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Migrating an existing smart home setup to Home Assistant is more approachable than it looks, but going device-by-device without a plan is the most common way people get stuck partway through.
Start with the radio hardware you’ll need
Before migrating any devices, confirm you have the right Zigbee or Z-Wave radio for Home Assistant — most SmartThings and Hubitat devices need to be re-paired to a new coordinator, not just reconfigured in software.
- Powerful EFR32MG24 chip. Powered by the advanced EFR32MG24 chip, offering richer resources and higher performance to deliver fa…
- Enhanced Antenna Gain. Default 3dBi antenna gain, optimized up to 4.5dBi for stronger signal strength and wider coverage, ensur…
- Wide platform compatibility. Zigbee Dongle works with Home Assistant, Zigbee2MQTT, openHAB and supports Zigbee 3.0 devices such…
Migrate in small batches, not all at once
Moving one room’s worth of devices at a time, verifying automations work, and only then continuing keeps a stalled or confusing migration from becoming an all-or-nothing project you abandon halfway through.
- Works with Raspberry Pi, Windows, Mac, Linux to create a Zwave hub to control Z-Wave and Z-Wave Plus devices
- German, developed for use by Aeotec exclusive Gen7 and 700 technologies. Offers ZWave SmartStart and S2 security
- Faster, farther Z-Stick 7 transmits wirelessly up to 250% farther in open space and with 18% faster CPU
A dedicated Home Assistant hub simplifies the transition
Running Home Assistant on purpose-built hardware rather than a repurposed old PC removes one more variable while you’re already managing the complexity of re-pairing every device.
- ð¡ EASIEST WAY TO GET STARTED WITH HOME ASSISTANT – With Home Assistant already installed, it only requires plugging the incl…
- ✅ OFFICIAL – This official Home Assistant hardware is built and supported by Nabu Casa, the team driving the development of Hom…
- ð¡ DESIGNED FOR THE HOME – The small, fanless, and silent design packs a quad-core processor, 32GB of storage, and 4GB of RAM.
Budget more time than you expect for re-pairing physical devices — that step, not the software configuration, is usually what makes a full platform migration take longer than planned.