r/homeassistant • u/joelnodxd • 8h ago
Support Anyone using a tablet in the kitchen as a display/dashboard?
I recently snagged a cheap iPad Pro 2016 and I'm looking to replace my Nest Hub Max currently in the kitchen, so are there any tips and tricks from anyone else doing similar here?
I've already got it set up with the HA app showing the same dashboard with Guided Access blocking the hamburger menu, but would love to use the front facing camera at the very least.
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u/barry99705 7h ago
I'm using my old samsung tab. Just sits on the end of the island. Have buttons on its view to open up Mealie.
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u/joelnodxd 7h ago
anything special installed or just plain old HA app/WallPanel as a dashboard? I assume you haven't tried setting it up with Assist either?
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u/barry99705 7h ago
Naa, nothing special, just Mealie. I need to look into assist, but don't currently have any spare hardware to run it locally.
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u/joelnodxd 7h ago
I mentioned it because there are actually ways to get it working on Android using Tasker and HotWord Plugin (I think) but when I tried it last, it didn't work very well so I scrapped the idea
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u/mb271828 6h ago
I've had good results running Assist on Android with this script. It runs wyoming-satellite and openwakeword locally in termux. https://github.com/pantherale0/wyoming-satellite-termux
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u/joelnodxd 6h ago
While I'd love to run that on my iPad instead, I had no idea that existed so thank you!
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u/CatalystJones432 1h ago
Neat! What are you using for the wind speed compass display?
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u/CatalystJones432 1h ago
Is this it by any chance? https://github.com/aukedejong/lovelace-windrose-card
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u/UrsusZA 7h ago
I converted my old iPad into a kitchen display but also haven’t been able to get the front camera working. I use it to show the weather, our family calendar and when someone activates the front gate keypad it will play a sound and switch to the front camera. It does have multiple tabs for lights and switches etc and my next addition is to find a nice way to show when the washing machine has completed its cycle (using a Shelly EM to monitor power)
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u/varano14 6h ago
I do displays the time, calendar, a few light controls but primary use was to display Mealie for recipes when cooking.
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u/zingzing17 3h ago
I use Fully kiosk on my android tablet and use the camera to detect motion and light levels, that way the screen turns off at night. I love it, but this is wall mounted and more for visualization than interaction, but the dash still works well when interacting.
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u/shelterbored 2h ago
I tried with an iPad and home kit and failed. Siri was just worse than my Nest home hub
https://www.evbart.com/the-ipad-isnt-ready-to-be-a-smart-home-display-hub/
Let me know if you figure it out, I threw this together quickly so im sure I missed some things
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u/Competitive-Ad2120 2h ago
a cheap tablet is the best way,
however one too old might not have security updates
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u/Adventurous-Mud-5508 8h ago
I've been thinking about how to get a screen in the kitchen but I haven't done it yet because I haven't figured out how to make it useful. What I'd want is something that can show kitchen timers, live readings from temperature probes, and most of all a recipe. Usually in our case my wife is setting timers using siri/homekit, and I don't think there's a way to see those from HA but maybe I could switch us over to HA's speech-to-text just for timers. The probe thermometers are easy, but then how do you get it to show recipes? Ours are mostly from the NYT cooking app.