For those with Midea manufactured units (They white label so many brands) a great turnkey option is this dongle made by SMLight (1) that comes preloaded with ESPHome.
Yes, I use this with my Midea window AC and it works great. Completely removes the need for a cloud account. It's hard to believe appliance manufacturers (and cars and others) are making privacy conscious users jump through such hoops in order to sever the devices they own from the cloud.
drnick1|7 months ago