This article was written a few years ago, but everything in it will always hold true. I’ve been using Home Assistant for about 3 years and prior to that, I was looking around and was just … well, disillusioned. Everything commercial was focused on using an app to control the home. I would just think "Where is the automation? Where is the “Smart”? " It was all just glorified remote controls to do what the existing switch does.
Being able to actually have a “brain” in the home that is capable of looking at data and responding accordingly makes more sense than a light switch on the phone, or just saying “Hey [insert voice assistant here] Turn on the light”
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