I went with googles ecosystem. A 2nd Gen Nest hub on my nightstand. A nest mini right between my kitchen and living room (open floor design, makes it easy). Google Nest thermostat (not Learning or the E). And a bunch of smart switches, smart dimmer switches, smart LED/RGB bulbs in certain areas and some smart mini plugs for small appliances. Makes my life so easy. All i need is my cameras and ring doorbell for security! Edit: I also have an Alexa, but I haven’t used that thing in years. Google was an easy choice for me to make. Hardcore Apple guy as well. Can’t justify Apples prices for (imo) the worst AI for an ecosystem though. To each their own!

I love the Google ecosystem 🥰

I'm in the process of switching from an Amazon smart home to google, this was very helpful. The main reason I am getting rid of Amazon is it constantly advertises to you, giving you useless notifications .It's always telling me about sports teams even though I never watch sports and tried to turn it off or it tells me to buy stuff I might like because I bought other stuff like it. IF ANYONE is of the fence between google and Amazon, don't go to amazon.

Nice Google setup! Looks like it’s working out well for you

Could you link me to the other video you mentioned about the professional installed security system? Great content by the way. Thx!!

I am amazon system but i want to come back to google as they are getting so much better . also matter is here and i am a pixel and chromebook user so it makes sense. i think i would use tp link mesh as it is so much better and better security wise. thank you for your video.

I am a Samsung phone user so I would like to have all of my smart devices to sync together in SmartThings and Google Home. At first, I am more on Google Home but I realized that it is just Voice-activated smart devices, not exactly smart. With Samsung SmartThings with the whole Samsung ecosystem. It is now smart enough to do lots of automation rather than just voice command.

Hey Paul. Thanks for the overview. I am trying to setup my smart home too and am interested in the google products. By the way, what is the color of the walls in your office? I am planning to repaint my and thought to try that one.

I use homeassistant, so I can buy any smarthome tech and connect them together and do automations. Then I just expose all devices I like to be able to control to Google home and can be controlled from there.

Google in my opinion has the better assistant due to search ability. Siri is kinda the worst assistant, but HomeKit automations is superior in terms of customization. Alexa just has more resources and somewhere in the middle. I have all of them now for testing purposes as I gradually decide which system to use primary and which one just for extra supporting function. Thanks for the video

I use Alexa to run all my stuff, tried the 3 big ones and Alexa is just more affordable, stable, consistent, and simpler to use.

I use both Apple and Google in my houses have no problems. I run on home assistant there the two work fine together

I started with the Google ecosystem and still have some. But I'm using more Amazon based now. I do run Google, Amazon and Smartthings though

With Google building Matter / Thread right into their new Wifi 6 Pro, that opens up a whole world of possibilities

great content!!

Hey! I'm new to the Smarthome stuff, but I love Samsung. Is it possible to use a joint Samsung / Google ecosystem seamlessly? There's a lot of cool smart things that Google doesn't have and vise versa

Thanks for the video man, I noticed that you use apple products, i would love if you can make a video about balancing apple products(iphone, mac, tv) with a google smart home

Does your wyze cams work with the nest hubs?

So you have Telus, as well as Nest Cameras?

Yes Google nest is the best option.

I like Google Nest Doorbell (wired)

Hi Technology Paul! Why go with Telus instead of something more standard like ADT?

Hi, is it possible to view multiple nest camera's live on one screen on either my MacBook, PC, or Nest Hub. Maybe using smart things? Thanks

Thanks for the video, I'm also mainly on the Google Ecosystem with Nest cameras and Google Home, but disappointed that Google is partnering with ADT because the ADT Self Setup is not very feature rich. They don't have glass breaking sensors and their app software is buggy. I'm looking for a security system that integrates well with Nest.

is it possible to have the notification/chime from the nest door bell on only one nest hub display rather than getting notification on all the speakers in the house?

Where Google falls short is with their notifications. Between lack of custom notification sounds on your phone and the cool off period between recorded events. If you configure notifications for your doorbell, you will get the standard iPhone notification sound (along with the banner, if it is also configured) if sound is turned on for Notifications for the Google Home app on your phone. You cannot configure the sound. I can’t understand why Google lacks with these features. You’re better off with the ring doorbell.

I went with google but cameras are expensive. Are there any security cams thag are fully integreated with google nest?

I have a nest mini and a xiaomi clock

Have the regular size display nest in kitchen, small ones in bathroom, and bedroom. They are great! I just added a camera for security and keep an eye on dog while at work. I'm planning on added Google outdoor cameras and doorbell soon too. I'd like to get lights...any good brands I should look at?

2:05 That's a Nest Hello, not a Nest Doorbell

The reason i dont want to invest more in my google home smart home is that they have not changed the automations since i bought my first product 5 years ago. They basically only have automations based on the clock and your voice.

I hav a Google eco sys I hav 7 speakers 3 hubs and 8 cams with doorbell also I hav smart light switches and a few of them hav motion sensors to turn on the light with motion I've been on google for about 2years

I have Pixel 8 pro, Nest Hub max and a indoor/outdoor nest camera . Why is it so hard to find a recessed o/down lights that I can use with Google home/ nest hub Max

I'm in googles ecosystem

I have had Google as my home automation for several years. When we first got the devices, it seemed to work perfectly. over the years it has become progressively more and more retarded. To the point now it rarely even can understand when I tell it to turn off a light. My parents have the Amazon eco system and I find that to be no better. The state of home automation has degraded to a point where I wonder if it is even a viable alternative to flicking a switch on the wall.

Mine and alot of other people's nest hub max camera has stopped working

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Google home support team: Will you please support the newer nest cameras on the nest app rather than the google home app? The nest app is far superior and I would like all my cameras on the same app rather than needing to view the newer one on the awful google home app.

How do i make it not stop playing music 40 min?

What about privacy?

So you use Google Home with your iPhone?

why don't you just use Home Assistant exclusively? It integrates with everything. It seems you're wasting your time and with your skills you should be able to integrate everything with HA and also include things like, public transport data for your area using APIs, security camera streams, multiple light vendors working together, build your own security system. Honestly, you can do everything on it. Using Apple or Google or any other non self hosted system is just asking for trouble.

HomeAssistant... lol Why stick to a corporation?

I want to buy Google nest hub But how I m from Pakistan

I'ma Googler

Google chromecast with google TV 4K is missing

The Google Home app is still horrible. Long live the Nest app.

I hata that Google has been deteriorating Google Assistant. Many more things were possible 2 or 3 years ago. When highlighting an issue to Google, they do not do any effort to fix it. Yes, someone from Google will respond in the nest community forum, but they don't fix it. Google these days seems only to be interested in AI & woke. I wish the current management would resign.

You must hate having privacy

Incredibly boring.