ESPHome turned my junk drawer into a smart home
…in your home and then pass them on to Home Assistant, effectively extending your smart home's range for free. You can even perform signal-over-the-air updates, meaning your junk…
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Bare metal sounds like the best option for anything, really. You wouldn't run your home desktop PC through emulation, would you? The same goes for the smart home with Home Assistant. There's an OS package that runs on just about any hardware that meets the system requirements, and you'll have no trouble hooking up all your smart home devices and other integrations. It all just works. There's no worrying about keeping an underlying OS updated or other software that needs to run in between layers. It's the hardware, Home Assistant OS, and the familiar web UI. For many users of the platform, this
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I started using Gemini Actions in Android Auto, and it’s been a game-changer
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Stop assuming smart switches are a plug-and-play upgrade for light switches in your home
…Picking Home Assistant to support the majority of switches requires additional controller hardware. In reality, you set yourself up for countless hours of setup, troubleshooting, and maintenance. That’s how the plug…
My DIY router has been my DNS, VPN, and ad-blocker for a year, and I'd never use an ISP router again
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