4 unique integrations you never thought of using with Home Assistant
…PowerCalc To gauge the energy consumption metrics of your smart devices I’ve been using smart plugs extensively ever since I bought some for my home lab, and it’s thanks to…
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Your smart home doesn't need Matter — a local Zigbee network is faster and lasts longer
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I'd do these 5 things differently if I were setting up my home network from scratch
…If I finally build a NAS, it'll have to be wired directly to the router. Lastly, security cameras and smart home hubs will also function more reliably on Ethernet . I'm…
I connected my local LLM to Home Assistant through MCP, and now my smart home manages itself
…But an MCP server has its own utility in my Home Assistant hub, as it bridges my smart home setup with practically any client app that can use LLM-based prompts – including…
A modern NAS replaced my smart home hub, backup solution, and media server
…Be it running local apps and building your own alternate ecosystem around them, or using it as a low-power server that powers your smart home. Add to that the perennials like…
I built a perfectly segmented home network, then spent six months poking holes back through it
…His expertise broadly covers computers, smartphones, game consoles, headphones, smart home products, browsers, and apps. Sign in to your XDA account The weekend when I made a segmented home network live using…
Most smart home gear gets worse once you connect it to the cloud
…But as a proud member of this community, let me assure you that building a completely local smart home setup has become more beginner-friendly than ever. Deploying Home Assistant, either as…
Home Assistant on bare metal works great — until it becomes your entire home's infrastructure
…Related I run my entire smart home from a single mini PC with Home Assistant If you'd have told me my smart home would be controlled from one box I wouldn…
I connected my dumb appliances to Home Assistant, and it felt like upgrading my whole house
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Home Assistant's new dashboard editor cuts setup time from 20 minutes to seconds
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