What people have done is put in a deep recessed outlet with a usb port in it and just plugged the tablet into that. I always try to make my reviews, articles and how-to's, unbiased, complete and based on my own expierence. Devices can also be retrofitted onto existing enclosures and removed if they are not longer required. Not that you really need to protect your screen, but the reflection of lighting (sun, lamps) can really be annoying.

SunFounder's equivalent has a higher resolution, and I, personally, wouldn't consider 800×480 sufficient for the Home Assistant dashboard. I've taken the opportunity to simplify the main view of the dashboard to provide a meaningful overview of the state of our home. It is the perfect device for smart home integration and also for enjoying your favorite movies and videos. It then attempts to increase the zoom of the entire dashboard for the same effect, then chooses the lower of the two values and with that, decides to zoom in or out.If you want a truly smart home, you need to have a wall-mounted tablet to control and observe everything you have configured in Home Assistant, without having to boot your computer or pull out your phone, right? Where I wanted to place the tablet didn't have immediate access to power, so the first job was to get another wall socket installed directly below where I wanted the tablet to be positioned. I want something where I can completely hide the wires and have a decent amount of real estate (Full screen browser).

PS - you know smartly custom sizes the spacing/tiles for all tablets/devices you add to the config right? Updates aren't an issue as you can update the Raspberry Pi on your own and aren't reliant on any vendors. The device is extremely responsive, so you will be able to run many apps at once and enjoy the best video experience. As a result, I have created a specific user in Home Assistant that the tablet uses with non-administrative access.

Otherwise, it would take up too much space on your iPad for your tablet to manage streaming cat videos and managing your central heating all at the same time. Since designing my original dashboard layout, I've started using different views to build screens tailored to specific rooms of the house and allow for more details control of the smart home tech in each of those rooms. As I've grown the automation in the house over the last few years, I've now reached a point of critical mass with automations in the house that makes creating a wall-mounted dashboard worth the effort! Also, we checked for tablets that feature smart-home features and finally, we have come up with the 10 best tablets for home automation and we will review them below.

As we mentioned, there are a lot of factors that go into selecting which one is right for you and what features are most important to you. If you're not sure, and you answer yes to any of these three things, then you should probably be giving a dedicated touchscreen a closer look. Which means that as a rule, you're going to be using an app or a software to hook up your tablet to your smart home. Check out our products page for a full list of our offerings - everything from mounts to patch cables to a gift card for the person in your life who wants a smart home interface but is remarkably indecisive around gift-giving seasons. The Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 series of tablets are cheaper than the premium Galaxy Tab S series, but have more than enough power to display the Home Assistant dashboard.Similar to the Fire tablets mentioned earlier, both of these tablets can be fitted in to a Smart Charging Station, making them perfect as semi-permanent Home Assistant displays. imageHOLDERS provide multiple options for your kiosk mount, so there will always be the ideal solution for your business and user journey. Just say the command and attend to your other business; this smart device will do what you want it to do. It isn’t the tablet that should be noticed when entering the home, but what the tablet displays and what it allows you to do. The iPad Mini 4 offers great options for those of you looking for a reliable tablet that is compatible with smart home devices and apps.

With those requirements in mind, you will find a few of the Home Assistant community’s favourite tablets for a wall-mounted Home Assistant dashboard in the following paragraphs. When I started my home automation journey just over two years ago, I did so with the vision of having some kind of wall-mounted dashboard to control everything in the house. However, I decided from the beginning of this project that I wanted the tablet in a useful location instead of determining the location based on where access to power was easy.However, this wouldn't easily fit the "slim form factor" requirement as I would need to find somewhere to hide the Raspberry Pi or NUC box. So before you get too excited about saving money on an interface by using your tablet, here are a few things to keep in mind.