I just picked up a Galaxy Watch 4. Of course that means I now need to be able to control everything on said watch. To do this, there are few things that need to be considered, and I would like the community's help finding the best.
What Im working With:
*Galaxy Watch 4 - Has SmartThings capability with Tiles which would be nice to utilize. Other apps that can be used include Home Assistant, Google Home, and MacroDroid
*Hubitat Hub
*Amazon Echo
So Far:
Right now I was able to integrate most all the lights, switches, plugs, and scenes using google home Hubitat integrator. However, it did not bring over fan controllers, Schlage lock control, or any of the sensors for doors or temperature.
Also the scenes will not control those items that were not integrated, even if those items are attached to scene. It only updates the lights and switches that were successfully brought to Google Home via the Hubitat App.
My Thoughts:
*Cloud Endpoints - I think I can create triggers for the fans and locks that could be activated by cloud endpoints, but this seems like it would take a bunch of effort creating individual triggers for every fan speed for 3 different rooms. Not so much of an effort for the locks though. Control for these can be made using MacroDroid or Scenes integrated via Hubitat to Google Home.
*Integrate those items DIRECTLY into Google Home or SmartThings - I try to use Hubitat as my main point of entry for all my devices for simplicity sake. I do not like having several hubs for all these different things. Id rather use Hubitat as the base and integrate out from there. HOWEVER, I could try to integrate these items directly into google home and see what comes of it.
I would prefer smartThings, but every integration method requires the use of a smartThings hub, which I do not own, and dont particularly want to buy just to control a couple fans and a lock. (beggars cant be choosers, I know)
*Amazon Echo - This device basically works as a verbal input to control all the hubitat items. I do not think there is a way to control the fans or locks with it unless I tie them to a scene to trigger with, which is just as complicated as creating the individual scenes above.
*Login Directly to Hubitat Hub through watch web browser - I saw one post of someone doing this and accessing the dashboards via web connect to the hub. The process seemed difficult, clunky, and overall unpleasing. But if its the easiest and simplest option, maybe thats what I opt for.
Questions:
*Does anyone have a way to integrate Hubitat items into SmartThings without the use of a separate Hub?
*Does anyone have any other solutions to the Non Integrated items (locks, fans, contact/motion/temp sensors) that would allow access to view and control these items from my super fancy watch?
*Has anyone else used anything different with these watches? I just got mine, so I have not fully vetted the possibilities yet.
BE GENTLE - Im an amateur user - I know there a lot of great ideas and smarter people than I on this forum though, so I thought I would ask the many questions.
Thanks in advance - DrumBum
