So I’ve got a Viomi S9 robot vacuum and while I’m happy with its own app interface and notifications, I figured I can get even more out of it via integration with HA. After a couple of months of playing around, here’s what I’ve managed to achieve.
- Ditch the mihome app as I have (almost) complete control and visibility of the vacuum via HA mobile app.
a) mobile vacuum dashboard
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b) Changing clean type to rooms, zone or point
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c) Changing clean mode to vacuum, vacuum & mop or just mop
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d) Changing vacuum and mop options (relevant options are shown depending on clean mode)
. - Advanced mobile (and watch!) notifications
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a) Summary of stats upon job completion including map screenshot (so I can see if the vac missed any area)
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b) Daily vacuum reminder - sent at 1pm only if I haven’t run the vacuum in the morning (bonus - I can start the cleaning right from the notification!)
. - Given that the HA dasboard is accessible via web, I now have full control and visibility of the vacuum on my desktop (unlike the native Viomi interface which is app only)
. - I own a Google Nest Hub which is also integrated with HA so I can now access the same UI on it too instead of the default basic vacuum UI. I have also created an automation helper that will cast the vacuum dashboard to the Nest Hub (if its not playing other media) every time a cleaning job starts so I can monitor the cleaning process.
. - Speaking of automation, I also have an automation helper that will change the clean mode (i.e. vacuum or mop) automatically when the mop pad is physically installed/removed. IMHO, this is the most useful feature out of all the above as I can simply install/remove the pad and say “Hey Google, start the vacuum” knowing that the right job will run! (Before this, I almost always forget to change the mode in the app before hitting the start button)
