From Tuya to Home Assistant: A Kiwi’s Smart Home Journey

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Steve from New Zealand shares his journey transitioning from Tuya to a powerful Home Assistant setup.

Steve from New Zealand (Kiwi Smart Tech) shares his journey from Tuya bulbs to a powerful Home Assistant setup. We dig into garage door woes and wins, cross‑protocol sensors, mmWave presence, and why Apple Home is his go‑to interface Watch this episode on YouTube Show notes for this episode are available at https://homeassistant.fm/HA237 Support the Podcast Get early-access to episodes and an ad-free feed by supporting our Patreon. https://homeassistant.fm/patreon Share your story We wouldn't be able to do this podcast without community members and home automation enthusiasts sharing their stories. To register your interest to come share your home automation journey, head over to homeassistant.fm and click share your story . Chapters 00:00:00 Intro 00:03:00 Steve’s Kiwi smart home origin 00:10:15 First Home Assistant wins and fails 00:16:00 Garage door saga and ESPHome 00:23:50 Access control 00:28:01 From tinkerer to creator 00:41:00 Apple Home as UI 00:46:30 Ambient alerts: plants, leaks 00:55:10 Appliances, HACS, lock‑in 01:04:00 Cameras and continuous video 01:07:30 Wrap‑up and links This episode was made possible thanks to our sponsors Home Assistant Cloud by Nabu Casa…

People in this episode

Guest: Steve

Topics covered

• smart home
• Home Assistant
• Tuya
• garage door
• cross-protocol sensors
• Apple Home
• home automation

Keywords

• Tuya
• Home Assistant
• smart home journey
• garage door
• mmWave presence
• Apple Home
• ESPHome
• ambient alerts
• HACS
• continuous video

Sponsors

Nabu Casa, Zooz

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Home Assistant, Apple Home

Places: New Zealand

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