Omri Peretz the creator of QuickBars for Android TV
About this episode
Phil and Rohan chat with Omri Peretz about QuickBars, an app for controlling Home Assistant on Android TV.
In this episode Phil and Rohan chat with Omri, the creator of QuickBars, an Android TV and Google TV app for controlling Home Assistant from the couch. They dig into his smart home journey, how he replaced a slow proprietary Zigbee setup, and how Home Assistant became the central brain for his parents' house and his own apartment. Watch this episode on YouTube Show notes for this episode are available at https://homeassistant.fm/HA241 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 00:02:26 QuickBars overview 00:03:07 Broken smart home origin 00:05:58 Rebuilding with Home Assistant 00:10:04 Running two Home Assistant homes 00:14:51 House automations and cameras 00:18:57 Building QuickBars 00:28:29 App development lessons 00:31:34 Community response and use cases 00:35:04 Notification and camera features 00:38:40…
Topics covered
- smart home
- Home Assistant
- Android TV
- app development
- automation
- community
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