🌍 Meta-Areas¶
Meta-Areas are smart, virtual areas that group multiple regular areas together based on their type or location. Meta-areas are created and configured like any other Magic Area through the UI.
They are perfect for creating higher-level automations that span entire sections of your home — like controlling all lights on a floor, or monitoring the overall air quality inside your house.
🏗️ Types of Meta-Areas¶
Magic Areas supports the following types of meta-areas:
| Meta-Area | Description |
|---|---|
Interior |
Groups all interior areas in your home |
Exterior |
Groups all exterior areas (e.g. garden, patio, garage) |
Global |
A top-level meta-area that includes all other areas |
$FloorName |
Groups all areas in a given floor |
⚙️ Features Compatible with Meta-Areas¶
Many Magic Areas features are fully compatible with meta-areas, allowing you to apply automations across broader zones of your home:
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Light Groups Control lighting for an entire floor or your whole house.
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Cover Groups Manage all blinds or shades in grouped areas together.
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Climate Control Control your HVAC based on state of entire floor or house.
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Media Player Groups Control speakers or TVs across entire sections of your home.
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Aggregation Collect sensor data (temperature, humidity, CO₂, etc.) across multiple areas and view them in a single, useful aggregate.
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Health Sensors Monitor gas, smoke, leak, and other safety-related issues across an entire floor, interior/exterior, or globally.
Meta-Areas are powerful when used as part of a layered automation approach — where individual areas handle local actions, and meta-areas coordinate behaviors across your entire smart home.