I’m not sure if home assistant allows you to create a virtual thermostat entity or something like that using a separate temperature sensor and smart relay, but if it does, then this will work.

In the span of this year, I’ve had two random apparently MFI certified, but definitely not reputable brand cables stop working on my iPhone and work perfectly fine on my iPad (7th gen).

If you use Quickstart, a lot of settings sync across.

It could scratch the screen underneath of the screen protector overtime. I’d recommend removing the screen protector and putting the other one on after cleaning off the screen thoroughly. Make sure there are no bubbles in the screen protector before you stick it down.

Again, the problem is not Wi-Fi or that the devices use Wi-Fi to communicate. The problem is the protocol that they are communicating with. You can’t immediately say that any Wi-Fi smart home device is inherently bad just because it uses Wi-Fi. Wi-Fi is synonymous with cloud control, but more and more products are including Wi-Fi and local control, including some official standards like matter and MQTT.

Can you at least cover up the wall switch?

Search Amazon for TUYA thermostat. I found options for as low as $25. If you want something that’s actually going to be a good product, the Amazon thermostat is good I guess, it just is insanely walled off from everything else. Something that is worth considering as an alternative is the Wyze thermostat.

I wonder if this is how they subsidize EUFY and soundcore. Soundcore is another sub brand of anchor and they make quality Bluetooth speakers for a cheap price, but yeah… UFY pulling crap like that is not great. Makes me not want to buy anything other than soundcore speakers from anchor. Ridiculous! They also pulled HomeKit integration from their latest devices. Also ridiculous.

MOES has a Zigby hub. Otherwise, you might just be able to pick up an echo fourth generation and pair your devices directly with that.

It doesn’t look like that hub supports Amazon Alexa. It only supports Google Home, and apparently there’s an updated version that supports Apple HomeKit.

r/homekit r/homepod

X10 lol.

ONVIS contact sensor, the Bluetooth one I think though because the thread version doesn’t have a built-in security system. However you do need Apple HomeKit.

I’m guessing that you have a Smart Life Zigby hub? Check the specifications of the hub to see if it works in the Smart Life app.

Or flash it. Or even use it with the stock firmwhere but firewall off from the Internet so you can only control it with something like the web interface or home assistant.

That’s Wi-Fi based.

Probably just a reskinned Smart Life app.

Why did you go with the pro version, which is more overpriced than Apple products, rather than the regular version, which is more overpriced than it should be? Not saying that the regular version won’t have this issue, just saying that I think you get more functionality with it.

Apparently the third reality Matter three in one nightlight, motion sensor, and light sensor is on sale. 13% off, but it’s a new product so we may see it go on sale for cheaper. Because it’s matter certified, it’s natively compatible with Alexa, Google Assistant, Apple HomeKit, Samsung SmartThings, and home assistant right out of the box. It might be compatible with other services that support matter with an update or plug-in.

Not being the most tech savvy and being tech illiterate are two completely different things. If you are tech savvy enough to use complex features of a graphic user interface, GUI, even if they are a bit weird to set up, I recommend something like a hubitat hub. I would not recommend home assistant for you as you are not the most tech savvy person. If you are pretty much tech illiterate, you’re probably just gonna have to use timers. The automation solutions for tech illiterate people don’t allow for much automation flexibility. If you’re somewhere in the middle and have Apple products, you can actually make very powerful HomeKit automations that run completely locally. They are pretty easy to set up as long as you don’t need to use the convert to shortcut action.