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I built an offline smart home, and why you should too (www.androidauthority.com)
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[โ€“] Astongt615@lemmy.one 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

What are "high end alternatives?"

[โ€“] Auzy@beehaw.org 0 points 8 months ago

Large homes tend to use products like crestron or control4 which deal with AV better.

I've installed in houses which are literally 16 TVs and 32 audio zones.

Some products even work together with companies like this for native enhancements to their products to allow better control

That being said, some things in HA are cool