Smart Home For Beginners - Technologies

Episode 1: Smart Home For Beginners - Technologies. This is the start of a series on home automation basics. I’ll be covering some of the essentials like scenes & modes, automations, geofencing, voice assistants, and how to secure your smart home devices. For this first video I’d like to set a little bit of a baseline and cover the differences between individual smart home devices and the various smart home platforms.

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[randyrice]

Just purchased the land for my retirement home in the mountains. Watching all of your videos for tips on solar, smart home, security and any other items that will make my future home easier and safer. So nice that you do the work and all I have to do is reap the results! Thanks, Matt!

[ramvelselvarajan]

Thanks matt! Best explanation on smart home I have ever seen on youtube

[Marioo]

For people who actually value privacy and want things to just work, Apple’s Homekit is the way to go. Some devices don’t support it but I haven’t ran into an issue where I absolutely need a type of device and no manufacturer makes a homekit version (mileage may vary depending on how deep into the rabbit hole you go). As you said, choose wisely which company you buy from. Can’t wait for Apple Secure Video and Routers. Game changer!

[royallclark]

I would love to add just a series of cameras that watch about 4-5 areas in and around the house. I start looking into what's out there then get overwhelmed with all the geek stuff and plan on going back to it later... yeah, right! My only experience was when I installed a SimpliSafe system for one of my customers (I do home repairs) and it did go very easy but there is a monthly charge incurred if you want full protection and there wasn't a camera involved with this basic setup. Matt I guess what I'm say here is please do some visual examples of setting up extension to basic systems and where and how video is stored. Clear as mudd??!! I need to learn all this because I need it and many of my customers are asking for small systems.

[ShaneCreates]

Great video as always. Some solid tips here for beginners! Nice job!

[menock]

I'm a few days late in watching this video. Another fantastic video Matt! Can't wait to see the rest of the smart home vids.

[InVIism]

Thanks, Matt! I am just planning to get into smart home, but, even being tech head, this space is kind of unknown and confusing to me. This video sums it up well! Looking forward to next one. Have a nice weekend!

[leoclarke]

Thanks Matt - interesting start to your planned series, I look forward to the rest of them

[Burnybaby]

Looking forward to this serie. Very good videos as always. 👍🔥

[robsengahay]

Home automation doesn’t interest me at I still find your presentation worth a watch just out of general interest of tech solutions that are out there. You present factual information so well and I applaud both your breadth and your depth of knowledge and the way that you pull all the strands together. Great stuff.

[savvyrb]

Matt! Love these beginner videos! I purchased a Phillips Hue starter kit and really enjoy using it and wish I had done more research before purchasing. Glad to know that I'll be able to build out my home auto automation system with cheaper alternatives and have everything work together. Keep up the good work! Looking forward to more videos.

[aussieuGA]

You’re right on Rule 2, the KISS system. So many things can “be made to work” and then reliability, upgrade ability, interoperability, all go out the door. I never want to feel stuck with something because “upgrading” means reconfiguring it all again.

[davelindenmuth]

Earlier today (I was watching old videos) I heard you say “Changing light colors (while rolling your eyes. )YOU GET ME! I’m interested in hvac booster/dampers, individual room temperature sensors, balancing upstairs temps with downstairs temps without “meatlockering” or “Easy Bake Oven-ing” certain areas. I want to know about smart glass (tintable windows) gridding ceiling recessed lighting with smart bulbs to set zones using some or all bulbs in varying configurations, smart locks, geofencing, THREAD devices and such. As you said, useful, helpful things. I’m not a seventh grader!

[PeteLorimer]

I started putting my system together 4 years ago, before many of today’s standards existed. I decided to use the Insteon products, because I could replace light switches and outlets instead of the bulb or appliance, which meant they could be used in manual mode the same as they always had been. However, Insteon is a fairly closed system. Luckily I found a third-party server (indigo) that ran on MacOS that integrates Insteon and Z-wave, as well as Siri and Alexa. I’m always looking for alternates though that make the integration process easier. Looking forward to this series to see what new options exist since I started down this road.

[agentry]

Thanks for the Beginners guides! Just getting into home automation and looking for inspiration and understanding.

[farbod]

This video really helped me. SUBSCRIBED

[tomnicholas]

Excellent video, I have a few devices and thought I was doing a good job! Can’t wait for the rest of the series :)

[jaridduboz]

personally I loved this video please keep making more, keep it simple stupid is a rule ill definingly follow

[turnerstechtalk]

Great video! Way off topic (sorry) but I would love to see a video on the equipment that yo use for your videos - from cameras to video editing software to lights, etc. The quality of your videos is superb.

[ronm]

Thanks Matt. I currently use Home Assistant along with Alexa and Google Home.