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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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…None of my friends asked about how to deal with Bluetooth devices in Home Assistant. However, it brought several Bluetooth accessories online, making them an important part of my smart home automation…
…stop buying smart home gadgets and start building them. Related I replaced Google Home with Home Assistant and a local LLM, and I'm not looking back I've almost retired Google…
…Related Home Assistant's best upgrade costs nothing, but it changes everything Turns out, the best upgrade for Home Assistant wasn't a new device They feel great when deployed reasonably For…
…Through all of it, the dumb fridges, dumb dishwashers, and dumb lamps in those same homes kept working just fine. A smart home that relies on bridges, sensors, and good Home Assistant…
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Hi all, I'm playing round with Assist, testing different LLM's, tools, etc. What i was missing from HA is a card which shows the past conversations, including processing times and such.After a bit of experimenting i got …
Hi all. I'm running Proxmox on a Beelink in my homelab. Currently have an Adguard LXC, Home Assistant VM and an Ubuntu VM (media, gpu passthrough) running on my Beelink. I'm looking to scrap my Ubuntu VM and start fresh …
I'm pretty new to homelabbing and this is my first mini rack! Started with the Beelink ME Mini and then just kinda grew from there (it's always the way hey haha). It idles at 70 watts (not too shabby for how much is goin…
Ended up doing some plumbing, high and low voltage work, over 10 Cat 6 runs for APs, switches, cameras, and doorbell. Been very happy with my UDM pro SE and U7 pros. I moved all my hubs above the server cabinet and mostl…
…ESPHome turns the ESP32 into a DIY champ for Home Assistant projects Bluetooth Proxy is by far my favorite use case for this tiny system Unlike the easy-to-access operating systems…
…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…
…ESP32 links with the smart home’s protocols easily No dongles, no drivers Running a smart home platform with Home Assistant, which supports various protocols, makes it easy to connect different ESP32…
…It’s the best upgrade for your smart home. Smarter presence detection with mmWave precision Aqara Presence Sensor FP300 Compatibility Thread & Zigbee, Supports HomeKit, Home Assistant, Alexa, Google Home Weight 2.08…
…The company has leaned heavily on Google’s assistant for AI features, and holding the side button now launches Gemini by default. So what exactly is Bixby doing back on the home…
…Assistant was pretty cut-and-dry; it had a very specific way of answering questions about the weather, calendar, sports scores, setting timers, controlling my smart home, and so on. I knew…