Brilliant’s new smart home controller is only limited by your gadgets and your budget
www.theverge.com
The plug-in version of Brilliant’s wired smart switch is easier to install and easier to use.

cross-posted from: https://radiation.party/post/80931

[ sourced from The Verge ]

The articles summary

THE GOOD

  • Easy to install
  • Responsive touchscreen
  • Intuitive interface
  • Built-in motion sensor
  • Alexa voice control
  • Works with Ring, Google Nest, Sonos, Hue, Ecobee, and SmartThings

THE BAD

  • Expensive
  • Lacking some integrations
  • No Siri or Google Assistant
  • Some devices can be sluggish to respond
  • No Matter support
  • GreatAlbatrossAEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    It’ll be nice to see what the company manages to do.
    If they aim to be the “end” product (and not an interface for a more featured HA system), that could be problematic, as you’re then beholden to whatever support a small company decides to add.

  • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝OPMAEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    In many ways, this device is part of the promise of Matter. If we had the open, interoperable smart home with no walled gardens that Matter is designed to achieve, a device like Brilliant would be, well, brilliant. As it stands, we’re just not there yet.

    The last paragraph seems to sum a lot up.

    • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝OPMAEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      That sounds cool. I did browse the Raspberry Pi compatible touchscreens many moons ago but didn’t do anything about it. However, I’ve now moved and I have a centrally-located airing cupboard that used to have a tumble drier in but I’ve been using it to drag TV, internet and various cables through to the back of the TV and media centre and up into the loft. The other walls back onto the kitchen and hall (opposite the toilet) and I could definitely see a good spot for a screen on that hall wall as I pass it a lot. I could pass the cables through the wall to the back of the screen and it might make sense to have my Raspberry Pi with HA and any other hubs I need (trying to trim them down) in there too.

      So long story short, this could definitely be something I could look into. There are commercial panels but for the price you often get 4" screens and a bit too much fanciness whereas you can get a generic 10" touchscreen for the same less (although the SONOFF NSPanel Pro is tempting).

      Fancy starting a new thread with an overview on what you did?