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I built an offline smart home, and why you should too (www.androidauthority.com)

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[–] Auzy@beehaw.org -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (10 children)

Depends what you're automating.. Home Assistant isn't really suitable for larger homes, and it REALLY sucks at AV control compared to commercial systems.

It might be better than Google Assistant and Alexa, but its nowhere near high end systems

[–] Astongt615@lemmy.one 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What are "high end alternatives?"

[–] Auzy@beehaw.org 0 points 2 years ago

Large homes tend to use products like crestron or control4 which deal with AV better.

I've installed in houses which are literally 16 TVs and 32 audio zones.

Some products even work together with companies like this for native enhancements to their products to allow better control

That being said, some things in HA are cool

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