Valve's Steam Machine delay forced me to DIY, and honestly it's better this way
…Prior to joining XDA in 2021, he worked at Neowin: https://www.neowin.net/news/poster/jo%C3%A3o-carrasqueira/ Sign in to your XDA account The Steam Machine was a very…
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I turned my old phone into a Bluetooth proxy for Home Assistant with this free app
…Related 6 Home Assistant integrations I wish I knew about day one It took me longer than expected to find the integrations that my home needed Your old phone deserves a second…
My old phones replaced three smart devices in my Home Assistant setup
…Related 6 of the coolest HACS integrations for Home Assistant users Level up your Home Assistant game with these neat HACS integrations
Microsoft is purging Copilot from parts of Windows 11 — but its still coming to the taskbar
Patrick O'Rourke May 27, 2026, 1:55 PM EDT Patrick O'Rourke is XDA's News Editor and Entertainment Segment Lead. Previously, he was Pocket-lint's Editor-in-Chief, the…
I tried multiple self-hosted dashboards but keep coming back to Glance
…I’m not criticizing Homarr’s features or integrations, but the overall setup and scheme of building a dashboard. I hope it was as easy as spinning up a new Glance instance…
Retrofitting old appliances is the smart home upgrade that actually makes sense
…Retrofitting isn't a new development in the smart home space, but it's gaining some serious popularity thanks to the insistence of companies putting a Wi-Fi connection and mandatory updates…
My favorite alternative to ChatGPT isn’t Claude: it’s something way cooler and productive
…I have found something way cooler and more productive because it doesn’t just talk; it integrates directly into the apps I actually use every day. For me, Gemini has evolved from…
Local LLMs changed how I use Home Assistant, and now my smart devices actually listen
…When he's not working on a new article, you can find him with his head stuck inside a PC or tinkering with a server operating system. Besides computing, his interests include…
I gave Gemini access to my entire Google Drive and it became the assistant I actually wanted
…For NotebookLM users , this will feel familiar, but the integration here is tighter because it's already inside the workspace where your files live. Related I integrated Google Drive into Claude and…
Node-RED unlocks smart home automations that Home Assistant's UI was never designed to handle
…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 left navigation bar. You…