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Re:How to control your smart home without yelling at a dumb ... by noodlesUK on Thursday February 02, 2023 @08:02AM (#34625939)
I'm curious which devices you have that are supported by home bridge but not home assistant. I've had nothing but success using home assistant.
Re:How to control your smart home without yelling at a dumb ... by wil421 on Thursday February 02, 2023 @09:28AM (#34626909)
This was over a year ago. Wyze and HA were having spats over API access. Unifi did not have a plug-in and I ended up having to install Homebridge.
Re:How to control your smart home without yelling at a dumb ... by bmurphy1976 on Thursday February 02, 2023 @12:52PM (#34630387)
Can't speak for Unifi but the Wyze support is pretty dreadful. That's entirely on Wyze though and the price you pay for buying the cheapest option. Personally I'm going to replace all my Wyze hardware over time and kick them to the curb.

I'm starting with my Garage Door opener: I built one myself and connected it to Home Assistant which is connected to Google. Now I can open the door using Google Assistant, something I can't do with Wyze. I also don't have to open up their stupid app and wait for it to establish a video connection before I can tell it to open up the door.

Wyze is cheap and easy, but it's also hot garbage.

Re:How to control your smart home without yelling at a dumb ... by wil421 on Thursday February 02, 2023 @07:20PM (#34635356)
Wyze refused to reconnect to my new WiFi access points with the same SSID but a different password. All kinds of resets did nothing and I ate the costs and switched my smart plugs to Kasa from TP Link. It’s been better but not without faults.

Philips hue has very rarely caused me troubles except the adhesive on their cabinet lights was garbage.