The Homie Pro Smart Home Hub offers a built-in hardware platform with zigbee, Z-Wave, and other capabilities, eliminating the need for individual hubs. Its advanced flows and scripting language offer more advanced smart home automation options, without the need for coding knowledge. The hub offers local control of connected devices, creating faster response times than cloud-controlled devices, and it also allows for the integration of non-HomeKit compatible devices through Apple's HomeKit experiment feature. However, it may not be the best option for those looking for a fully open-source and customizable smart home option. There is no clear reason why an external ethernet adapter is required. The Homie Pro does not offer generative AI like chat GPT.
1. The speaker has had the Homie Pro Smart Home Hub for a little over six days.
2. The Homie Pro has built-in hardware for zigbee, Z-Wave, etc., making it an all-in-one package for smart home automation.
3. The Homie Pro features "flows" for advanced automations, which do not require coding knowledge.
4. The Homie Pro can be scripted with Homie Pro scripting language for those with coding knowledge.
5. Homie Pro is designed for people who have smart home devices from big tech companies and want something that is plug and play, with custom automations.
6. Homie Pro's Apple Home Kit Experiment allows users to bring any device connected to Homie into Home Kit.
7. The Homie Pro allows for local control of devices, creating a faster response time.
8. The need for an external Ethernet adapter for the Homie Pro is unknown.
9. The Homie Pro is not for people who prefer to use open source platforms like Home Assistant.
10. The video concludes with a call to subscribe to the channel for the speaker's six months later review of the Homie Pro.