i am starting to research whether to implement smart home appliances to my future house.

This is the list of items which i think of:-
- centralized hub
- light bulbs
- sensors (like motion sensor for night time)

what are the other things that possible to integrate in?

and out of hundred or thousands of brands out there, which are the recommended ones?
i can think of xiaomi/google/ or those taht support IFTTT will be the bets

Too many info scattered around
Would like to know if I buy sonoff to replace light switches, what should I take note?
Is there any issue with having neutral or not?

then for our normal terrace house, is there neutral line?

Thanks for all those feedback on the mandatory for Neutral line for Sonoff.
Looks like i need to plan properly, as quite troublesome to pull neutral to all switches.

what are the light switch brand/smart devices available, and compatible with google assistance?
From what i gather here:-

1) Sonoff - need neutral line
2) Broadlink
3) Aqara/Xiaomi

afaik, nope

if i am going with google home path, can google home work with aqara/xiaomi hub?
i am thinking to get aqara switch (zigbee ver)

argh.. that's a shame
i hope to try on automation with google home, and go with xiaomi/aqara (since these are cheaper and more choices)

This is sad. Xiaomi stuff is easier to get

This post has been edited by 10071985: Apr 2 2019, 02:28 PM

was checking through the forum, and just to confirm my reading so far.
in our house, the normal lighting/fan switches does not come with Neutral wire right? so i'll need to find an appropriate switch that does not require Neutral

thanks bro... so majority of the sonoff can't be used then

anyone have setup tuya zigbee version with home assistant?
any problem so far?
Am renovating my house and thinking to using aqara wifi switch/ tuya zigbee switch...

What is the max number of smart switch that u can loop for neutral line?

Guys,
Do u all find sonoff work better with google or alexa?