In order to try the smart home is not necessary of course there is basically nothing to buy you can not buy any smart speakers, you can not buy any gateways, no special devices can not buy, because in principle, a lot of devices already have all and you can just take some application for example smart home from Yandex application go to it and use the integrations in this app to connect different devices.

Usually there are different printers, different TVs, and some other devices that connect to the network and, accordingly, can be detected using some application from this device or some universal one.

In fact, it acts primarily as an integrator for Yandex ecosystems, which means that it allows you to combine a lot of different ecosystems in one application and manage them from a single place.

Since this is such apps much, this is from a Google app, and Apple applications such but in this case, Yandex he of course first is so versatile, there are many different devices are already supported, and of course, what was there in this app to talk all commands in Russian and in principle it is good to realize that even you can do without some of the speakers and using just the app with your voice, or through control via phone or tablet to perform different commands and even some doing automation.

Yandex, of course, also produces different devices under its brand, but these are of course the simplest: sockets, light bulbs, there is also a Yandex remote control, but this is actually just a Tuya device, they also fully support the tuya ecosystem and in fact they can be connected to Yandex.

All these devices work over wi-fi of course, this is not always convenient, because the protocol itself is quite loaded and in principle the devices may not work very quickly, but of course wi-fi is still a cloud solution, that is, when these devices are practically connected to Yandex servers via the Internet and all processing is already done it also runs on Yandex servers, but for example, it simply connects to Yandex servers from your phone and sends commands there, and manages these devices accordingly.

Well, since these devices are still in the tuya ecosystem, there have already been cases when it was blocked for various reasons and of course these devices stopped working, but at least in the tuya ecosystem they definitely didn't work already, and in the Yandex ecosystem there, after small improvements, of course, they also made it work, but this situation can happen.

it can be repeated again, and therefore it is not very good to be tied to some manufacturer's clouds or some other ecosystem.This will affect the reliability of the smart home's operation in general.

Not very long ago, Yandex released a new column, this is Station 2, which can also support integration with zigbee devices, that is, these devices can connect directly.

Of course, this is not a universal gateway.

It can not work with all devices at once, but the list of equipment is gradually expanding there, that is, it was mostly just at first different devices and sensors here is Aqara, but gradually the list increases and many different interesting devices also appear, this can be tracked and if some interesting device has appeared there, then you can also connect it there.

There are quite a lot of different devices provided in the ecosystem itself, this is all done through integration, of course, so the manufacturer must correctly register all these devices for integration with Yandex.

Well, in Yandex itself, of course, they cannot make devices for each manufacturer, some universal device is made, for example, different washing machines, televisions, kettles are supported, different sensors, temperature humidity sensors, motion sensors, different light bulbs are supported, sockets, switches, so in general, of course, the list itself is very large, you can even say huge, but since this is still an open platform, each manufacturer can also additionally choose some parameters that will be unique to it, but in general, of course, it will also be limited on the part of Yandex, that is, of course, they cannot add any specific parameters for for each specific device, for example, if the TV suddenly has support for a temperature sensor or some other light sensor, then of course this may not appear in the Yandex app itself, although technically it can be done.

If, for example, you integrate with Yandex with your own resources, on your own, and make such improvements, then of course you can create various complex devices there, which will have a lot of parameters, sensors, and various properties for managing them there.

Of course, you can manage this device on the corresponding page in the Yandex application and there are all these buttons they will be shown.

Also, of course, there is also support for cameras, that is, you can find cameras that will connect the application from Yandex, appear there, and of course you can immediately open watch the camera watch videos from this camera, this is also convenient in principle, not so long ago this function appeared, and you can of course use different applications from one application.

cameras to watch, it is much easier than for each camera to put your own application.

But if you buy, for example, a Yandex Light or Mini station or old Stations, of course these speakers will not be integrated via zigby, only wi-fi, from wi-fi it is clear that you can connect almost different ecosystems for example tuya, there are quite a lot of devices, but they are not all forwarded to Yandex, there is a certain limited list and there you can see in the app what specific devices they are.

If this is Xiaomi or Aqara, there is a list and also, accordingly, not all parameters will appear and not everything can be controlled, but if, for example, some wireless switches or buttons, then of course they will not work, because they either work via zigbee or Bluetooth and of course they will not be able to connect them, for this you will either need to buy a proprietary gateway from these manufacturers, or then buy a second Yandex station, in which this particular device may be supported and it can also be integrated.

In the application itself, of course, there are also quite a lot of different features that can be combined as in many others, these devices are different in different groups, although there the groups are combined by device type, for example, you can't combine a switch and a light bulb in one group, because they actually need to be managed uniformly.

But if these are different groups for different devices, then in principle they can also be divided in this way, but they are immediately automatically divided into groups in the application itself, sockets, lighting, televisions, speakers, or something else, that is, in principle, there is no need to create an additional one.

When you add different devices, for example, there are sockets or switches, light bulbs that can be turned on or off, you can actually set the parameter how it will be presented in this smart home, and if, for example, you make a light bulb as a light mode, then when you say to turn on the light, it will turn on, if for example some light bulb is not needed, so that it is turned on by such a command, and only others are turned on, then you need to specify the property when adding it that it will be like a switch, and then it will only be controlled by a direct command.

And of course, you can still give all the device their names, you can change them as you like and most importantly then do not forget what they are called, and if, for example, some light bulb is transferred to another room or several identical bulbs will need to remember to change so as not to accidentally turn on something wrong, because if the speaker if it is installed in a specific room, then you can link it to this room and then when you send a command, the device will be processed only in this room, but if there is no specific device in this room, then it will simply be found in the house and turn on, and if there is no house in the house, Yandex has a function for several no houses now, then it will just find it in another place and turn on there, and in general, there are actually quite unpleasant commands when you say turn on everything or turn off everything, it may turn out that in general, for example, in the whole apartment or in everything if this command is executed and all devices, for example, turn off, which is not always correct and it is better not to say such commands, of course.

Of course, the scripts themselves can be written in principle quite diverse, but they are still all limited by the interface itself, that is, it is impossible to use any programming language there, that is, it is basically some kind of trigger, it can be a temperature sensor for example, or an opening sensor or some kind of switch, and it can create an event, you can start executing a specific command or even a list of commands on this event, you can make different time delays, that is, these commands will be executed sequentially and they can be quite complex to make, For example, I made a lamp like this, I have it gradually turns on for half an hour, that is, these are different commands that go there with a delay of one minute, then the brightness stays on for a certain amount of time, then after how long this lamp turns off at the very end.

This script itself is triggered by certain times, certain days of the week, and working days, which is quite interesting in principle, but you can certainly make it so that it is triggered, for example, by some other parameters, by a sensor of some kind.

Well, these triggers have of course another interesting function that you can not just open there and trigger some trigger, but for example still track how long ago this event was made, if the door is open for a minute or two, then only run the script this of course greatly expands the scope, even if by by default, the sensor itself does not have such parameters and does not transmit such a value.

Well, of course, there is a minus when writing a script, that if you untie a device from the ecosystem, for example, or let's say you disable some integration at all, and then reconnect it, then all the scenarios where these devices were used, this device will be deleted from there and the scripts will not work, this is of course inconvenient and you will need to periodically check, so that this does not happen, or even hope that such a need does not appear, in order to take and unlink or switch some ecosystems and integrations.

Of course, you can fully control it without different smart speakers, that is, you can just go in and press certain buttons there and write scripts, you can also speak with your voice through the app, but there is no binding to the room, so you need to provide there that if you turn on the light, it will just turn on throughout the house, but of course, you will not be able to limit a certain room, you will either have to always say the name of the room, or you can also simply specify it in these commands, write a command as a script, and it will trigger a certain phrase, for example, turn on the lamp and just then use this phrase to start a specific lamp in a specific room, so as not to say long combinations.

Well, not so long ago, there was an additional feature in voice control, you can list several commands, for example, I do this, I have a command, I just say turn on the light and the player there and I automatically turn on both the light and the player at once, that is, this is not a script, it's just a command on turning it on, and it basically became quite convenient, you don't need to say turn on one thing every time, then turn on another, this is still if there are a lot of devices, then of course it will be very difficult to list them this way.

But there are still commands that are very long in their content and of course you can replace them directly with short commands in the form of scripts made, and for example I did this, well, it's not for controlling devices specifically, but I have for example the script turn on the music mixed, it is replaced with just turn on the music, and this command is substituted, but at the same time, I run a command to turn off the player and turn off music in other rooms, so that they also do not play there at the same time.

Well, from the additional functions, of course, this is related to music management, if there is a speaker, then of course you can first turn on music, but you need a subscription and you can also connect this speaker to the TV, and turn on different channels or movies on the TV, that is, this is also quite convenient in principle.

And Yandex also recently got the opportunity that it determines who speaks by voice, but in fact it is only used to manage the playlist, add to favorites and enable the playlist, but only one user can be calculated, and the rest of course will not be able to manage.

But in general, the Yandex smart home itself can be shared with someone, so that the other person can also go in and see this house through their app via their phone and also be able to manage this smart home.

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