Why I switched and you should too! (SmartThings to Home Assistant)

After years of using SmartThings, I finally made the switch last year to Home Assistant, and I'm never looking back. I'll tell you why you should switch to Home Assistant, too. Especially if it's been awhile since you considered Home Assistant, a lot has changed for the better. Not to mention, Samsung's SmartThings has taken steps backwards in several areas. Watch the video for all the details.
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:24 Overview of Switch
1:08 User Interface
5:58 Compatibility
12:09 Control
#SmartHome #SmartHouse #SmartHomeSetup #HomeAutomation

[@JoshsSmartHome]

Thanks for watching! Let me know below which platform you are using and why.

[@Techlifeandmore]

I'm using Apple HomeKit with Homebridge. I actually find Homebridge works pretty well and rarely goes off-line. However, unfortunately a good deal of our devices are cloud-based, mainly ring cameras and Amazon smart plugs. The ring plug-in, though it's cloud-based, has been very reliable. However, Alexa Smart home, the plug-in I use to integrate the Amazon Smart plugs into Apple home, is relatively unstable. It works 80 to 90% of the time, but there's been two times there has been an outage multiple days. So those smart plugs are getting replaced soon. I try to get natively HomeKit compatible devices, and if those aren't available, I look for devices which can be locally controlled with a Homebridge plug-in, for example our Kasa devices.

[@sayubu]

it took me a lot longer to switch, and let me tell you brother, what an upgrade !!

[@JoshsSmartHome]

It certainly is a huge upgrade! In the past, I could give several reasons why switching may not have made sense, but I struggle to find a reason currently.

[@shaneschwarzman9136]

Local control or bust. Good option switching over.

[@JoshsSmartHome]

Thanks for watching. Local control is king! Glad we made the switch!

[@biocide3000]

Anybody that can tell me how to move all my zigbee devices from my smartthings hub to my home assistant hub, without running smartthings hub with my home assistant hub?

[@JoshsSmartHome]

You need to exclude/delete the devices from SmartThings and then add them to Home Assistant using a coordinator such as the recently renamed SkyConnect. I do that in this video: DIY Smart Home: Home Assistant! (Initial Setup)
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[@biocide3000]

@@JoshsSmartHome Ok, gonna try it 🙏