Getting Started with Home Assistant in 2023 | Home Assistant Podcast
If you were just starting out with Home Assistant, what would you want to know? Dean Mancini from the US is just starting out with Home Assistant, and joins Rohan and Phil to discuss his journey, ask some newbie questions
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00:00 Intro
00:06:36 Getting Started
00:09:07 How is Home Assistant as a new user?
00:12:12 First attempt at Home Assistant
00:19:43 What is the difference between core and OS?
00:22:26 Getting other household members on board
00:22:55 TV Automations
00:25:04 Dad's smart home
00:29:27 Dashboards
00:32:43 Hacs
00:33:40 Govee Lights
00:37:40 Philips Hue
00:41:15 What's next?
00:44:52 Passive House
00:50:36 IOT Networks
00:57:39 Deans Favourite Automations
01:01:02 Default Config for Home Assistant
01:02:14 Driving Automations
01:05:30 Detecting Sleep State
01:09:50 Questions as a new user?
01:13:22 ESPHome Voice Control
01:14:41 ESPHome and Nabucasa Reltationship
01:18:25 New user recommendations
01:20:37 Social acceptance of the smart home
01:26:26 Phil and Rohan's favourite automations
01:34:23 Using ESPHome to Automate an Ikea sit stand desk
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Hosts
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Phil Hawthorne
Website: https://philhawthorne.com
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Rohan Karamandi
Website: https://karamandi.com
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Twitter: / rohank9
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