Arguably, I find automations make a smart home truly smart rather than perks like voice control do. What are your favourite automations running at home?

  • finn_der_mensch@discuss.tchncs.deOPEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    For me, my favourites are definetely some light automations, namingly

    • motion detectors and window sensors (where there aren’t insect nets) turning on and off the lights
    • adaptive lighting automations setting brightness and shade based on the time

    more than that

    • turning down the (usually somewhat loud) music in the bathroom when I open the window to the street
    • running the vaccuum when I’m not at home
    • heating automations adapting to the weather report, presence, time and user preset

    my future idea is to copy a nuki opener with an esp-32.

    • boothin@kbin.social
      3·
      1 year ago

      The adaptive lighting is also my favorite, I do a daylight color temp at high brightness during the day and a warm 20% brightness during the night, with it changing from bright to the night color over the course of several minutes if the light is already on when the sun sets