20 INSANELY Helpful Smart Home Ideas with a Stream Deck!

Since this wasn’t a review I didn’t talk about all the Stream Deck details. Yes it needs to be plugged into a computer for it to work. Any time I show it working in the video, it’s plugged in next to my computer. If you want something for around the house a dashboard (old tablet converted to a smart home display) would be a better fit. You could still take many of these ideas and apply it to a dashboard though. Shout out to Jean-Luc for emailing me about using a Stream Deck as a smart home dashboard! My desk will never be the same.

I’ve been using one in my home ‘study’ for the last year. Mix of HomeKit functions and Mac functions. Pull up my Eve app with all cameras, open folder of various light colours, play/pause, shortcut to adjust clipboard, etc. plus the pages of buttons specific to other apps.

I would love to see you do a silent video meaning no words just ambient sounds and music of just you going through your day. It would be so neat to watch a montage of you interacting and using your smart house like you normally do.

One thing that can really speed up the workflow when using streamdeck, is to use multiple ones. Not just because that gives you access to more buttons, but you can actually use a button to change the profile of another streameck, and that is really useful when working with software as it allows you to quickly jump between sets of different type of tools. It of course also means that you can set it up to switch what home automation profile is shown, instead of having to page to the right page.

I've been using the Stream Deck to control my smart home for about a year and you're right, the biggest problem is the infinite capabilities! Thanks for some more ideas, Now I'll be busy again for at least the next week lol.

I love my stream deck. Never used it for streaming. I use it pull up my most used apps, organize apps I use for pacific purpose, and video games. Now you given me some other ideas on how to use it.

I've had a Stream Deck for a little while and bought it specifically for iOT control. I was pretty pleased with how mine is... or should I say WAS configured. You had some really GREAT integrations that I hadn't even considered. Thank you very kindly! There is today's rabbit hole. :)

My Stream Deck has been connected to one of my computers for months with no tiles in use. You just turned on a lightbulb or twenty for me! I appreciate you sharing, this was needed and useful for me. You have a beautiful family!

Ooooo the busy light, thank you for that!! Very helpful to have a visual cue to the family when I am on a call.

i saw this video 2 days ago and now i have one on my desk...... sooooo useful! Love it!

Awesome video. Would love to see one with detail on actually configuring the functions. Especially the garage door piece! Keep em comin!

I'm a big fan of the Stream deck XL. It's great for managing everything from my desk climate, audio, admin panels without menu diving or using a voice assistant.

This is great, Reid. I'm pretty familiar with the Stream Deck as a tool for video streamers, but I hadn't really considered its usefulness as a home automation hub. I may just have to pick up one of these and give it a try. I do already have a Google Nest Hub on my desk, which allows me to control my lights and other smart home devices pretty easily, provided they integrate with Google Home. I'm wondering whether one might get a little creative with routines and mimic a lot of the same functionality you're talking about achieving with the Stream Deck.

Woah! I never knew the stream deck is one awesome smart home gadget. I'm impressed 😄

This is great. I kept seeing that deck go on sale and was curious if it was really just for streamers. Thanks for the tips!

Love this! I will be looking at the stream Deck for my Smart Home! Keep up the great videos!

I've wanted to try a Streamdeck but had no idea what I'd do besides pull up my Teams video calls. I've also been wanting a dedicated smart screen to control my Sonos speakers. You finally connected the dots for me! Thank you!

Amazing video! i try and use for videos to create automations in my house thank you and keep up the great work Reed!

I randomly got a “Razer” stream deck for excessive Apple Script/shortcut combos on Mac to Windows, and almost immediately started using it for HASS also. We have many similar automations, though I’m now adding the Spotify idea! Also your two up/down blinds buttons can be merged to one using icon templates and toggle service.

If you ever end up doing LED projects using WLED software on an ESP32 for example (QuinLED Dig Series are amazing for this), there's a Stream Deck plugin that works with the HTTP/JSON API for WLED. You can also edit the config files of the plugin to add additional preset selections. At least when I set it up that's what I had to do.