The Truth About Home Assistant SkyConnect: Is it the Future?

This is the brand new Home Assistant SkyConnect! With this device, you can connect all your Zigbee devices AND Matter devices to Home Assistant. Let's see what this can do in this SkyConnect Review! Including HomeAssistant SkyConnect Tutorial.

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00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:21 Unboxing
00:00:53 What can the SkyConnect do?
00:01:38 Specifications of the SkyConnect
00:02:34 Install the SkyConnect in Home Assistant using ZHA
00:03:57 Installing the SkyConnect in Home Assistant using Zigbee2MQTT?
00:04:33 Conclusion about the Home Assistant SkyConnect

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[SmartHomeJunkie]

What do you think about the Home Assistant SkyConnect and Matter? Let me know in the comments! 👇

[venjsystems]

can't wait to see more about this!

[frisovandermeulen]

I have installed the HASS Sky Connect and got it paired with all my Hue bulbs and Hue smart power plugs; only the Tap switch does not work. And pairing with my Aqara FP1 was flawless. It makes my HASS configuration again simpeler and easier to manage!

[JratlTech]

Great video 🎉🎉 merry Christmas,
I’m still waiting on mine

[michaelthompson]

I’ve got one on order, just waiting for delivery! Looks really easy with ZHA

[jaredmorse]

I’m interested to see how the Thread onboarding works. I have a number of Nanoleaf bulbs and lightstrips I was using in HomeKit that support Thread and Bluetooth, and recently brought them into HA. Only problem is they now connect over Bluetooth which gives me far slower response.

[qwertypt]

Hi. Can you try with ZHA if there's an option to keep last state of the zigbee lamps, like Ikea Tradfri, in case of a power outage. I don't want the lamps to turn on in the middle of the night if power goes off and on again.

[danielgozzani]

got mine a couple of days ago... run into trouble with OS 9.4 and the cable that comes with it is too short (interference issues). Did a fresh install of OS8.5 and add a 1m USB extention cable and all looking good at the moment...

[Marcel_Brouwer]

Too early for me, i'm using the Sonoff stick that is running very stable especially compared to Conbee II.

[JamesMossR]

Keeping an eye on this. My Conbee II recently hasn't come back online a couple of times after rebooting my VM, so it feels to me there might be more reliable coordinators around. I guess I could migrate devices one at a time manually so as not to bring the whole house down in one go!

[reimarkupper]

Happy Christmas and thank you for the video. Where do you get that HA Raspi Case ? Looks great.

[fernandocarvalhido]

I switchted everything from ConBee II to Skyconnect yesterday. ZHA Migration didnt work very well. Some Devices lost connection . Had to pairing again. Now works as aspected.

[Tech_Verse]

I just bought conbee ii stick last week and using primarily with Aquara cube, should I return conbee and buy this one Instead?

[danielwedekind]

Thank you for the great video and Merry Christmas. I am currently using the Sonoff Dongle E with Z2M. my sky connect has now also arrived. I'm still not sure if I should really switch. 🤔

[fransv]

Hi Ed, love you videos, great work. Question though, were you able to connect your Lidl motion sensor (which is mentioned in the list containing all your devices) with the HA SkyConnect?

[Lonestar]

Thanks for the video. Please show us how to migrate from the Sonoff dongle. I didn’t know you can use both at the same time.

[Ellghee]

Mine works with Zigbee2mqtt in my RPi 4, but only in USB2 ports but not as Zonoff's -P dongle. So far have I been able to pair IKEA Range extender & curtain, INNR120 but not Aqara motion detector yet.

[Joseph-kokl]

Interesting. I was wondering about ZHA vs Z2M with the device. It is to bad it does not work with Z2M. I hope in future version updates they can make it work. No desire to switch all my devices over. Isn't the Yellow also designed to work with ZHA out the box but you still need a dongle if you use Z2M? Anyway great video and Merry Christmas / Happy Holidays and have a great New Year!

[MichaelBurko]

@SmartHomeJunkie, Hi Ed, if you were building a new smart home from scratch, would you choose this dongle or Sonoff Zigbee 3.0? My concern with SkyConnect is the range due to built in antenna.

[michelaufderhaar]

Did you ever made a follow-up video? Are you still using the skyconnect?