Smart devices are turning out to be a poor investment - eviltoast
  • AA5B@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    One of the first automations I installed in my Home Assistant, was a community contribution to show a table of devices by battery level, and alert when low. You shouldn’t have to think about replacing the batteries.

    Of course, I immediately found out the remote sensors for my Ecobee don’t seem to report battery level …. Or maybe the integration is incomplete: my thermostat also doesn’t report battery level but was able to notify when low

    • Joelk111@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      Installing an automation and checking battery level manually, or even having an automation tell me to replace the batteries in devices means I’m thinking about it… Not to mention that I still have to replace the batteries which, shockingly, involved thinking about replacing the batteries.