We are the first who, to this day, still do not understand the limitations of the products that Xiaomi sells in China when we bring them to Spain, but it seems that the brand’s intention is for this to change completely. And the brand has just announced the official integration with Home Assistant for your Mijia ecosystem through your platform on GitHuband that is fantastic news for us.
To put ourselves in context, Home Assistant It is one of the largest home automation platforms that we have today to interconnect products and thus be able to create automations and personalized workflows, but perhaps the most interesting thing is that this system allows add different Xiaomi Home accounts and not just those created in Chinabut we can use our own account that we usually use to connect these products to the app.
An immense catalog of Xiaomi products will now be able to be used in Europe
It is true that for some time now Home Assistant already allowed you to add some Xiaomi devices but leaving aside those that used Bluetooth or infrared technology, but now compatibility is total. This platform will allow us to connect any home automation product sold in China directly to our marketplaceso the jump is undoubtedly one of the most important in Xiaomi’s history.
Still, it is important to keep in mind that All these devices do not have an official warranty in Europe Therefore, in the event that a component is damaged, we will not be able to solve it directly with the brand’s technical service in our market. Even so, the range of possibilities that is added is completely crazy, and you just have to take a look around Xiaomi’s official website in China to realize what we are talking about.
Therefore, even though Home Assistant is designed for advanced use by users, the truth is that we are finally going to have the possibility of integrate any Xiaomi home automation device into our ecosystem no matter where we buy it. It is great news, so we will follow it closely to see what the users’ opinion is in this regard.
Source | Xiaomi Time
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