Home Assistant Scenes: Complete Step-by-Step Tutorial

Overview

💡Master Home Assistant Scenes – Automations, scene.create, scene.apply + More! Learn everything you need to know about Home Assistant Scenes in this complete tutorial! We’ll cover how to create scenes using both the UI and YAML (scene.create), activate them via automations and scene.activate, use scene.apply, compare methods, and show how to add scenes to dashboards or restore previous states. Includes a full live demo and tips for advanced use!

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Time Stamps

00:00 Intro

00:25 Overview of Scenes (PowerPoint slides)

05:07 Creating a Scene using the UI

09:11 Creating a Scene using scene.create

15:40 Deleting a Scene

17:34 Creating an Automation using scene.activate

21:07 Live Demo

21:44 Using scene.apply

26:59 Comparing scene.apply vs Automations

28:13 Reloading Scenes

31:31 Adding Scenes to the Dashboard

33:37 Restoring the Previous Scene

46:06 Outro

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