Which Home Automation (Alexa, Google Home, Xiaomi, etc) you use or plan to use?

I have fragmented smart devices, like smart curtain xiaomi china, xiaomi cctv global version, google home nest hub...

So difficult to integrate all under 1 roof.

also Alexa now using LLM, a lot smarter than google home. Xiaomi Xiao-Ai also using LLM soon.

What do you use?

Wont have that problem if you upgrade everything to the best of the bunch i.e. Apple

The best Home Automation is foreign maid.

This post has been edited by JohnL77: Sep 25 2023, 10:48 PM

Apple TV je

ifttt

for advanced user
and complex automation

Matter

Just use Google home

Becauae Malaysia only got Google home

Xiaomi also use Google home

Your Xiaomi stuff are China market. Stupid to buy Xiaomi

You need to change all your automation to Tuya because Tuya is the biggest automation and Tuya link to Google Home

A lot of devices can now connect to Siri, Alexa or Google Assistant. But Google Home has the advantage of a script editor now. Haven't tried it personally but seems nice.

Use home assistant to integrate all.

I already tried

Only accessible in browser


I coded it to play music at certain time

Tuya also support ifttt

Can I automate nuke launch when I gg?

Very hard
Need to hack Tuya and Sonoff firmware

But that will be ultimate goal

I already install home assistant in my Synology

Will localize server all my automation in 10 years time

No need to change firmware.
Sonoff has local integration and tuya has cloud integration

Only new stuff

I already bought Sonoff bridge to ready home assistant local integration but give up and buy everything Tuya

We are not ready yet

Waste money bought Sonoff

Ultimate goal is local ya

Cloud very buggy

Wasted my money

Need to install another app just for Sonoff

I think just buy Tuya and forget everything first

I use smart, true intelligence home DIY, cheap and low maintenance, zero intrusion, reliable and owner friendly ; )

what you guys use for automation?

curtain? switches? lights?

No such thing

Godai plox

No one using homekit? Ok gua alone, but so far ok la, very responsive, can put many camera also

im using smartthings for automation.

and alexa for voice assistant.

Sonoff zigbee bridge ?

It is supported. Why you say not supported?

You can buy Tuya but the automation and integration capabilities is not as great as Home Assistant.
Tuya is cloud based also.

That's not what I meant.

I mean a lot of device sold in Malaysia not supported with cheap price

Tuya is cheaper

Have you done it?

Coz I see the market availability is very bad

Just use homeassistant to integrate all with any voice assistant.
The best ones are always the devices that don't require cloud and fully local
Look what happened to certain brand that just died making their devices useless

For tuya, easier now with cloudcutter, no need to do teardown.
Just install firmware via ota

All device supported or just few?

Got list here

https://openbekeniot.github.io/webapp/devicesList.html

For the wall switch, lights, remote already got

But tuya has started patching firmware, so better don't update your firmware

That's the problem

Very troublesome

I think just use Tuya la

Save your headache

More headache with the official tuya integration on HA, randomly go offline and stuff
switched to custom firmware and no more issues since

Easier way you just grab the zigbee stuff, and not wifi version

All my stuff is zigbee

WiFi is rubbish

No headache if no HA

Wish IKEA would bring the IKEA smart home DIRIGERA hub officially into the Malaysian market.

This post has been edited by eclectice: Sep 26 2023, 10:19 AM

My home automation

Electrical Plug, Switch and Hub - Ewelink Sonoff mostly using Zigbee Protocol

Security and Sensor - MiHome

Voice Command - Google Home

Mobile Command - Samsung Smart Thing

This post has been edited by cipan2001: Sep 26 2023, 10:20 AM

stick with 1 ecosystem then less headache. u either all xiaomi or all apple or all huawei etc.

so far no problem utilizing home system from xiaomi. region in china. but their cctv i bought later is global version so i use dual apps on my phone and set that region to msia

The best of the best!

Yes I have home assistant running zigbee and wifi based devices.
Mostly sonoff, some tuya, some ikea zigbee switches, running ZHA and Zigbee2mqtt.

Tuya can also work but it is cloud based so I chose to use Sonoff and ewelink compatible devices instead.


I don't understand what you mean by market availability cause shopee have tonnes of Sonoff products.

Once you have home assistant you can do more advance stuff like facial recognition and all.



This post has been edited by Drian: Sep 26 2023, 10:40 AM

I guess I am cheapo

Sonoff stuff is more expensive right?

Which shop you get Sonoff device? Thanks 👍🙏

Please share

This post has been edited by vapanel: Sep 26 2023, 10:47 AM

Wifi can do a lot more customization than zigbee
Of course, flashing firmware is not for everyone that just needs the device to work

Got cloudcutter firmware for every single device meh?

KT Smart shop, Visiongadgetery




Home Assistant compatibility more important for me.

Ok because some Sonoff stuff like double the price lol

So what you use as your local server?

I have a desktop that runs my router, NAS and Home Assistant

am looking at smart door lock. xiaomi m20 pro now.. looks good.. anyone using or using similar better products?

cloudcutter just a tool, it just passes the firmware to the device (openebeken or esphome). That database link I posted earlier has all the device configuration details

check for device that runs ewelink, made by 3rd party and cheaper but can still use sonofflan on HA

Currently using Alexa and Google home.
Alexa as the main assistant while google is the backup in the event where Amazon servers are down.

Of course, ultimate goal is to localised everything.
I got an older mini form factor PC in my storeroom (also acts as a cheap server) for home assistant, but I am just really lazy to migrate all the setup I've done on Tuya/smartlife/Xiaomi devices over.

Apple HomeKit + Google home.

HomeKit have the best latency from Siri (command to action for scene take less than 1 second) while Google home for backup.

I use Aqara door lock, Aqara hub and Aqara switches and it support both Google home and HomeKit. One HomePod mini for HomeKit hub in living room and Google home in bedroom.

Voice command for Google home tends to have 5-7 seconds delay while HomeKit is instant. HomeKit is localized, Google home is cloud based.

Siri suck at queries but when it comes to home command, miles ahead of Google.

This post has been edited by LovelyPotato: Sep 26 2023, 11:17 AM

Nope. I am a paranoid tech freak. I don't trust these tech to protect my privacy and security. I disable cam and voice on Android TV. Also block internet access when sleeping and unplug if outstation or holiday.

Thanks 🙏👍

You might need to see doctor

First u need to have nuke.



Or u mean nude?





Owaiiii

Just setup a local network home automation then external cannot access already.

Modern day slavery

Can give more info?

Lol, I am just trolling, annoyed with all these "smart" solution.

Just own home server, remote access, old school stuff.

Apple got home automation, lol. Its eco system is so tiny compared to Google Home and Alexa. No one using Apple home automation now.

U rich and famous? U elon musk? IF not, who want to spy on you???

The aqara hub you use is local server the China server one yea

i use my wife.

Heard about home assistant, can it use several cams to monitor any intruder than send alert to mobile phone and siren/light too?

Dunno

I consolidate everything into Google Home (Xiaomi, Alexa, Smart Life/Tuya)

I put Google nest at my parents home

Within a month my parents told me to remove it.

Blardy Spy device that's what my parents said.

Use apple home.

Can use Frigate NVR addon in home assistant for people detection and send an alert through your phone through the Home Assistant app. Everything is programmable , you just need the skills to write the automation script for it.

U mean all Tuya Smart Life compatible stuff are compatible with Google Home?

Not only Google Home.

90% of Tuya stuff is compatible with Google Home and Alexa and sometimes Apple Homekit.

You cannot go wrong with Tuya

Tuya damn cheap. Cheaper than Sonoff.

B40 like you and me just buy Tuya can dy

I bought the global one. Slightly more expensive but can support both HomeKit and Google home. I bought mine almost 2 years ago and it’s the older hub. Iirc China one doesn’t support Google home.

Is Tuya smart switch good? OR Xiaomi switch and other?

Anyone knows why some smart switch got live wire, some don't have?

What is the difference? Pro and Con??

This post has been edited by GoodMorningMY: Sep 26 2023, 05:01 PM

Good. I use all Tuya.

Xiaomi too expensive
Not worth

Neutral to power the switch.

But nowadays without neutral they can still power the switch via some magic trick that I am not going to explain because I am electrical engineer and you are not.

Obviously neutral is best but your house lighting switch no neutral one.

Just buy without neutral and without need for capacitor. Don't buy the one that need capacitor. You will regret.

Search for "without neutral" + " without capacitor."

This post has been edited by vapanel: Sep 26 2023, 05:06 PM

Dear Electrical Engineer,

https://shopee.com.my/Tuya-Smart-Switch-wit...34-79edc8d4241f

This one ok? Zigbee 3 gang no neutral no cap. Thanks in advance.

BTW, I can just use echo show direct connect to this switch right, no need buy another zigbee hub?

Zigbee need hub

I suggest use ethernet zigbee hub connect to router for stabilty

https://s.lazada.com.my/s.6Ed3F

Smartrul is branded Tuya maker

Alexa echo show got built-in zigbee hub support, not sure if it works with tuya one.

Also, say I install 3-gang zigbee, 3-gang zigbee, 2-gang zigbee.

I can all connect to the zigbee hub right and give each unique label? Noob here.

I suggest buy touch one. The mechanical one later fail if press too hard

https://shp.ee/t33jc48

I scared Amazon hub is for Amazon only

You can install 100 switch and name it differently. All using same hub.

This post has been edited by vapanel: Sep 26 2023, 05:59 PM

I see, now it’s more difficult to find the global version hub. My experience with China server one isn’t good. Will disappear from HomeKit and require re-setup. It’s collecting dust now lol.

That's why I said buy Xiaomi is stupid because Xiaomi don't care about Malaysia

https://s.lazada.com.my/s.6EeWd Aqara m2 got global on lazada. I think this new model supports matter.

We’re talking about Aqara not xiaomi itself. Aqara is a sub business that’s more focused on non china. I think xiaomi also have global version and we should get that one instead of china version.

This post has been edited by LovelyPotato: Sep 26 2023, 06:31 PM

Not good enough

Better buy Tuya

Aqara human sensor is rm400

Really crazy

Yeah generally more expensive but less than 100 can get https://s.lazada.com.my/s.6EeEe.

2 years ago I research on tuya for home assistant before but seems a lot of work while Aqara more plug and play so I jumped on Aqara to avoid spending too much time setting stuff up. Mostly on switches only. Also I think tuya not so much HomeKit support back then until fairly recently.

That is not human sensor

Human sensor use mmwave

Please do more research

Aqara human sensor cost freaking rrm400 while Tuya is rm69 only

Aqara is rubbish

I’m open to all brand but I’m not your target audience to convince since I’m just sharing my experience here lol.

At the time I was doing research I found Aqara has better support for Apple (for my voice command on phone) with everything localised for quick response time + door lock integration + flexibility for Google home (for Google assistant) and that’s how I decide to spend my money to reduce time spent tweaking stuff.

If tuya can localise everything plug and play, with integration with Siri and Google Assistant without any extra work then I’d happily go with it. Unfortunately Tuya is cloud based and need to waste time to tweak for HA.

Ya I can understand

I am Google. You are Apple

Different market

I used both lol. Good for you if you want to be a fanboy for a certain brand.

I care more about the performance and ease of use instead of brand loyalty. Whichever fits my purpose I go for it.

HomeKit for reference: https://streamable.com/6nnvkf
Google home for reference: https://streamable.com/kg5yyg

Is smartrul same as tuya?

Ignore the question, you already answered here.

BTW, can I use the smart switch for fan?

Aqara so far is best for plug and play and future proof. It currently supports matter and automations run locally meaning even with wifi disconnected or whole router off, the automations still will run. So far tuya haven't support matter yet, nobody want to build the matter bridge for tuya.

FYI I'm android user, I have aqara and tuya and xiaomi devices, my voice assistant is Google assistant and my matter controller is the Google nest mini

This post has been edited by dest9116: Sep 26 2023, 09:31 PM

the latest one im using is google home with smart life.. TV, few google nest, alot of bulbs, door locks, switches, sensors all integrated with smart life and google will be able to detect them.

Yes. Same thing connection like light switch.

Smartrul is expensive version of Tuya device. Tuya is like Android. Smartrul is like Samsung.

Too expensive to future proof. Aqara is kinda useless in Malaysia