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I'm controlling my lights with a wristband and finger gestures, through Home Assistant (open source)
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I'm controlling my lights with a wristband and finger gestures, through Home Assistant (open source)

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Hey r/homeassistant ! In the video I'm running a WiZ bulb with the Meta Neural Band (the EMG wristband): finger taps switch it, and pinch-and-turn dims it, like turning a knob in the air. No glasses and no Meta app in the loop. It's my own open-source Android app, **Air Gestures**, talking to the band directly.

How it works today

Every gesture can be set to **Send to automation**. The app then sends a plain Android broadcast (`dev.kb896.airgestures.GESTURE`) with the gesture's name, and for the dial, how far you turned (`steps=+3`, `-2`…).

In the **Home Assistant companion app**: Manage sensors β†’ Last update trigger β†’ add that intent. Your automations then trigger on `android.intent_received`, and the gesture and steps are in the event data.

Turns are gathered every 250 ms, so the light follows your wrist smoothly instead of getting spammed.

It isn't tied to Home Assistant.…

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