01One primary app
Apple Home, Google Home, or Home Assistant. Buy Matter on purpose so you are not trapped in a dead brand's cloud.
Write the room list before you open boxes: kitchen, hallway, bedroom. You will thank yourself.
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Smart Home Starter Kit
One app, a few bulbs, two routines, and a guest network
1h6 photographed stepsBeginner
You will pick a primary home app, put lights and plugs on a separate Wi-Fi, name rooms like a human, and build a morning and night routine that still works when you are tired. This is not a 40-device circus.
What you'll learn
- Why one app beats three
- What Matter is in one paragraph
- How to name devices so voice control works
- Why IoT goes on a guest network
Inside this course
- Pick a laneiPhone house, Android house, or tinkerer house. Mixing three clouds is how people quit.
- Install and name'TP-Link_8429' will never obey you.
- Two routines that earn the whole setupBoring and reliable beats a rainbow party mode.
- Stop adding devicesThe starter kit is done when two routines work for a week.
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02Guest SSID for bulbs
Put lights and plugs on a separate network. Laptops and banking stay on the main one. Unique passwords. 2FA on the hub account.
Cameras are a later, more serious project. Don't start with a cheap outdoor cam on the main Wi-Fi.
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