Set up Zigbee in Home Assistant - Using ZHA to ditch your 3rd party hubs

You can connect Zigbee sensors, lights and other devices directly to Home Assistant without having to use each companys proprietary hubs. This unlocks a wide variety of automations by mixing and matching different Zigbee sensors and equipment. You also get more privacy as information about your smart home isn't being sent to a companies cloud servers meaning no-one can track you.

All you need to get started is a USB Zigbee Dongle and this video!

Linked Videos:
Setting up Home Assistant:    • Installing Home Assistant on a Raspbe...  
What is Zigbee?:    • What is Zigbee?  

Segments:
00:00 - Intro
00:20 - Why use Zigbee with Home Assistant directly?
01:35 - Installing Zigbee Home Automation (ZHA) in Home Assistant
02:27 - Choosing a Zigbee USB Dongle (aka Hub/Coordinator)
03:06 - Installing the ZHA Integration
04:17 - Adding Zigbee Devices to ZHA
08:54 - Using Zigbee Devices in Automations
11:07 - Visualizing your Zigbee Mesh Network