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Home Assistant

Home Assistant is an open-source home automation platform that integrates with various smart home devices through local and cloud services.

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Home Assistant's new dashboard editor cuts setup time from 20 minutes to seconds

…within each automation. This is also great for when less tech-savvy family members may need to check or make an edit should something stop working. Related 5 useful Home Assistant automations…

Jun 1, 2026 · Rich Edmonds

I replaced Google Home with Home Assistant and a local LLM, and I'm not looking back

…From more contextual weather reports to better music controls, a local LLM paired with my Home Assistant Voice Preview Edition has been absolutely fantastic. Is it more work? Yes, and that's…

Jun 5, 2026 · Adam Conway

Tailscale replaced my dynamic DNS setup, and I stopped worrying about IP addresses entirely

…The one I had configured within the app is already outdated. When I’m at home, everything works fine since Home Assistant runs on a local subnet. While a dynamic DNS service…

May 9, 2026 · Samir Makwana

My entire smart home runs on a single Docker container now, and I'm never going back

…Home Assistant proved me wrong. What makes Home Assistant feel like a superpower is its sheer breadth. I didn’t have to wait for a ‘Works with Home Assistant’ sticker on the…

Apr 5, 2026 · Parth Shah

Home Assistant OS 18.0 is out, and it'll stop devouring your RAM on low-end devices

…Unfortunately, Home Assistant OS doesn't work so great on systems without a lot of RAM; that is, until now. A new update for the OS has added a new setting that…

Jun 23, 2026 · Simon Batt

I gave Home Assistant access to my NAS, and it became the dashboard my smart home was missing

…the community-created TrueNAS offering caused Home Assistant to detect my pre-configured TrueNAS instance immediately. Just to test whether the beta integration works with fresh connections, I spun up a virtualized…

Jun 2, 2026 · Ayush Pande

My old phones replaced three smart devices in my Home Assistant setup

…In fact, I’ve paired some ancient phones with my Home Assistant stack, and they worked so well that I ended up using them to replace a handful of conventional smart gadgets…

Apr 18, 2026 · Ayush Pande

Home Assistant freed me from the smart home brand wars, and now I buy whatever works

…Home Assistant does not erase those problems, but it gives you more room to work around them. I learned pretty quickly that “works with Home Assistant” and “worth buying” aren’t always…

Apr 30, 2026 · Jeff Butts

I connected my local LLM to Home Assistant through MCP, and now my smart home manages itself

…On paper, letting my LLMs control my smart devices sounds neat, but I’d rather not deal with a vague prompt rendering my entire Home Assistant useless. Home Assistant OS Windows, macOS…

Apr 11, 2026 · Ayush Pande

Home Assistant's new infrared support turns your smart home into a universal remote

…work somewhat reliably, Home Assistant now provides integrations that provide predefined command sets. This alone effectively transforms compatible IR transmitters into smart home controllers, utilizing another protocol to control various devices without…

Mar 29, 2026 · Rich Edmonds

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