Is the to-do list function a valid replacement for Google Keep? I mainly use it for grocery shopping today me and the spouse can share.
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Unsure. It is a requirement of mine to be able to "ok Google, add X to the shopping list" currently I do this with Google keep. I would love to be able to do it with home assistant
That functionality only works with Google Keep. Google killed off integration with third party apps early this year.
I've just sworn off using it and using the app we were already using manually. Sort of hoping the year of voice will eventually produce a viable replacement because I'm sick of Google killing shit off and forcing you to use their app. "Be different, not the same" 🙄
That function for Google keep doesn't seem to work for me when sharing a list with others. Like if i have a list in my keep that my wife has access to, she can't use voice to add anything to the list
I don't like to advocate for Google. And I'm not sure about the collaboration feature with voice adds because I don't use it. But the collaboration when you share with your family group on the phone works in almost realtime.
I use it for that, too. And it drives me crazy that you cannot sort the list.
It's really annoying that the only way to reorder is to manually drag items around.
If you're running the OS, you can get the grocy add on that's a shopping list app with a companion mobile app.
Or, you can just run it separately (add-ons are just docker containers)
I was excited for the Roborock map. Unfortunately it isn't live and doesn't appear to be interactive. A good step in the right direction, though!
If your vacuum supports it, Valetudo is fantastic. https://valetudo.cloud/
I second this, Valetudo is rock solid. Also the map it creates in HA is more or less live.
I had never heard of those vacuums until this update mentioned them. Do you have one, they seem pretty good but kinda pricey.
One of the best if not the best afaik
So this marks the end of the year of the voice I guess?
2023 has been the Year of the Voice, and please stay tuned, as we will host a final 5th chapter live stream on our YouTube channel on 13 December 2023, at 12:00 PST / 21:00 CET! But that is not the end of the voice journey… Be sure to tune in!
Why did they make the change to ping, dropping the interval setting? I looked through the linked pages but didn't see an obvious explanation. I assume there is a reasonably good reason for it.
The suggestion to remove the recorder days is interesting. I have mine set to just a few days, because the partition the database is on its low on space, and I haven't gotten around to dealing with it. Storing more in the same space would be good. I didn't understand how the database would be smaller despite having more info.
I’m excited for the “features” on the thermostat card and CalDAV support! Now I just need to set aside time ……. And answered: my kids are doing a thing all weekend so I’ll be the only one home!
I really thought I would love the new tile card for the thermostat but in reality, it's been 24 hours since I updated and I've accidently fucked my temperature setting up at least 5 times already.
I access my dashboard through my phone and it's way too easy to grab the temperature handles while trying to scroll the dashboard. I'm not sure how I'm going to fix this yet.
Me too. I have my hvac system pretty customized, so it'll be nice to get eyes on the hvac and fan actions. I hope they make them available in the history view too
I do have one problem with the new humidifier cards. Some buttons got shuffled around and now turning a device off and on went from being a single click to three separate operations. Additionally, it is less reliable now, as it won't send a turn on/off command instantly, rather only when the state of the device changes in HA. I don't toggle them frequently, but when I do I want it to be fast. I'm sure there's some workaround for it, but it just worked previously and now it just doesn't.
I’d suggest reporting to the second issue to the team in a github issue, it sounds like it may be unintentional.
The first is less likely to be altered, but you’re right that you can likely work around it. May be a good idea to look into the config options in case there’s a way to change button options, and worse case you can do a full UI mod like card-mod. Wouldn’t hurt to mention it in a different issue either, though it being an intentional change may not result in an alteration.
Going from your suggestions I was able to find a workaround to change the device's state with just one click, so thank you for that.
For the second problem, it seems that while HA sends a command instantly, it only actually changes states on the dashboard once the device sensors update, which seems to be hard coded to happen about every 30 seconds. I am using an integration from HACS (Custom VeSync) though, so I feel like the problem is more likely to do with my own setup. Then again HA would previously just send the requested command no matter what the state was before...
Either way I'm not really familiar with Github beyond reading release notes and readmes.
Edit: Reading further into the integration I'm using, I realized that it relies on cloud polling. I wonder if there's a way to make Home Assistant assume that a command went through, change states immediately, and then confirm the change with the next polling cycle, rather than just waiting. Unfortunately I don't know how to implement something like this.
The new climate cards have configurable features. Edit the dashboard and climate card, and buttons similar the old ones can be added back the card. I was confused by this at first when I updated and the on and off buttons for my heating disappeared. It feels like the modes buttons should be added by default.
Is it possible to use the thermostat and humidifier without an actual hardware thermostat? I have a heater and cooling fan attached as a switch and a humidifier and dehumidifier attached as a switch. Set points and on/off thresholds are controlled by a combination of input numbers and threshold sensors.
I'd love to have the clean UI from the thermostat tile, but it looks like it relies on one unified thermostat device.
You can create a generic thermostat with a switch and temperature sensor. I do this for my 3D printer enclosure when I needed to keep it warm in my basement with a smart switch and a cheap plug in heater.
https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/generic_thermostat/
SO: Next door have got their lights up, why haven't we? Me: (Enable NodeRed flows for gutter and pergola light strings that switches them on at dusk and off late evening) Right, that's the missus pacified for a week or so. I should probably get BigTimer to sort that out itself.
Employee: I've got all the printers for monitored using an auto entries card. (Good skills) Me: (Installs an addon that can use VoIP to do text to speech to a phone) We warn off the customer and now they get a phone call from "things" that tells them what consumables to buy and also sends an email.
When I finally get around to sorting out my glasses so I can see what my soldering iron is up to, I'll get many more gadgets installed. My computer room at work needs a tiny ESP8266 and four 1 wire Dallas SC temperature sensors, a bit of vero board, a resistor, power and probably a buck convertor and a case, which I'll print.
I adore HA.
The last update broke zigbee for a month, so forgive me if I don’t jump on this bandwagon.
What went wrong for you? I didn't have any problems with the last one or this one so far (I use Z2M)
Sorry, I forgot about this thread, but I was reminded today when I saw the new bug. The issue that originally affected me was https://github.com/home-assistant/core/issues/103208. It broke Xbee users, so not everyone. My Zigbee integrations didn't work after the update so I had to roll back to a backup for my first time with HA. A patch was developed, but it didn't get integrated into any of the 2023.11.x releases, which I found kind of frustrating but I figured I'd wait it out and eventually there would be a version that works again.
Fortunately I held off on 2023.12, because according to https://github.com/home-assistant/core/issues/105344 a bunch of people are having problems with this release too.
Well I'm glad that you were able to get it to work again then and that it is fixed now
OK, that was always an option.
Really? How so?
I'm trying to get the mobile app working again. Everything else has been great but the app seems to break with each update.