So over the last few months, I've seen a huge popularity of Xiaomi smart home (and other) products on OzBargain. I'm yet to enter the Xiaomi Smart Home world, and I see a lot of posts tempting me to enter.
But I'm not sure what or how I can use them for.
So if you do have these smart home devices, can you describe what all you have and how are you using them (scenarios)? I read somewhere you need Raspberry Pi to take advantage of Google Home integration so it will be cool to hear where all you are using it for.
I have a few rules setup:
Door sensor on bedroom door to work between 10pm-6am, when the door is opened turn on the bathroom light at 20% brightness until door is closed again.
Wireless power adapter plugged into my dogs water fountain so when motion is detected on the motion sensor, the water fountain turns on for 5 minutes.
Also had a motion sensor and smart plug to work the same as above but for the Christmas tree lights.
Also, since the Xiaomi bulbs aren't zigbee and are wireless, you don't need the smart hub to operate, and therefore can integrate the lights with Google home. I have 3 lights in the living room which is can adjust at the same time by saying "hey google change the lights to cool white" or "hey google change the lights to 25% brightness"