I find it extremely practical. My wife and I probably consider it to be one of the best parts of our Hubitat experience. I believe Hubitat should be about improving one's experience in their own home. For some people this will mean never having a dashboard and automating everything, for others the dashboard will be an indispensable interface. Each to their own. Some of the reasons why we find our dashboard so great:
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It completely replaced our alarm panel, it is way easier to use especially when it comes to setting the alarm and is equally as easy to use for guests to set the alarm.
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It provides a complete an detailed weather forecast, including precipitation maps and storm tracking. The weather page has all the details I need on a large screen, way bigger than my phone. (I could get some of this on my phone, but then I need to pull my phone out of my pocket and find the appropriate app, with the dashboard it is right there at eye level, one simple click away, way more automation that using a phone to do the same thing)
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It shows reminders of things I will need to change and possibly purchase (furnace filters, water filters). You can obviously set-up notifications for this on your phone, but I get so many notifications already that it would probably just get swiped and forgotten. The daily countdown tile showing when I need to replace the furnace filter and water filter are great.
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It displays my Blue Iris camera feeds. Its a quick and easy to way to confirm the cameras are working as they should.
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It allows me and my guests to press one tile to start a specific Internet Radio Station or Pandora station to start playing on my stereo.
This is not the most recent iteration of my dashboard, but give you an idea:
