Home Assistant sent me the Yellow, a new smart home hub with a Raspberry Pi CM4 built-in. It includes Zigbee and can be the center of all your smart home automation. But is it worth it?

Here are all the devices I featured in this video (some are affiliate links):

  - Home Assistant Yellow: https://www.crowdsupply.com/nabu-casa/home-assistant-yellow
  - Leviton DG15S-1BW Zigbee Light Switch: https://amzn.to/327RNUx
  - Aeotec SmartThings Zigbee Motion Sensor: https://amzn.to/33LX3Oh
  - Aqara Wireless Zigbee Mini Switch: https://amzn.to/3fA4Zoe
  - Fluke VoltAlert Non-Contact Voltage Tester: https://amzn.to/3qyvtgk

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Contents:

00:00 - The $1 lightswitch problem
00:49 - Home Assistant Yellow
02:12 - Yellow teardown
03:44 - Zigbee for my office lights
05:48 - Home Assistant 101
07:17 - Zigbee device setup
09:35 - Automating my lights
11:57 - Debugging my failure
13:15 - Actually automating my lights
16:03 - Quick HA review
18:28 - A button, availability, and other options