Smart home devices should work without the internet

Re:Smart home devices should work without the internet by throwaway219450 on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @11:27AM (#50442615)

You have described Home Assistant. That’s exactly how it works, including offline if you need it and auto discovery of devices on the network.

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Re:Smart home devices should work without the internet by bluefirebrand on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @11:36AM (#50442721)

Home assistant would be similar to the software side of things sure

I'm talking about a fully built piece of hardware that comes in every house like plumbing and wiring does

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Re:Smart home devices should work without the internet by iAMkenough on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @11:38AM (#50442748)

Home Assistant sells hub devices with various connectivity radios, including the newest one they’re announcing tomorrow.

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Re:Smart home devices should work without the internet by bluefirebrand on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @11:46AM (#50442853)

Cool, I guess I'm not alone in thinking this is a valuable and useful thing

Thanks for sharing this, I had never heard of home assistant before

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Re:Smart home devices should work without the internet by skittleson on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @11:48AM (#50442893)

my next iteration i talk about migration to home assistant. at the time i started this process HA was very difficult to use and not flexible enough for me. that has changed.

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