We go through the easiest ways to start or expand your smart home in 2019, covering the do-it-youself route or going through a home automation company.

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  2. As evidenced by wink, the cloud is just somebody else's computer. If the company that sells your cloud-based product goes out of business or decides that their cloud server is no longer profitable, you're left with a bunch of fancy paperweights. Local control is the way to go.

  3. Your video describes Google home and Alexa as if they are somehow similar to true smart home hubs. Like Samsung Smartthings or Hubitat.
    Otherwise you end up in app hell after a few products are used. Also you end up adding multiple hubs for products like Phillips hue hub which arent compatible…that's expensive and clutters the house with apps all over. Just get a true smart home hub like Samsung smart things which acts as the hub for many products..things like Phillips hue bulbs work great but you dont need the hub or app which saves money and clutter. It's all on the one true smart hub which uses Google Assistant or Alexa for voice commands but those speakers aren't real smart hubs.
    Imagine having 12 apps and 4 hubs to deal with and the cost? Just 1 hub to do it all man.

  4. I want to work in the IT sector,but I dont know what is the area that's job is to make for example apple devices work seemlessly together,or make samsung phone connect and communicate with samsung tv or things like that.I love cisco and networking but im curious about that one too.Is this the mix of networking and automation programming?Or something else?

  5. The best thing with these devices very helpful to the people that are handicap that's the number one thing besides that they're also helpful for the non handicapped people

  6. I cant stand google home! The reason why is because i have to say "hey google" every time i want something done. After 3 years of using goolge home it pains me to say it. It would have been much easier to just say "Alexa"

  7. Great overview ! I am a little scared by the power of Google. Can it control my home from the outside ? And if I choose Google as main system, I wanted to start integrating it with a nest thermostat and a Ring doorbell. Is that possible ?

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