My TOP 5 Smart Home Devices 2026 Edition

This is the annual "TOP 5" list of things that have been most influential in my smart home ecosystem over the past year. It was a hard choice this year as there are so many things I have used and had the opportunity to review. There is more hardware this year than past years in this video.

✅ Blog: https://www.mostlychris.com/my-top-5-for-2026/
✅ Home Assistant ZWA-2: https://www.home-assistant.io/connect/zwa-2/
✅ Home Assistant ZBT-2: https://www.home-assistant.io/connect/zbt-2
✅ Frigate NVR: https://frigate.video/
✅ Home Assistant Voice PE: https://www.home-assistant.io/voice-pe/
✅ Apollo Automation Devices: https://apolloautomation.com/chriswest

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00:00 Intro
00:27 Home Assistant ZWA-2
02:00 Home Assistant ZBT-2
03:36 Frigate NVR
05:32 Home Assistant Voice PE
07:19 Apollo Automation Sensors
09:05 Final Thoughts