Howdy,
I’ve been using Home Assistant for years, but only for very basic things. I have a driveway sensor that sends me an email with a picture from an outdoor camera any time someone drives up/down the driveway.
I want to start adding smart switches and smart bulbs. I don’t have any ZigBee devices or any Thread/Matter devices. I curious if there is common wisdom about which path to go down in 2024.
I am waiting for the Inovelli switches with presence detectors to be available. I plan to install 8 or 10 of them around the house along with 20-30 Hue PAR30 RGB lights. My goal is to be able to automatically turn on lights when people are in the rooms and also turn on the lights in a different color based on other triggers (maybe when someone drives down the driveway). I don’t really have an end-goal in mind so I’m looking to learn/experiment/tinker.
I had planned to buy the Inovelli ZigBee switch, but I wonder if you think it’s smarter for me to go down the Thread/Matter path. I’ll be spending several thousand dollars on the first wave of the install so I’d like to make a wise decision that will last for a while.
What do you think?
John