Which Smart Home platform do you prefer?

Michael

christian_terp

Google Home

I am using Tado in combination with Google home and Smartthing / webcore

jelockwood

Apple Homekit

I prefer HomeKit which I have voted for but I am also planning to implement Athom Homey and probably also Home Assistant. It would be great to see more support for these by Tado as well.

xraysight

Google Home

I am actively using Home Assistant and Node-Red for controlling Tado. It works pretty well but I would appreciate official API to be finally published.

spongy

Amazon Alexa

I have tried repeatedly to set up Homekit with Tado, but Homekit doesn't recognise the Tado bridge. It works well with Alexa, so I'll have to stick with that.

burntbridge

I have used Alexa and google, but I try and avoid using any manual controls. Better automation should mean I never need to manually control, via app or voice.

Nickless

Other

Big time Home Assistant user. +1 for the official API request.

Egp01

Other

Another home assistant user

GavinD

Ditto. Another Home Assistant fan here

StephenTrooper

Amazon Alexa

This poll is flawed.

I suspect most people (i include myself) will have used only one or, at most, two home assistants. So the notion of “preferring” one over another is mute.

I CAN tell you I use Alexa. It works in that I can ask for the temperature in a specific room (on the rare occasion I want to know) and set a room temperature.

Other than that, I can’t think why I’d want to interact with my heating system using an assistant - not until assistants get much smarter and can set room schedules, etc!

Now, if we could register guests (for geofencing) via an assistant, THAT would be really useful!

HGB

Other

Home Assistant would be my choice.

Bob144

Other

The only way to get good programmable control of smart homes is to use SmartThings/webCoRE.

Please, PLEASE integrate with SmartThings.

Bob144

Other

Also, I'm currently using Google Home for speech control, but could just as easily be Echo or HA.

I love my tado - the house is full of it! Integration of the best heating control system (tado, of course) with the best fully flexible smart home system (SmartThings/webCoRE) would really be a world beating system.

tiwillti

Amazon Alexa

I use Alexa, it works pretty well, no complaints.

PhilipJM

Other

Athom Homey Pro, really fed up with Alexa

SDF1965

Amazon Alexa

I'm using Alexa as that is the home assistant platform I bought into a few years back and have various home automation tasks setup. Its painless, it works as in I can ask that a light turns on or off, temperature is set etc, etc

I have messed about with IFTTT for other automated sequences that look to my energy costs (Octopus Agile) and control a switch for the hot tub, that change paid for the wireless 16A switch in less than a month

As others have said, no complaints and in reality...it's a method to control a heating & hot water system that provides a finer level of control than legacy thermostats / TRVs, perhaps i'm missing something but what more do people need to do with it?

o00batman00o

Other

I use homekit API with homeassistant. It has the avantage to be a local protocol but it has some limitations :
- Humidity is updated only when it changes by 5 %
- No way to return to auto Mode

GrayDav4276

Amazon Alexa

Amazon Alexa
I had a couple of Echo dots b4 I bought Tado system. Linked Tado and Alexa together, and it's fantastic tbh
I'm a bit of a control freak and this set up really works well.
10 TRV's and 1 Smart Thermostat all working in harmony.... 😎👌👍