How To Build a Smart Home - 101
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Published 2022-07-23
Is Google Home or Amazon Alexa better? Is Apple HomeKit or Samsung SmartThings the best? Should you buy a new router, or should you get mesh WiFi? Is Home Assistant right for you? Who has the best smart home hub? What does local home automation mean?
The list of questions you'll have goes on and on, and I answer them all in my guide for how to build a smart home 101.
Timecodes for today's video:
00:00 - How to Build a Smart Home 101
1:11 - What Can a Smart Home Do?
6:55 - What Is In A Home Automation?
9:31 - How Does a Smart Home Work?
14:18 - What Is In a Smart Home?
24:04 - The Best Smart Home Platforms
42:30 - Build The Best Smart Home Now
Links For Other Tutorials:
Zigbee vs Z-Wave vs Thread vs Bluetooth vs Matter - • ZigBee vs Z-Wave vs Wi-Fi vs Thread v...
5 Tips For Easy and Amazing WiFi - • 5 Tips For EASY and AMAZING WiFi!
The Way
Everything You Need To Prepare For Matter - • The Way To Prepare For Matter (In You...
The Best Smart Gadgets With Alexa - • The Best Smart Devices to Pair With A...
Our Full Playlist of the Best Smart Home 2022 Advice - • 5 Smart Home Brands That Work With EV...
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Brian
All Comments (21)
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Our guide of definitions is here: automateyourlife.net/products/smart-home-definitio… Links For Other Tutorials related to today's video Zigbee vs Z-Wave vs Thread vs Bluetooth vs Matter - https://youtu.be/3zaTIRiFemQ 5 Tips For Easy and Amazing WiFi - https://youtu.be/avwtJYBiiUM The Way Everything You Need To Prepare For Matter - https://youtu.be/HTOYHn5NUn0 The Best Smart Gadgets With Alexa - https://youtu.be/k2N9LfqSXdQ Our Full Playlist of the Best Smart Home 2022 Advice - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWp5AFSiDJ4&list=PLFPS7-631cZEZ38AUb4jpzHZj-rYnY-jl
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My thoughts on this video. I wish I would have seen something like this a few years ago. I made so many expensive mistakes because of my lack of knowledge in home automation. The onset of YouTube streamers in the past few years, like yourself, has been a great help in reducing my expense and improving my home automation. With the constant development I suspect in a couple of years time this video will probably be a bit dated. But for now thank you. 👍🏻
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Skip to time stamps!? Never! I'm here to keep those YT metrics up, amigo! I'm playing every second, and watching every ad. (Might even click on a few....) HAPPY NEW YEARS!
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I’ve been a long time subscriber, YouTube stopped recommending your videos for the last year. I gotta say your camera presence and on screen speaking has improved dramatically. Truly incredible how good you’ve become on camera. Keep it up and thanks for the great content.
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As someone who is just getting into smart home tech, I really appreciate this video. It contains very thorough explanations of all the basic knowledge you need to get started. Looking forward to a new hobby of automating my home!
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I'm only 15 minutes into this video and have learnt so much. I am only just starting to look into setting up a Smart Home system so this is a great video for me. On a side note, your presenting style is fantastic! Calm, relaxed and easy to understand. Top marks, a new subscriber for sure!!
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This is exceptionally well done video Brian, I think this just might be the best explainer video of its type I've watched yet!
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I'm 1/5th through the video and you explaining how this would improve people their troubleshooting. That was the best way to explain something so easily overlooked. You have my respect and I have no clue what your profession is; but you should teach! This is not just a 101 in a terms of guides. Great video!!!
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Finally a guide I can refer to anyone asking about home automation. Brian while I donn't like the way you talk, but the level of sincerity you show in helping your viewers kept me subscribed to your channel, and you just showed how much you care with this informative video. Thank you sir
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This is the first video I’ve seen that gives a description on how these things work. 👍🏾
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Such an important video. I’ve watched it several times. I love that you taught the concept so anyone with any ecosystem can take to and run.
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Wow, amazing work that you did. Great video! Thanks a lot for this. Really looking forward for next episodes!
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Excellent, Brian and your definitions guide is excellent, too. Thank you.
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Brian, this could be a Skillshare course! Very well done!! And that thumbnail is great! This is definitely something I will recommend to new smart homers who are just starting out.
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Excelent video, complete, mature... you are my new hero on youtube!
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Thanks!
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You are an excellent teacher. Thank you and keep on doing this please!! 😁
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Awesome video, very well done! Keep the great content coming
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Paul Hibbert sent me, I was not disappointed great content.
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Super helpful video! Thank you so much.
