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Message posted on ‎23 Mar 2023 07:43 PM

Matter Integration

I note that Comcast is one of the main partners in the Matter standard that's supposed to be bringing smart home systems together. Does this mean we might get some proper smart home integration for Sky?

 

Would be great to be able to control my box from Google Home or Alexa. Athom Homey and Home Assistant have successfully added these through homebrew but an official integration would be great. Imagine if your lights dimmed when you started playback or paused if the doorbell rang.....

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Message posted on ‎23 Mar 2023 07:52 PM - last edited: ‎23 Mar 2023 07:55 PM

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@christhedj  As Sky Q has been out since 2016 I'd say it's highly unlikely.

 

PS I can already do this with Harmony Hub & Phillips Hue.

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Message posted on ‎23 Mar 2023 07:53 PM

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@christhedj wrote:

Imagine if your lights dimmed when you started playback or paused if the doorbell rang.....

@christhedj 

Yes, it'd be horrendous. You might want to ignore the doorbell, and someone not watching the TV might need the light on - reading for example. 


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Message posted on ‎23 Mar 2023 08:19 PM

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@christhedjGet an Amazon cube and you can control the Q box with it, the only problem is that if you have a video door bell is if you are watching TV and someone comes to the door the TV switches to the door camera and trying to get it back to TV is not always easy.

Well I have often thought that progress is not always in a forward direction.

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Message posted on ‎23 Mar 2023 08:34 PM

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So can I - but Harmony has been discontinued, and it's getting flakier. I was fiddling with the app the other day and it's buggy as hell now.

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Message posted on ‎23 Mar 2023 08:35 PM

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I was being hypothetical. I just like when things talk to each other. It's my nerd-kink.

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Message posted on ‎24 Mar 2023 04:15 PM

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The TV pausing when the doorbell goes is a cool idea, hopefully one day!

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