@thehatfox@lemmy.world to homeassistant@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agoThe Home Assistant Green is here to make the most powerful smart home platform more accessiblewww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1116arrow-down14cross-posted to: smarthomes@feddit.uk
arrow-up1112arrow-down1external-linkThe Home Assistant Green is here to make the most powerful smart home platform more accessiblewww.theverge.com@thehatfox@lemmy.world to homeassistant@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square22fedilinkcross-posted to: smarthomes@feddit.uk
minus-square@GlitzyArmrest@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish12•1 year agoIs there any benefit for using this as opposed to a normal standalone host?
minus-square@thehatfox@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglish23•1 year agoIf you already using HA on your own hardware probably not. The Green is more aimed as a cheaper off the shelf solution for new users.
minus-square@iturnedintoanewt@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish6•1 year ago… That are not going to use zigbee :(
minus-squareBuelldozerlinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoYou can add the SkyConnect module to it for $30 and get Zigbee 3.0 + Matter/Threads.
minus-square@MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglish12•1 year agoNo, it doesn’t seem to come with a Zigbee radio or anything, so it’s just a box with HA pre-installed.
minus-square@GlitzyArmrest@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoFair, but you could just donate instead, no?
Is there any benefit for using this as opposed to a normal standalone host?
If you already using HA on your own hardware probably not. The Green is more aimed as a cheaper off the shelf solution for new users.
… That are not going to use zigbee :(
You can add the SkyConnect module to it for $30 and get Zigbee 3.0 + Matter/Threads.
No, it doesn’t seem to come with a Zigbee radio or anything, so it’s just a box with HA pre-installed.
@GlitzyArmrest
Supporting Home Assistant
@thehatfox
Fair, but you could just donate instead, no?
@GlitzyArmrest
You could