If you’ve to write a user guide for guests it isn’t worth to be called smarthome, what’s your opinion on it?!
Summed up well here:
But I agree with the article author, not everything will be intuitive or obvious to a stranger in your house. Some education is needed.
Yep, the need to write a guide means it’s very far from a ‘smart’ home.
I have mine almost transparent to a casual user - light switches are usable from my 1.5 year old (one switch per light with a simple press on, press off). Automations take all sorts of things into account (temperature, power, time, season etc) so there is very little control needed.
I rent out an airbnb studio and everything is based on a synced calendar so they don’t even need to know about it - it just works.
How do your guests know what to say to turn the lights on above the mirror? (assuming you have voice control).
I agree that automations should be seamless, but over rides often aren’t obvious.
Sounds great would you mind sharIng some of these automations in example
I definitely shy away from things like controlling bathroom lights, because, well, people have hands.