomeSolver]

Nope, I'm showing all of the tech I use to set up automations. I use the Pixel along with an iPad and everything else mentioned in the video.

[@sygys]

With 2800 entities this app on a Galaxy watch crashes the second you start it. This smart wear app is buggy as shit

[@Weeem]

@04:02 lol

[@aldrin6627]

Hey what's up?