@thehatfox@lemmy.world to homeassistant@lemmy.worldEnglish • 10 months agoThe Home Assistant Green is here to make the most powerful smart home platform more accessiblewww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1116cross-posted to: homeassistant@lemux.minnix.devsmarthomes@feddit.uk
arrow-up1116external-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 • 10 months agomessage-square18fedilinkcross-posted to: homeassistant@lemux.minnix.devsmarthomes@feddit.uk
minus-square@GlitzyArmrest@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish12•10 months agoIs there any benefit for using this as opposed to a normal standalone host?
minus-square@thehatfox@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglish23•10 months 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•10 months ago… That are not going to use zigbee :(
minus-squareBuelldozerlinkfedilinkEnglish1•10 months agoYou can add the SkyConnect module to it for $30 and get Zigbee 3.0 + Matter/Threads.
minus-square@MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglish12•10 months agoNo, it doesn’t seem to come with a Zigbee radio or anything, so it’s just a box with HA pre-installed.
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.