Vitgin Media to launch Google Smart Home trial
 

Not sure if this has been already posted but just in case it hasn't I thought it could be interesting to any member in the trial areas https://www.express.co.uk/life-style...rt-home-bundle

........ and here's the link to the VM site giving more details/prices.

https://www.virginmedia.com/corporat...art-home-trial

Re: Vitgin Media to launch Google Smart Home trial
 

They cant even get tvtogo to work properly. No chance this will

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https://www.cableforum.uk/board/show...php?t=33709149

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Exactly. In the thread I originally started about this, people weren't too keen to put the security of their home in the hands of VM.

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Now that it is available the prices alone would put me off. I certainly don't fancy the idea of having my home security tied into my service contract with Virgon Media.

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Nice little profit for them there - £120 on top of normal prices for the base package

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Except Virgin Media's cost includes the install whereas Google's don't as far as I know. Here's how much Nest charged for the doorbell only install a couple of years back.

https://www.express.co.uk/life-style...ice-UK-release

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Cheers Ben I guess if it includes setup and fitting...

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I setup and funded my own smart home, not hard to do at all.

I have 5 TP-Link Smart Plugs, and 19 Philips Hue bulbs (10 are colour and 1 is the light strip) the only rooms not Hue'd up are the bathroom and spare room which is currently a dumping ground to be sorted.

I put a motion detector in the side shed and kitchen.

The dining room has a wall which I have turned into a study, so the main light is called dining room, but I have a lamp with two bulbs, I have set them under a zone called Study so that the 2 light come on along with the dining room.

Best of all with Echo Auto in my car I can tell lights to come on as I get home.

I am looking at what to get next in home automation so will welcome ant recommendations.

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I'm all Google'd out. I have Nest mini's, display hubs, nest mesh wifi, nest thermostat, Philips Hue in every room, wifi CCTV, smart plugs... all of which I have bought during sales/black Fridays. All powered by VirginMedia's 200MB Broadband, and love it.