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Roborock Vacuum Experience
- Rosemary purchased a Roborock Debot vacuum with washing and drying features and integrated it with Home Assistant using a community hack plugin.
- She is excited by the improved cleaning and monitoring features it offers, despite it relying on cloud control.
Use Home Assistant as Brain
- Use Home Assistant as the central hub and share selected devices like locks back to HomeKit for voice control convenience.
- Keep most devices managed within Home Assistant for its greater capability.
Garage Door Hack for Doors
- Use the Home Assistant garage door accessory trick to control other devices like front doors via CarPlay.
- Scripts can delay unlocks to allow time to exit a vehicle before opening doors.