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“We’ve arranged a society based on science and technology, in which nobody understands anything about science technology. Carl Sagan 1996
Never mind. A bit of patience on a Sunday morning and I've got some things to work through IFTTT. I had to set everything up using my PC through the IFTTT website rather than the android app though.
I am a bit envious of how much more capable these things are when used in the 'Only available in the US' mode. Like a lot of things, the world seems to end at the West and East coasts of the USA for American companies.
Still, I feel a little more comfortable with venturing into the expensive world of Philips Hue lighting now I have got my Wemo bulbs to work via GH and IFTTT.
“We’ve arranged a society based on science and technology, in which nobody understands anything about science technology. Carl Sagan 1996
Dingbatt:
Never mind. A bit of patience on a Sunday morning and I've got some things to work through IFTTT. I had to set everything up using my PC through the IFTTT website rather than the android app though.
I am a bit envious of how much more capable these things are when used in the 'Only available in the US' mode. Like a lot of things, the world seems to end at the West and East coasts of the USA for American companies.
Still, I feel a little more comfortable with venturing into the expensive world of Philips Hue lighting now I have got my Wemo bulbs to work via GH and IFTTT.
Out of interest why are using IFTTT to control the Hue bulbs when GH can control them directly?
My only issue with GH controlling Hue bulbs is that before I got them, I was running HABridge and emulating Hue bulbs for some Insteon devices which have no GH or Amazon Echo control (well not the international versions). When I put real Hue bulbs in and the bridge, GH got confused and lost a set. So I could either control the Hue bulbs or the ones emulated via HABridge. It has proven too hard so I now control both sets easily using an Amazon Dot. Not neither the Dot or GH require IFTTT - the support is native.
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lchiu7:Dingbatt:Never mind. A bit of patience on a Sunday morning and I've got some things to work through IFTTT. I had to set everything up using my PC through the IFTTT website rather than the android app though.
I am a bit envious of how much more capable these things are when used in the 'Only available in the US' mode. Like a lot of things, the world seems to end at the West and East coasts of the USA for American companies.
Still, I feel a little more comfortable with venturing into the expensive world of Philips Hue lighting now I have got my Wemo bulbs to work via GH and IFTTT.
Out of interest why are using IFTTT to control the Hue bulbs when GH can control them directly?
“We’ve arranged a society based on science and technology, in which nobody understands anything about science technology. Carl Sagan 1996
Dingbat:
I just wanted to get comfortable with using GH before spending a fortune on Hue. I now have two Hue light strips, a dimmer switch and a bulb connected to a Hue bridge, which I can happily contro directly (no IFTTT)l using GH and Echo Dot. At the moment I am researching some cheaper Hue alternatives.
On a different tack, but still on topic.
I see there are rumours that Google are about to announce a Google Home Mini. As with the Echo Dot, to have the same assistant functionality as GH, but no music quality speakers.
Having invested in the Hue world, not sure I want to start mix and matching. I have seen LIFX bulbs but they seem expensive and I am not interested in a bulb solution that requires yet another hub. So I am sticking with Hue
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“We’ve arranged a society based on science and technology, in which nobody understands anything about science technology. Carl Sagan 1996
Can anyone get GH to play Radio Sport on iheartradio?
I say "hey google, play radio sport on iheartradio" and then it says "ok playing radio sport on iheartradio".
But it's just silence.
NewstalkZB works, but not Radiosport.
Any recommendations for where to purchase the google home mini from?
Xiaomi have some crazy amount of smart home stuff thats pretty cheap of aliexpress, they dont have home integration yet but apparently are going too, would need to use if that then this for a while with xiaomi's app
I've seen a few listed on ebay with free international shipping listed, although I'm waiting to see what Kogan (/DSE online) list them for. They've set up a mailing list for notification when they release.
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im guessing its probably best to get an AU you for the right plug too right? I have a mate over there who could re-ship it to me
ok so i see it is microusb and needs about 1.7amps so can just replace it with an after market
true,
i think ill just grab it from an ebay seller
$120NZ delivered, seems ok, stupid exchange rate taking a massive hit lately
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