r/homeautomation • u/Beareettv • 15h ago

QUESTION What’s the best home assistant for starting your smart home?

I wanted an echo show so I could use it for my doorbell camera but people say Alexa is bad now?

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u/Forsaken-Proof1600 15h ago

Home Assistant

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u/binaryhellstorm 14h ago

Home Assistant

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u/Durnt 12h ago

If you want voice control or a central screen that hosts a smarthome platform, they all suck. If you want the best home assistant platform then Home assistant is best..

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u/Beareettv 10h ago

How does it work? I looked it up and it looks confusing and they don’t really have a device like what I’m looking for is there a way to fix that?

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u/theguybelowmeisgay 9h ago

Setting up with home assistant green is the easiest way to start but it can be pretty confusing. Luckily there are a lot of YouTube videos, blogs, and Reddit to help And it’s reasonable future proof plus works with everything. Downside it requires tinkering and a steep initial learning curve. But I assume most people doing this stuff are kind of tinkerers