Another refugee checking in. Glad to see some old faces here!
I took the leap as HomeKit and Siri integration are a big deal in my house. I don’t want to be scrambling when Samsung manages to break the current Homebridge Smartapp (whose developer has fled to Hubitat), and Home Assistant looks like the best alternative.
My strategy:
- Move all Z-wave devices to HA using Zwave JS to MQTT
- Put as many of my Zigbee lights on Hue as budget permits
- Leave any remaining Zigbee lights and sensors on ST and use the HA integration to control them
- Surface key devices and scenes in HomeKit via the HA integration
All advice and experience on this approach welcome.
Going OK so far, but glad I had YAML experience. It is definitely much more responsive than ST/Homebridge, especially for voice commands.