Hello,

I don’t have any ‘smart’ items in my house (or home assistant currently) but I want to set this up but I have questions about compatibility with hardware before I purchase. They have a integration page does that mean all of those hardware devices work? Or do some work better than others? According to a person on Reddit they recommend https://www.zigbee2mqtt.io/supported-devices/ I’m just curious if anything has changed in the past year. Or if anyone here has a list of recommendations. I plan to start with some lights and a thermostat.

Cheers and thanks.

  • Damage@feddit.itEnglish
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    2 days ago

    You can start out without zigbee or z-wave devices, just wifi, in order to get your feet wet… after some experience you can decide how you want to go forward. If you check HA’s integrations page you linked, be aware of each integration’s IoT class, Local Push and Local Polling means you don’t have to go through the internet to interact with those devices, it’s more reliable and likely faster.
    I’d try some smart plugs as well, they can be quite versatile.

    Personally I’m a big fan of Shelly devices when it comes to wifi stuff

    • Blxter@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
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      2 days ago

      Thanks for the information on the IoT things class did not notice it.