Gaming on Android Auto just feels better with these robust apps
…Unlike other titles on this list, it puts your phone's hardware through its paces, but on a car dashboard, it's a marvel of optimization. Running a 3D kart racer on…
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Home Assistant's new infrared support turns your smart home into a universal remote
Rich Edmonds Mar 29, 2026, 10:00 AM EDT Richard is the PC Hardware Lead at XDA and has been covering the technology industry for almost two decades. He's been building…
Most DIY smart home buttons are terrible, so I built one that actually feels good
…you're moving from gadgetry to industrial-grade hardware. Related 4 reasons an ESP32 display beats an old tablet for a smart home dashboard Learn about the unexpected advantages of choosing an…
My entire smart home runs on a single Docker container now, and I'm never going back
…This meant that no matter how many times I updated or moved the container, my automations, dashboards, and integrations remained untouched. If my server hardware ever dies, I can grab that one…
I revived my old Android phone by turning it into a better voice assistant than any smart speaker I've owned
Ayush Pande Mar 29, 2026, 7:00 PM EDT Ayush Pande is a PC hardware and gaming writer. When he's not working on a new article, you can find him with…
One DNS tool did what two containers couldn't, and I'm not going back to Pi-hole
…After moving from Pi-hole and dnscrypt-proxy to AdGuard Home, I had one dashboard, one backup, one update cycle, and one log source. One dashboard for filtering, clients, query logs, and…
Your old phone is still better than half the smart displays people keep buying
…You also get total customization when using a phone. On an Android phone, you choose the UI. You can use full kiosk browsers or a Home Assistant dashboard to create a 100…
Your home lab probably falls apart for the wrong reason, and these tools fix it
…Homepage is built for that exact mess, describing itself as a fast, secure, highly customizable application dashboard with integrations for more than 100 services. What I like about a tool like this…
4 unique integrations you never thought of using with Home Assistant
…That way, you can create custom dashboards featuring the transit status of your pending deliveries. Likewise, you can use the entities generated by Mail and Packages in your automation workflows, be it…
Home Assistant slows down over time, but there's a nuclear option most people don't realize
Jasmine Mannan Jun 9, 2026, 5:01 PM EDT Jasmine is Software and PC Hardware Author at XDA with years of tech reporting experience ranging from AI chatbots right down to gaming…