Let's Review My House: This is a Google Smart Home in 2023.

Hey there, it's Technology Paul! In this video, I'll give an overview of my Google smart home setup and share some ideas on how you can make yours better.

We'll go on a tour of my smart home, and all the Google devices I have.

This video is a great introduction to smart home technology from Google and provides some useful tips and insights for those looking to set up their own smart home ecosystem.

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[Zenkai]

I'm in the process of switching from an Amazon smart home to google, this was very helpful. The main reason I am getting rid of Amazon is it constantly advertises to you, giving you useless notifications .It's always telling me about sports teams even though I never watch sports and tried to turn it off or it tells me to buy stuff I might like because I bought other stuff like it. IF ANYONE is of the fence between google and Amazon, don't go to amazon.

[josiahayala]

I went with googles ecosystem. A 2nd Gen Nest hub on my nightstand. A nest mini right between my kitchen and living room (open floor design, makes it easy). Google Nest thermostat (not Learning or the E). And a bunch of smart switches, smart dimmer switches, smart LED/RGB bulbs in certain areas and some smart mini plugs for small appliances. Makes my life so easy. All i need is my cameras and ring doorbell for security!

Edit: I also have an Alexa, but I haven’t used that thing in years. Google was an easy choice for me to make. Hardcore Apple guy as well. Can’t justify Apples prices for (imo) the worst AI for an ecosystem though. To each their own!

[AAO-]

Google in my opinion has the better assistant due to search ability. Siri is kinda the worst assistant, but HomeKit automations is superior in terms of customization. Alexa just has more resources and somewhere in the middle. I have all of them now for testing purposes as I gradually decide which system to use primary and which one just for extra supporting function. Thanks for the video

[zckom]

I am a Samsung phone user so I would like to have all of my smart devices to sync together in SmartThings and Google Home. At first, I am more on Google Home but I realized that it is just Voice-activated smart devices, not exactly smart. With Samsung SmartThings with the whole Samsung ecosystem. It is now smart enough to do lots of automation rather than just voice command.

[TryphenaThomas-on]

I really liked it, I'm going to buy it!!! Thanks for your review

[Daemondin]

I use homeassistant, so I can buy any smarthome tech and connect them together and do automations. Then I just expose all devices I like to be able to control to Google home and can be controlled from there.

[Nanoscot]

I am amazon system but i want to come back to google as they are getting so much better . also matter is here and i am a pixel and chromebook user so it makes sense. i think i would use tp link mesh as it is so much better and better security wise. thank you for your video.

[peterboot]

I use both Apple and Google in my houses have no problems. I run on home assistant there the two work fine together

[elgatorado]

Hey! I'm new to the Smarthome stuff, but I love Samsung. Is it possible to use a joint Samsung / Google ecosystem seamlessly? There's a lot of cool smart things that Google doesn't have and vise versa

[yaroslavbasovskyy]

Hey Paul. Thanks for the overview. I am trying to setup my smart home too and am interested in the google products. By the way, what is the color of the walls in your office? I am planning to repaint my and thought to try that one.

[Mikey-O]

Where Google falls short is with their notifications. Between lack of custom notification sounds on your phone and the cool off period between recorded events. If you configure notifications for your doorbell, you will get the standard iPhone notification sound (along with the banner, if it is also configured) if sound is turned on for Notifications for the Google Home app on your phone. You cannot configure the sound. I can’t understand why Google lacks with these features. You’re better off with the ring doorbell.

[BrandonDoyleMN]

Nice Google setup! Looks like it’s working out well for you

[tkvlogger]

why don't you just use Home Assistant exclusively?

It integrates with everything. It seems you're wasting your time and with your skills you should be able to integrate everything with HA and also include things like, public transport data for your area using APIs, security camera streams, multiple light vendors working together, build your own security system. Honestly, you can do everything on it. Using Apple or Google or any other non self hosted system is just asking for trouble.

[whenbluooo]

Could you link me to the other video you mentioned about the professional installed security system? Great content by the way. Thx!!

[kevinpoinsett]

I use Alexa to run all my stuff, tried the 3 big ones and Alexa is just more affordable, stable, consistent, and simpler to use.

[FernandoC]

Thanks for the video, I'm also mainly on the Google Ecosystem with Nest cameras and Google Home, but disappointed that Google is partnering with ADT because the ADT Self Setup is not very feature rich. They don't have glass breaking sensors and their app software is buggy. I'm looking for a security system that integrates well with Nest.

[hvmzaxib]

Thanks for the video man, I noticed that you use apple products, i would love if you can make a video about balancing apple products(iphone, mac, tv) with a google smart home

[Felipe_Salgado]

I have Telus too and am thinking on using Google home. My question is, how they complement? For example, I have 9 smart switches with Telus, how can I control them from the Google home app? Can I? Same with cameras. I have 3 cameras including the doorbell with Telus. Can I automate and control them from Google home? Should I degrade the TELUS service to hand over devices to Google so I can control them? Thank you

[marcotrotta]

You use Telus for your home security but is there an option for the Google ecosystem that can do the same thing as Telus?

[DarthFurball]

With Google building Matter / Thread right into their new Wifi 6 Pro, that opens up a whole world of possibilities