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Home Assistant is open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first. Powered by a worldwide community of tinkerers and DIY enthusiasts. Perfect to run on a Raspberry Pi or a local server. Available for free at home-assistant.io

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The Home Assistant Green is here to make the most powerful smart home platform more accessible (www.theverge.com)

submitted 9 months ago by thehatfox to c/homeassistant

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I’ve been struggling on whether to upgrade my pi3 (which can’t compile firmware for ESPHome without disabling addons) to a Pi4 or just get a Nuc. Somehow this is cheaper than both! Will be picking one up in October when my local supplier has them!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I am in the same situation, but jave been compiling ESPHome on a laptop instead - a little inconvenient, but perfectly fine.

I was hoping this (or yellow, or blue) would tempt me to something "better", but, no, not yet...

[–] ikidd 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

(the Green does not have Wi-Fi “because the backbone of your smart home should use ethernet,” Schoutsen explains)

So yah, there's that, which makes using esphome devices a little difficult. I guess you could get a USB dongle for it, but it seems like a poor decision.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

That's not how it works. The Green acts as a hub, and a wired connection to the network is less prone to interferences and other disruption that could put the brain of your smart home, offline. Wireless connectivity should be provided by the network's router (which, these days, almost all provide it), giving esphome devices a mean to connect to the network and reach the Green.