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What Air Conditioner would you recomend between $500 and $700 CAD? (lemmy.ca)
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I'm finding it really difficult to tell whether a particular air conditioner is supported by Home Assistant, since all the ones I've seen in stores don't seem compatible. I mean, I'm probably wrong in that, I'm sure that with enough work anything will work, but I didn't see any integrations with Midea air conditioners, for example.

All my windows in my house slide sideways, so most of the in-wall air-conditioners won't work, and I rent the place, so I can't make large alterations. This pretty much limits me to portable ACs, which don't tend to have much smart home functionality.

Any help would be appreciated, as I'm pretty new to using Home Assistant in general, and I'm still trying to figure out how things work. I only bought my Home Assistant Yellow last year, and I don't yet have any smart appliances to connect it to.

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[–] helenslunch@feddit.nl 3 points 3 months ago

I'm finding it really difficult to tell whether a particular air conditioner is supported by Home Assistant

Home Assistant keeps a long list of officially supported products.

I'm sure that with enough work anything will work

Not necessarily. Lots of them will go out of their way to break any external functionality so you have to use their shitty app and they can charge you a monthly fee, push ads to sell you more products, and/or mine your data for profit.