My smart home was a mess until I gave it a brain
…Home Assistant OS Windows, macOS, Linux iOS compatible Yes Android compatible Yes Home Assistant is the best way to connect your smart home systems together. See at Apple App Store See at…
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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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Your first Home Assistant automation shouldn’t be lights — it should be the thing you keep forgetting to do
5d agoGemini for Home is the nail in the coffin - I'm ditching Google Home
1w agoIf I started my Home Assistant setup over today, here's what I'd do differently
1w agoI replaced Home Assistant's built-in database with PostgreSQL, and my smart home finally feels snappy
1w agoThese 5 smart devices taught me that cloud dependency isn't worth the convenience
…Getting rid of Echo Plus and HomePod didn’t mean giving up on voice control entirely. I built my own voice-controlled assistant using a local LLM running on a Home Assistant…
I replaced my smart home hub with a $120 mini PC, and my smart home finally feels responsive
…If you are stuck with a proprietary smart home hub , grab a mini PC to run Home Assistant on it and upgrade your smart home. Home Assistant OS Windows, macOS, Linux iOS…
Stop buying networking gear for your smart home that looks good on paper but fails in practice
…Home Assistant OS Windows, macOS, Linux iOS compatible Yes Home Assistant is one of the best options for running your smart home, so be sure any devices you buy will play nicely…
My Raspberry Pi 4 still has a job in my homelab, and it isn't Home Assistant
…His expertise broadly covers computers, smartphones, game consoles, headphones, smart home products, browsers, and apps. Sign in to your XDA account I ran Home Assistant on a Raspberry Pi 4 for over…
ESPHome turned my junk drawer into a smart home
…This means they can grab signals from your Bluetooth-only toothbrushes, thermometers, or any other device in your home and then pass them on to Home Assistant, effectively extending your smart home…
Most smart home gear gets worse once you connect it to the cloud
…Related 6 of the coolest HACS integrations for Home Assistant users Level up your Home Assistant game with these neat HACS integrations A cloud-only smart home exposes your devices to external…
I almost threw away my old laptop and now It’s my most reliable Home Assistant server
…What it actually does Light automation and a smart home that finally feels smart I started with the obvious setup: installing Docker to isolate services, then setting up Home Assistant for automation…
Most smart home failures start with DNS, and nobody notices until everything breaks
…Sign in to your XDA account Smart homes have become incredibly advanced over the last few years, allowing us to connect hundreds of devices through unified platforms like Home Assistant . Yet, despite…
DNS was the reason my smart home felt slow, and I'd blamed everything else first
…His expertise broadly covers computers, smartphones, game consoles, headphones, smart home products, browsers, and apps. Sign in to your XDA account Building a smart home is fun, but maintaining one turned out…