So I have a Pi4 running HA from SD card and work like to move to a more reliable storage device long term, eg SSD or eMMC.
How would the Green be performance wise vs my Pi, faster, slower, about the same ?
The cpu would be a bit slower but the it’s still probably going to be snappier because the sd card in the pi is likely the limiting factor
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Green has arrived in Australia!
Plugged in, unfortunately as specified no AU socket, only US, UK and EU. US → AU transformation with pliers.
5 minutes later:
Unfortunately it wont let me Suggest (strong) password using chrome ;-(
A few more dialogs, location, data reporting and now the fun begins:
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Got mine a couple of weeks ago in NZ 
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This is exactly for people like me. I worked with computer software systems for many years when I worked, and I can do these things - I have HA up and running and an Open System Monitor system. BUT - it was an (interesting) challenge to get it all working. Many people don’t have the time and inclination to dig in too far. I think this is a great development and I have two on order …
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With the new Green box is it sensible to run an mqtt broker on the box itself? I’m hoping so, as so many things in HA seem to want mqtt, and as the Green is a standalone appliance it would be a shame to have to rely on another bit of kit, too.
Hi,
I am quite new on HA comunity. am planning to buy a HA green but I wonder if wifi devices connected to main wifi router will be seen by HA Green or whether i need to install a dedicated wifi antena. Thanks in advance for your help.
Sure will.
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Hello all, i am new here and also with Home Assistant. I was told Home Assistant Green is for beginners, but reading what is above, I am not convinced…
My goal is to integrate devices from Somfy, Tuya, Eufy, Ajax and maybe Tydom in order to reduce the number of apps on my smartphone. Possible for a beginner or dream?
Any advice is welcome even to start with a forum for real beginners 
I suppose it all depends on one’s background experiences with computers and such.
I started with Hue and HomeKit several years ago. I hated the Hue app from the start, but I had HK to control the devices and it was OK. Cut to a year ago, and I gave Hubitat Elevation a whirl. That introduced issues that could arise with devices, signals, and such. But it also revealed a level of intimacy and control of the home and its devices. Two weeks ago I had trouble with integrating HE’s introduction of Matter to get to the Nests, but I got it sorted. IRONICALLY, I had ordered a HA Green earlier on, for wants with the Nests that HE didn’t yet offer. The day after sorting Matter with HE, the HA Green arrived.
So, that was a week ago. I have just about all the automations it took me a year to learn/resolve/implement and refine in HE set up in HA today. Plus a button to start up the F150 when it’s cold. What? [chuckle]
It was a bit overwhelming, as HE doesn’t reveal everything like HA does, but it’s friendlier to automate. I’m sure I’d have had a harder time w/o the HE experience under my belt. Terminology had me going with HA initially, but like I said I’m sorted and quite pleased. Still have a ways to go to grok all I can do with it, but dang I’m jazzed. HA on it’s own in the first two day “found” implementations I didn’t know existed.
I heard as many negatives about HA as I have kudos, so was leery of it. When I went to HE, it was because it looked friendlier than the HA Yellow, and cheaper to boot. I’ve gotten a lot done w/o having to get into YAML. I used to dabble years ago, but that intimidates me now. The UI integration of HA Green I suppose is so much more developed than ever, which made it ready for ME right out of the box.
Anyways, that’s what I reflected upon with your own wonderings about HA Green. Good luck with your ventures in this regard. 
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Somfy Somfy - Home Assistant
Search for the other brands. If they are supported, you’ll find the answer by searching.
I started my journey into the home automation space in 2018 with the Wink until my aggravation with constant loss of function with major issues with stability of my internet. I found and purchased a Hubitat Elevation C5. I thought I had found the sweetest platform, I upgraded to a C8 back in the summer in hopes of dealing with signal issues and stability issues with my Zigbee devices. I’m very frustrated I had been watching the HA space for a few years now and I took the bite and purchased a Green in the week before Christmas. It is expected to arrive on Thursday. I’m excited about seeing the things I’ve been reading in person. 
it is something I love working with.
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welcome aboard
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Couldn’t find anywhere else to post this, so here goes…
Anyone else found their Green is burning through the eMMC lifetime really quickly? I ran mine for about a month, it’s saying 10% eMMC life is used. That gives the unit less than a year life. I have nothing much happening on the box, I don’t have energy monitoring or anything that would cause heavy database use.
It would be GREAT if the SD card could be used as the data drive.
TBH I’ve only increased the number of apps on my phone. I may be able to remove some but for beginners… out of the box the easiest integration setup is often to use the existing cloud connections created with their apps. You maybe able to operate HA with some apps uninstalled but until you have a solid production HA Green settled you’ll likely be diving straight back to the apps while things stop working.
Mine showed 10% eMMC life used when I first powered it up and it still shows the same two months later.
I suspect that what it is telling us is that the eMMC life used is between 0 and 10% as it goes up in 10% increments.
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I use a raspberry pi 4 b+ now, but would love to get the green, to get a little more performance and internal storage. but i use wifi and all 4 usb in my raspberry pi. So please consider giving the green wifi and 2 extra usb (3.0) then i would love to buy it.
Get a USB hub and USB wifi.
I think you’re right, I spun up HA on an ODroid N2+ with a brand new 32GB eMMC module (AKA HomeAssistant Blue), and it shows 10% used.
Which is a terrible choice by the devs IMO.
I guess this is another “is this the solution for me?” type post.
Currently running HAOS on a RPi 400. It is not ideal but it has been ok. I have been at it a couple years so I’m no beginner but I’m sure many on here have far more complex setups than mine.
Basically I have had a couple instances lately where the machine seems to have frozen and I can’t connect to my server to perform a reboot so there’s nothing I can do until I can physically interact with the machine. Any way around this with the Green?
The 400 is also larger than needed making it difficult to tuck away.
It would be hardwired, no wifi necessary, and I already have skyconnect, zwave stick, and Bluetooth dongle.