Home Assistant founders believe there is currently around 50,000 installations of ZHA integration, what do you Zigbee users in the community think about those statistics?

[Hedda]

@CaptTom

@Hedda

wonder why they estimate is that there are only ~5 times more installations who did not “opt in” when sounds like are more installations of Home Assistant companion apps on mobile devices?

Interesting. Of course it could be that people who use the app generally have it on multiple devices. Each family members’ phone, and maybe a kiosk device in the home.

I never found the need for the app. I don’t do presence detection and the web site works fine for me. It’s possible there are others like me, which would skew the numbers the other way. But no matter which estimates you use, there are a LOT of HA users!

It is the same for us, we don’t use the HA mobile app (and I use other methods for presence detection).

We instead all use the “Google Home” app since it’s easier for me to support as other friends and family members who don’t use Home Assistant have other home automation stuff working with Google Home.

@CaptTom

My experience exactly. I tried it. It works, and it’s native to HA. It’s really the only integration I’ve used which required no setup, no learning curve, no configuration, no firmware updates, no router changes. I’ve seen no breaking changes with it in years. It’s been totally plug-and-play. What’s not to like?

Totally agree that ZHA’s “it just works” approach is a great entry point for any Home Assistant beginner.

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