Your drawer with old Android devices is a Home Assistant goldmine, not e-waste
…But what these old devices can do is have some new life breathed into them as a dashboard or sensor that can be integrated into a wider smart home setup. Just because…
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…However, Home Assistant's new native radio frequency platform architecture, built cleanly on top of the recent infrared integration, means you can now use a sub-$5 CC1101 transceiver module or an…
I revived my old Android phone by turning it into a better voice assistant than any smart speaker I've owned
…Then there’s community blueprints, official (and third-party) integrations, and add-ons (or apps, as they’re called in recent releases). The best part? Home Assistant receives new updates every month…
Smart appliances are expensive, so I made my dumb ones report when they were done instead
…Instead, you can turn these devices into smart ones using some basic tools. By replacing every single device in your home with a smart device, you could be shortening the lifespan of…
Node-RED unlocks smart home automations that Home Assistant's UI was never designed to handle
…Go to Settings > Devices & Services . Select Add integration . Search for HACS and select the integration. Check all the acknowledgement boxes. Choose Submit . Activate the integration using a GitHub account . Choose HACS in…
The INIU Pocket Rocket P50 rethinks portable power for daily use
…and integrate more easily into lightweight setups. For urban users, that might mean topping up a phone during a commute or between meetings. For travelers, it could mean keeping devices charged without…
Home Assistant's biggest gotcha isn't YAML, it's your entity names
…and you watch dozens of auto-discovered devices populate your dashboard instantly, you might forget something pretty integral. As you continue using your brand-new smart home interface, you might struggle to…
Managing WireGuard across multiple devices used to be a nightmare — this changes everything
…Removing the tedious bits of using WireGuard Adding new devices takes seconds, and you get an excellent overview display The biggest reason why WGDashboard has become an integral part of my WireGuard…
I built a Home Assistant automation that saves power daily, and nobody in my family even knows it exists
…That logic needs to be applied to each device separately to define the wattage threshold and idle duration. Adding a new device means filling in a few values and not editing the…
I automated my 3D printer with Home Assistant, and now I don’t need to monitor my prints all the time
…I also love how the integration can pull the camera feed from my 3D printers as though there were any ol’ surveillance cameras. Likewise, the fact that integration can pull print status…