QUESTION OF THE MONTH: What smart-home platform do you prefer?

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With the holidays coming up, smart speakers are likely at the top of the wishlists for the technically inclined. These days, smart speakers are a central component of the smart home. But before choosing a smart speaker, you have to decide on a smart-home platform, with the top three being Amazon Alexa, Apple Home/Siri, or Google Home/Assistant.

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DAB over 1 year ago +6

I refuse to have one of these spies in my house. If I got ambitious for home automation I would build an entirely local system that shared nothing on the web.
Andrew J over 1 year ago +4

I don't have any home automation and not at all interested. We briefly owned an Amazon Echo but never really used it and to be honest was more trouble than it was worth. Tried setting it up to "automate…
kmikemoo over 1 year ago +3

I don't know if "prefer" is the correct word. What I have are two Echo Shows and a Dot. The one in the living room and the one in the basement pretty much control lights or outlets controlling lights.…

ntewinkel over 1 year ago in reply to kmikemoo

I've just done some searching for "giant hello kitty beanbag chair", to make my YouTube ads more interesting
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bidrohini over 1 year ago

I only used Amazon Alexa.
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cstanton over 1 year ago

vijeth_ds said:
What smart-home platform do you prefer?

I'm going to do an extension poll...

I kinda miss the Matrix Creator now.
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Christopher678 over 1 year ago

I Always use Amazon Alexa
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electronicbiker over 1 year ago

When I visit the grandchildren I like using the family Alexa to play obscure 'B'-sides from the 60's. They look at me as if I were a slightly intelligent amoeba, which for some reason amuses me. They are 5 and 7 years old. There's an LP track I like to play, 'Somebody To Love' by Jefferson Airplane. Their lungs aren't big enough to do the last "L-o-o-o-o-o-o-ove" at the end so I always win, tee hee...
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FernandoNL over 1 year ago

Home assistant + KNX ( MDT )
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Cquk over 1 year ago in reply to FernandoNL

Good choice
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COMPACT 11 months ago

I designed my own.
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Workshopshed 11 months ago

Not done a lot of home automation other than my temperature sensors which were connected over WiFi / MQTT to a Grafana based dashboard.

I did look at adding Home Assistant https://www.home-assistant.io/ but never needed that capability.
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oksbwn 11 months ago

When it says platform, it should actually have the options for openSource platforms like Hoem Assitant and OpenHAB. I personally use OpenHAB, as an engineer, its an great option and can be completely private.
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