The most INTENSE Home Automations built with Google!
The most INTENSE Home Automations built with Google!
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These are my favorite home automation ideas! But can I re-create them with NO hub and only Google? Let’s find out…
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0:00 Intro
0:25 Front porch lights
0:57 Presence detection
1:36 Nightly clean
2:05 Backyard lights
2:46 TV controls room
3:10 Garage lights on
3:50 Garage notification
4:48 Bathroom lights
5:23 Away mode
6:01 Naptime
7:02 Travel by map🗺️
8:36 Time of day lights
9:11 Package while away
10:00 Person detected
10:43 Let the baby sleep
11:12 Shower timer
12:01 Smart bulb switch
12:47 Percussive maintenance
13:24 Results
13:40 Snackmobile
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MUSIC
Digifunk by DivKid
Rinse Repeat by DivKid
Ending song is The End by EVA.
https://open.spotify.com/artist/6UIs5b0zSXztIW5GHkCTkK
Wondering why using a hub is considered bad, or something you want to avoid??? I just bought a Zigbee and Z-Wave combo USB hub for less than $40 dollars, and it’s just the size of a normal USB drive.
So speaking of no hub, question. I use Alexa and Govee light strips and have had a hell of a time trying to find motion sensors that work with both of those without a hub. Do I have a hubless motion sensor option for Alexa+Govee or should I cave and buy a hub?
Please do an episode on current HomeKit/Matter RGB recessed lights!
I am sure that a huge number of automations in the house can be implemented without smart devices at all. A humidifier in the bathroom, night lighting, lighting of shelves in cabinets, emergency light in case of a power outage – all this is I could implemented using dumb devices. Costs less, works better and requires minimal setup, there are now so many DIY components for a penny with which you can do interesting projects without smart home devices
Thank you for the information on some of the new sensors. I have used Google Home for years with no hubs. The workaround for Google previously was to buy a smart plug from the same company that your contact sensors comes from use the plugs trigger to trigger your routine through google home.
You mentioned that you are able to trigger packages with your nest doorbell, how? Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
You don’t need a hub, just google branded products. I am moving away from google, so the hub was 1, worth it, and 2, cheaper.
This look like buying waste after waste
What Doorbell are you using?
I try to stay away from Wi-fi like the plague. Too many wifi devices causes congestion on the 2.4/5 GHz band. Get a HUB!
I want to see how much you can do without any cloud connection.
question about Meross garage door controller you use to control your garage. It says that in order to use this device on a certain garages it needs an extra accessory what accessory if it has the yellow or purple learning button? Do you know what kind its talking about?
I’m not sure where I saw this but I thought it was in a video of yours but I can’t find it. I saw in a video where someone had a humidity sensor that would turn on their exhaust fan if they forgot to. What I want to know is what is that sensor and can it be set up the opposite way. I want a humidity sensor that will shut off my exhaust fan once levels go back to normal. We don’t have trouble remembering to turn on the fan. Our issue is knowing how long it should be on after the shower
1. So my black-looking American born kids with Jamaican and Panamanian heritage arent black? 2. What do black Americans have to do to make them participants of black culture if Obama and Kamala don’t make the cut?
3. Is this culture issue informing how you vote? You say no, but spend time suggesting otherwise.
Thanks for the content.
this is merely a list of stuff. I can do a video of what color underwear I use every day, and it would be as useless as this one. Granted, much more tasteless.
Anyone know which switch is being used for the kitchen pendants in the video ? About the 12:30 mark
I have a couple of LED night lights by my kitchen sink, plugged into a 3 in 1 outlet strip – I have looked for something simple that would sense the nightfall, turn these on, then off again in the am – the sensor would need to be somewhere not close to these lights, as in a windowsill. I have Apple computers, and an iphone.
how to to the thing with the tv
???? Would you do a video on smart homes for seniors/disabled? Or do you have recommendations on where to find suggestions? Trying to help my parents age in place by setting up a system for them but easy (like physical buttons on somethings) for them to operate. Voice technology doesn’t always work well for them. Thanks!!!!
Would you say the treatlife one works better than linknlink’s presence sensor?
Im all into the amazon ecosystem so whats a good substitue to the google script editor for me? cuz even though the devices can pair with google, my speakers wont be able to aill they?
hello reed
what hubs do u suggest , I use Tuya for all smart appliances, and magic home for all led lights
thanks.
I’m interested in knowing how the aqara presence sensor works. I want to know everything it can do. like does it work through a window…
So where does the code that does the automations run? It’s running somewhere. The scripts must be somewhere. That is a hub.
The Athom mmWave sensors are cheap and can run native ESPHome.
Due to your large format tiles, you should define your kitchen floor as hardwood in the roborock app and then set the floor direction to match the tiles. Less streaking!
What lights are you using in your garage? They look nice and bright and low profile.
Why get strips in the bathroom that you don’t need when you could just get RGB downlights to only turn on dim red during the night, which won’t wake you up…
I have a cool automation idea with the kasa smart light switch so what you do is on the kasa app you set the light switch so when is double tapped it turns on a kasa smart plug and then you can go on the Alexa app and say when the device is powered on to turn on multiple other lights
You talk a lot but say nothing meaningful. "Look I have this". But given no instructions on creating this routine or how you set it up and any issues you ran into
Are you team hub or no hub? 🤨 Hopefully this video sparks some automation ideas, no matter what you use in your smart home!
It’s there a way to use a motion sensor and non Google doorbell to auto live stream on the hub
I love this video!! Thanks
Does the google script editor have if then capabilities? I’d love to see a video going a little more in depth about it!
Thank you for pointing out everything that Google Home can do. As someone new to automations and being a little broke, i just connect everything to Google Home. That way, my non-techy spouse can also use everything. It’s simple, it’s easy, and it works (the automation part, not the speaking to Home devices part).
This is an easy way to simplify life so THANK YOU for sharing what can be done with Google Home.
I hope you can make a video of yourself physically showing us the automations and how to set them up because, at this time, the only thing i know how to do is ‘If it’s 11 p.m., dim these lights’ or ‘If it’s 7 a.m., turn these lights off’. I wouldn’t know how to set up some of the more complicated stuff but i want to learn!
There’s a lot of mention of "google" in this. Is there a legit way to get away from google with respect to the smart home products? I ‘m really becoming ever so more uncomfortable with them. Apple is only marginally better.
How did you do the TV automation?
and now: Do your automations with a broken internet connection
Can the script editor be used to skip the voice response? For instance when I say “goodnight” I don’t want it to blare its 10 second response to what all it just did.
Does anyone know if you can get Siri to announce stuff like Alexa.
still cant automate non nest doorbell live stream (on nest hub) when (non-nest) doorbell is pressed…. maybe is you added a separate motion sensor?
wait until google keeps killing their next(nest) product and support. just use homeassistant and be done with
I’m kind of allergic to "Cloud connected devices". So while these automations are awesome, I have no idea how to do this in a local-only Home Assistant (yes, all my smart stuff sits in a seperate VLAN where only HA has some internet access). Could you make a video about such automations, but skip everything that relies on anything cloud?
I have a Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 hub using ZHA and a Conbee2 flashed to Matter. I don’t have anything for Matter yet though.
Got a tip for your switch issue at 12:40 – instead of trying to find a pair of smart switches and bulbs that work together, you can simply wire the bulbs so they’re always on and then use automations with the switches to control the bulbs. Just run power in to the switch, but not out. Works like a charm for me, and works with any ecosystem!
You lost me at google.
Needing a home automation to tell you to stop showering is a bit of a stretch dont you think. If its for a child i get it but as an adult i would think i know when to stop showering
Nice video Reed, but you know hubs are the way to go!
So, for someone that has so many things automated in their home, Reed, what are the things you are thinking about how to add automation to?
(And, I’m really team "no hub" but most of my stuff uses a hub.)
Sounds like a panasonic ad…., the package notification seems kind of pointless if you have the amazon app
We need a deep dive on how you set up the TV/light automation ASAP!