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Home Automation

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Home automation is the residential extension of building automation.

It is automation of the home, housework or household activity.

Home automation may include centralized control of lighting, HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning), appliances, security locks of gates and doors and other systems, to provide improved convenience, comfort, energy efficiency and security.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Just experienced this. Google killed Works with Nest and then Nest Secure. This prompted me to rethink my whole Smart Home strategy, dropping Google where possible, replacing SmartThings with Hubitat, and removing any device that wasn’t standards based (e.g. WiFi devices since k retractions are software based.)

I’ve had a more reliable system since and am actually able to enjoy Home Automation again.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Google TV (Logitech Revue) made me weary of Google products

Killing Nest integrations made me move away from Google smart devices

Removing Google Play Music so I couldn't play my music on Google Home made me think about switching from Google completely

Killing Hangouts got me to switch to iPhone after having Android since the 2010

If there was another affordable smart speaker that didn't constantly show me ads (Alexa) I'd get out of their ecosystem completely

I won't buy anything Google now and at work (software engineer) I push back on using anything Google for the reasons above.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Everything Google is a beta. They never see things through and cancel products and services Willy-Nilly.