Can I Monitor My Home in Real-Time on a Smartwatch in Australia?

[henryrook24]

Can I get live information about my residence on a smart watch? Hi, my name is Henry, and I'm basically a denizen of Australia. Most of the time I spend my time out of the station. That's why I am looking for a smartwatch with IoT support at a reliable price range. However, it has not been very easy because I have not used a smartwatch. If you have heard of a shop that provides an IOT solution in Australia and is well-known for selling smartwatches, let me know. 

[alexthecat · Accepted solution]

@henryrook24 there are no Fitbit devices that have those capabilities. Google Pixel Watches may have some of the features you are looking for. I would suggest posting on the Pixel Watch Help Community to ask about that. 

[Rich_Laue]

A Pixel Watch can monitor a Nest camera or door bell through the home tile. Through this Home Tile I can control my smart lights and switches. 

[LZeeW]

@henryrook24   Although this might be possible, I'm not sure it is necessary.  Do you always have your phone with you?  If you always have your phone wth you, do you really need to control things from a watch?  Why use a small screen when you have a full screen?  @alexthecat is right about Fitbits and Pixel Watches on this issue.  I don't have any plans to buy a smartwatch to control the things I'm already controlling from my phone.

Certainly up to you.

[Guy_]

Hi @henryrook24 - to access anything in your home from a distance your phone would need to VPN to it, unless you are using cloud based services. Most smartwatches interact with the phone via Bluetooth only.

Otherwise you can only receive alert notifications of events on both phone and watch.

If you have a connection to your home you can still control some things using Restful API, via the SimpleHome app, available for some Fitbit smartwatches.

In addition if you have an Android phone the Macrodroid app can interact from anything running in your home if correctly setup (via it's cloud based interface) and interact with a watch via notifications.

It all also depends on what home assistant type services you run in your home.