I should have done this YEARS Ago - Using Variables in Automations

Published at : 18 Dec 2025

Using Variables in your Home Assistant Automations to make your Smart home Smarter

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*** TIMESTAMPS ***

00:00 Intro
00:57 Preface
03:34 Creating The Variable
05:52 Making it Useful
11:23 Automating Changing the Variable Value
14:47 Making the Lights React to changing the Brightness Value
22:29 Summary

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Home Assistant: https://www.home-assistant.io/
Raspberry Pi: https://www.raspberrypi.org/
Balena Etcher: https://www.balena.io/etcher/

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