The best smart home open source system in 2022: introduction to Alexa, home assistant and homekit ecosystem

Choosing the right smart home system to unify your devices and connect them together is a worthwhile ecosystem . Today, let's take stock of those open source systems , Both at home and abroad .

Amazon Alexa On 2014 Year appears in the primitive Amazon Echo In smart speaker , Since then, it has been extended to many speakers and other devices . In addition to answering questions about the weather according to the calendar schedule , If you need to turn off all lights in a room immediately ,Alexa You can also contact multiple smart home devices you own , And connect them .

actually , There are two types of Alexa equipment ： Smart speaker and built-in Alexa The equipment , And only with Alexa Equipment used together , This usually means that other Alexa Control the sound of the device . This is an important difference , So please look for the one marked “ And Amazon Alexa Use it together ” Products .

HomeKit There is no need to have a bunch of different smart home applications that are not necessarily synchronized with each other on smart phones , Instead, integrate them , Provides front-end control and centering on your device .

Everything can go through iOS,iPadOS or macOS On the device Home Application controls , And as you expect , They also apply to Siri. You can start Home Application to change the temperature of the smart thermostat or turn off the smart light , Can also let Siri Do this for you .

Automation can be grouped into “ scene ”. for example , The scenario mentioned above can be called “ Leave ”, Or you can use “ Game time ” Scene turn off the main light , Turn on the mood light , And open Xbox（ Through the smart plug ）. It can be downloaded from iPhone or iPad Control center or use Siri Activate these scenes .

 Home Assistant I believe that no one knows about smart home users , It is an artifact to build an intelligent space , It is a mature and complete system based on  Python  Smart home system , High equipment support , Support Automation （Automation)、 grouping （Group）、UI  Customization （Theme)  And so on . Also realize the of the equipment  Siri  control .

be based on HomeAssistant, It can easily connect various external devices （ Smart devices 、 camera 、 mail 、 Short message 、 Cloud services, etc , There are nearly a thousand mature connectable components ）, These external devices are linked manually or automatically according to their own needs , Build a free intellectual space .