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Re:How I Use Home Assistant in 2025 by Izkata on Saturday January 25, 2025 @04:18AM (#42820529)
Setting schedules and automatically doing things in reaction to events is home automation. You've set it up to do something automatically when needed so you don't have to interact with it. I wouldn't include a timer you have to set manually every time though.

Your thermostat? Yes, based on the image above. The cooker? I'd say not. The lights? Definite yes.

Re:How I Use Home Assistant in 2025 by CT4u8798 on Saturday January 25, 2025 @05:24AM (#42820764)
I agree it's an automation, I don't agree with it being "smart".

What I like about my thermostat timer is that it's simple, local, and requires nothing else. No networking, no app, no maintenance over changing the timer for if I'm away, etc.