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Phones have tons of sensors, network and a battery which makes them decent sensors to build a smart home. They can also be used as smart home control center. Even though they have similar hardware IO compared to a Raspberry Pi (or similar board), they allow you to run any software on it.
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Pro Most phones have many sensors
Some common sensors (exploitable directly for example using the Home Assistant app) include:
- Camera
- Light sensor
- Accelerometer (vibration/motion sensor)
- Sound sensor and emitter
- Temperature and pressure
- Proximity
- NFC reader
- GPS and compass position
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